Peas Rice

Ingredients:

• Rice - 2 Cups
• Peas - 1/4 cup
• Onions - 2
• G.Chilly - 3
• Jeera - 11/2 tsp
• Salt to taste.
• Garam masala - 1 tbsp
• Curry leaves
• Coriander leaves

Method:

• Wash the rice and soak it in 4 cups of water.
• Take the pressure cooker , add oil.
• Temper jeera, add curry leaves, chilly, onions and fry them well. Add the soaked peas/ fresh peas, ass garam masala to it.
• Add the soaked rice and required salt.
• Pressure cook it for 3 whistles.
• Garnish with Coriander leaves.

Bitter guard pitla

Ingredients:

• Bitter guard – 250 gms
  
• Toor dal – ¾ cup
• Tamarind – a lemon size
• Sambar Powder – 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
• Oil – for seasoning

To Grind: (fry with little oil)

• Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp
• Urid dal = ½ tsp
• Gram dal – 2 tsp
• Red Chilli – 2 to 3
• Coconut – Optional
• Hing – little
• Curry leaves – little

To season:

• Mustard – ½ tsp
• Urid dal = ½ tsp

Cooking Method:

• Soak the tamarind in water.
• Boil toor dal with turmeric in water and smash it well.
• Cut Bitter guard into round pieces.
• Heat the pan , add the tamarind water along with little turmeric powder, sambar powder , Salt and allow it to boil.
• Add the Bitter guard.
• When its cooked, add the ground paste and the smashed dhal in it ,stir it well and allow it to cook .
• Finally season it.
• Serve it hot with Rice.

Vegetable(Pumpkin, snake guard,chow chow,cucumber) kootu

Ingredients:

• Required Vegetable - 250 gms - 300 gms
• Moong dal - little
• Tomato - 1/2 to 1
• Jeera - 2 tsp
• Coconut grated - 4 -5 spoons
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Sambar powder- very little
• Green Chilly - 2
• Salt
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Red chilly - 2
• Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves

Method:

• Wash and cut the vegetable into cubes.
• Wash moong dal and add it with the vegetables. Add chopped tomato. Add little water.
• Add turmeric powder, chilly powder and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
• Remove it and smash it well. Grind coconut, green chilly , and jeera into fine paste and add it to the smashed vegetable.
• Add salt and boil for some time.
• Temper with mustard, urad dal, and red chillyand curry leaves.
• Kootu ready.

Serve with rice / Chapathi.

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Keerai

Ingredients:

• Palak or any type of greens - 1
• Moong dal - little
• tomato - 1/2 to 1
• Jeera - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Salt
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Red chilly - 2 to 3
• Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

Method:

• Peel and chop greens.
• Wash moong dal and add it the greens. Add chopped tomato.Add little water.
• Add turmeric powder, jeera and pressure cook for 5-6 whistles.
• Remove it and smash it well. Add salt and boil for some time.
• Temper with mustard, urad dal, and red chilly.
• Keerai ready.

Mushroom Biryani

Ingredients:

• Mushroom -1/2 pkt
  
• Basmathi Rice -1 cup
  
• Onions - 2
  
• Tomato - 1
  
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
  
• Bay leaf - little bit
  
• Cinnamon- 2 small pieces
  
• Cloves - 2
  
• Cardamom - 2
  
• Green Chilly - 2
  
• Chilly powder - 3/4 tsp
  
• Salt
• oil
  

Method:

• Heat the cooker with oil. Add Cloves, cinnamon,cardamom and bay leaf.
• Add Green chilly ,chopped onion.Fry till golden brown.
• Add the ground ginger garlic paste.Fry till raw smell disappears.
• Add the chopped tomatoes, and mushroom.
• Add chilly powder and Salt and mis it well.
• Add the washed rice and pour water.
• Put off the gas after 3 whistles.
• Garnish with Coriander leaves.

Aloo mutter masala

Ingredients:

• Potato - 250 gms
• Peas - one handful
• onions -1
• Tomatoes - 1
• Garam masala -1/2 tsp
• Chilly powder - 1 tsp
• Coriander powder -2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Coriander leaves
• Salt
• Oil

Method:

• Boil potatoes and peas.
• Fry the pan, add oil.
• Add cumin seeds.Fry onions and tomatoes.
• Add chilly powder,coriander powder,turmeric powder and salt.
• Mix it well. Now add boiled peas and smashed potatoes.
• Add water and cook it.
• Add garam masala on top of it. Stir well.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.

Kharabath

Ingredients:

• Rava - 1 cup
• Potato - 1
• Carrot -1
• Onions- 1
• Tomatoes - 1
• Brinjal small- 1
• Curry leaves - little
• Salt
• Oil
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Mustard and urad dal
• Ginger - 1"
• Green chilly - 2
• Asafodita

Method:

• Fry the pan, add oil and pomper mustard and urad dal and asafodita.
• Add Curry leaves,ginger,chilly. Fry onions,tomatoes, small pieces of potato,grated carrot and chopped brinjal.
• Add turmeric powder and salt.
• Add required amount of water and the roasted rava.
• Allow it to boil nicely. Close and cook for 5 mins.
• Yummy Kharabath is ready.

Serve with Coconut coriander chutney.

This recipe goes to

http://www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.in/2012/02/carrot-recipes_17.html by Sameena

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