TOMATO RICE

Ingredients :

Tomato                : 3 big
rice                       : 2 glass
ginger and garlic
chilly powder       : 2 tsp
turmeric powder   : 1/2 tsp
hing                      : 1/2 tsp
curry leaves          : a handful
green chillies        : 5
dry red chillies      : 7
mustard seeds       : 1 tsp
garam masala        : 1 tsp
urad dal                 : 1 1/2 tsp
salt                        : to taste

method :

cook the rice, drain it and keep aside.
put cut tomatoes, ginger garlic and green chillies in a mixer and  make a paste . keep it aside .
take a vessel heat it . add oil  , put mustard seeds. once spluttered add urad dal and red chiilies .once done  add  the tomato paste . add chilli powder, turmeric powder , hing and cook for sometime. now add curry leaves and cook for a  min. you may turnoff the gas  now .

now put the rice in to the tomato masala and mix it well. add coriander leaves to garnish .

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CHICKEN KHEEMA BIRIYANI

Ingredients For the Rice :

basmati rice                : 2 glass
water                          : 3 glass  ( based on the ratio of 1 glass rice and 1 1/2 glass water )
oil                               : 2 tbsp
cloves                         : 5
patta leaves                 : 2 big



Ingredients for the Masala  :

Kheema or Minced meat              : 700 grms
chilli powder                                 : 2 tsp
turmeric powd                              : 1/2 tsp
onion                                            : 2
ginger garlic and green chilli paste
tomato                                          : 2 big
mint leaves                                  : few
coriander leaves                          : few
garam masala powd                     : 2 tsp
oil                                                : 4 tbsp
salt                                              : to taste
colour                                         : little diluted in water ( i prefer lemon yellow colour)


method :

before preparing first wash and soak the rice for half an hour .
take a small vessel and keep the 3 glass of water to boil .
now take a  big vessel  pour little oil once its hot add  cloves and patta leaves once the smell starts coming add  the soaked rice  and continiously stir it till the rice gets hard and little white in colour .
now add the boiled water in to the rice , add some salt and close the lid .
after 5- 7 mins the rice will be ready.. KEEP IT ASIDE

for the kheema masala
take a vessel pour ghee or oil , add sliced onions  saute for 2 mins
once  the colour of onions gets glassy add ginger garlic and chilly paste and saute for 1 min.
now add chilly powder / turmeric powder and mix . once the raw smell goes add  the cut tomatoes and saute till the tomatoes get pasty .
add a handlful of  mint leaves and little coriander leaves
now add  garam masala powder  and mix . once the tomato paste starts boiling slowly add the KHEEMA and cook it for sometime.
add salt to taste . kheema masala is ready

for setting the biriyani :

take a big vessel or deep pan
coat the base with ghee  add the  first layer of cooked rice , now sprinkle some garam masala and little colour , on that spread little of kheema masala . again put the second layer of rice , add colour and on top of that spread kheema masala like wise do till the topmost part is covered  with rice . sprinkle some garam masala on the top and some coriander leaves too. cover the biriyani for sometime and keep aside.

Simply Spicy: Lentils

Simply Spicy: Lentils

CHICKEN CURRY FOR THE BAGAARA RICE

This curry can be substituted with Mutton as well. Infact according to me Mutton tastes better . This dish i learnt from my Mother In Law.

Ingredients :

Chicken   or Mutton      1kg 

                                                        dry coconut                    1/2 piece  sliced and grinded to a paste 

      chilly powder                    2 tbsp

    Jeera powder                    2 tbsp

garam masala                    2 tsp

Kasuri Methi powder     3 tbsp 

tomato                        3 

                     onion                      2 big sliced 

green chilly                7 

ginger garlic paste          2 tbsp

oil                                 50 ml 

coriander leaves        a small bunch

Method :

Heat oil in a pan as hown below and put the sliced onions and saute for sometime. add cut green chillies to it and saute for some time till the raw smell goesoff.

add ginger garlic Paste and saute for 1 min . now add the cut tomatoes and saute well till the tomatoes gets pasty .

add the dry coconut paste and saute for some time. with this add red chilly powder , jeera powder  and KASURI METHI POWDER 

Now add the chicken pieces as shown below and allow it to cook. Add salt to taste .

once the chicken is cooked well  add garam masala and garnish with coriander leaves .

BAGAARA RICE (Famous Hyderabadi Rice)

Bagaara Rice is a very famous Hyderabadi Rice which is simple and easy to cook. It tastes delicious . I am sharing with you the reciepe of making Bagaara Rice .

Ingredients :

Basmati Rice         : 5 cups
water                    : 7 1/2 Cups( for 1 cup rice , take 1 1/2 glass water )
onion big               : 2 cut in to small pieces
SAA Jeera            : 2 tsp
turmeric powder   : 1/4 tsp
coriander leaves   : 1 big bunch
mint leaves           : 1 big bunch
cinnamon            : 5
green chilli           : 7 big ( not sliced or cut )
bay leaves           : 4 big
oil or ghee          : 45 ml
salt to taste

Method :

wash the rice and soak it in water for half an hour . after that drain the water and keep aside. keep 7 1/2 cups of water to boil in a seperate vessel .
Now heat oil in a pan . add cut onions to it and saute well for 2 mins . add  the green chillies and saute for a minute. now add saa jeera, and cinnamon sticks  and saute for a minute . after that you can dump the rice and saute well till the rice turns white . add turmeric and salt . now pour the boiling water to this vessel , put coriander leaves, mint leaves , bay leaves  and mix everything well . now close the vessel with a lid .after 10- 15 mins open the lid you will be just tempted to eat the rice from the vessel itself . it smells realllyyyyy good .  serve hot with bagaara chicken curry or mutton curry .

FRUIT SALAD

Fruit Salad is one of the easiest and the tastiest dessert .

Ingredients :

fruits  (  orange - 2 , apple -1 , grapes -few , mangoes - 1 big
milk    1 litre
sugar  1 cup
custard powder or egg
vanilla essence -2 drops
gelatin 1 pkt any flavour i use strawberry flavour

Method :

for the custard :

pour the milk in a vessel and heat it . while he milk is getting heated seperate 50 ml of hot milk from the vessel to a small glass. add 3 tbsp of custard powder and stir well until its smooth . meanwhile the milk will start boiling . add the custard mix to the boiling milk and stir the milk continiously for some time. you will notice the milk has become little thick . remove the vessel from the gas and keep aside to cool. put in 2 drops of vanilla essence in to it . you can refrigerate it .
while serving put the fruits first then pour the custard mixture on top of it and then put the jelly .
fruit salad is ready to serve

CHICKEN BIRIYANI

TANDOORI CHICKEN, TANDOORI ROTI AND MINT CHUTNEY

For the Roti :

all purpose flour   3 cups 
curd  or milk     1 1/2 cup
butter    6 tbsp
sugar     2 tbsp
yeast    11/2 tsp


Method
Put the flour in a mixing bowl, heat the milk with butter until the butter melts and milk is warm. stir in yeast and sugar .pour the milk mixture over the flour. Mix and knead until its soft .cover and let the dough rest in a warm place for 4 hrs .divide the dough in to small portions . roll each portions and put it on the tandoor plate as shown in the above pic.cook  for 3 mins.


For the Chicken :


chicken  1  kg
curd     1/2 litre
kashmiri chilli powder  2 tbsp
ginger paste  3 tbsp
garlic paste  3 paste 
lemon juice   2 full lemon
red colour    
salt         to taste
cinnamon    5 sticks crushed to powder
cloves      15 crushed to powder
tandoor powder  2 tbsp
normal chilly powder : 2 tbsp


Method :
mix all the ingredients to the chicken and marinate it well. keep it refrigerated overnight or minimum of 4-6 hours 
once its marinated keep the chicken pieces on the tandoori grill tray and cook for 15 mins both sides. 


Coriander Mint Chutney :


curd              1 cup
coriander leaves  few 
mint leaves       15 numbers
ginger            1 small piece
garlic            4 numbers
green chilly      1 small
lime or tamarind  little 


Method 
Insert all the above ingredients in a mixer grinder and make it in to a paste . chutney is ready !!!

CHINEESE NOODLES

Chineese noodles is one of my favourate ever since school days . This is a very easytocook reciepe which i learned from my mom.

Ingredients:

egg noodles     2 packets
beans              1/4 kg
carrot              1/4 kg
egg                 3
soya sauce      4tbsp
green chillies    4 grinded
ginger             2 big grinded
water              to cook noodles
salt                 to taste

method :

Boil water in a vessel , put the 2 packets of egg noodles and cook it . do not forget to put 2 tsp of  cooking oil so that the noodles dosent stick  and  add 1 1/2 tsp of salt  .  once its cooked drain the noodles and keep aside to cool.

Place a  big pan vessel , heat oil in the vessel and add the grinded chilly and ginger paste and saute until the raw smell is removed . Then put the cut carrot and  beans and saute well . Add little water so that the veggies gets cooked easily . add salt to taste .

In a small pan scramble the eggs with salt and pepper powder  .

Now add the earlier cooked  noodles  to the vegetables and also add the scrambled eggs ,  you can sprinkle little vinegar and soya sauce in the whole mixture and mix it well  until the vegetables and egg scrambles are evenly spread .
serve hot with chicken curry or beef curry .