CAPSICUM RICE

CAPSICUM RICE

Ingredients:

1.       Cooked rice – 3cups

2.      Capsicums -2 (big size)

3.      Ghee/oil – 2tsp

4.      Curry leaves – few

5.      Salt to taste

6.      Roasted peanuts for garnish.

Masala powder:

Roast the following ingredients in ghee and grind them into a powder along with grated coconut.

1.       Red chillies – 3 to 4

2.      Coriander seeds -  1 tsp

3.      Cumin seeds – 1tsp

4.      Urad dal – 1tsp

5.      Cinnamon stick -1″

6.      Peanuts – 2tsp

7.      Grated coconut – 1tsp

8.      Ghee(clarified butter) – 2tsp

9.      Lemon juice – 1tsp(optional)

Method:

·         In a wide bottom pan heat oil /ghee, add mustard seeds and curry leaves.

·         After the mustard starts spluttering add capsicum pieces and cook for 5min.(Do not over cook the capsicum)

·         To this add the above ground powder, salt and mix well.

·         Reduce the heat and add the cooked rice and combine with the mixture and salt well.

·         Turn off the stove, add roasted peanuts at the end, mix well and serve with raita or any gravy of your choice.

Spicy lemon rice

Spicy Lemon Rice

   Ingredients:

Cooked rice: ½ kg

Lemon: 4(Big size)

Chick pea: 100 gms (soaked for 1 night and boiled)

Asafetida: ¾ tsp

Turmeric powder: 1tsp

Mustard seeds: 1 tsp

Cumin seeds: ½ tsp

Green chilies: 10(chopped)

Fresh coconut: small cup (Grated)

Curry leaves

Coriander

Oil: 3 tsp

Salt to taste

Preparation:

Ø Take a pan and heat oil then add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and fry for a while.

Ø Then add chopped green chilies, curry leaves, 1/4^th of coriander and fry for a while.

Ø Then add turmeric powder, asafetida and then add the chick pea, grated coconut and lemon juice and turn off the stove.

Ø Then add the cooked rice, salt and sprinkle coriander and mix well.

Serves 5 people.

SPICY LEMON RICE IS READY..!!

Spicy lemon rice can be enjoyed well with coconut chutney. J

  

Omlet curry recipe

OMLET CURRY

Ingredients:    

Eggs: 4

Potatoes: 2(medium size)

Tomatoes: 3(big size)

Onions: 4(medium size)

Green chili: 4

Curry leaves

Coriander

Coconut: 1 small cup (cut into small pieces)

Oil: 3 tsps

Ginger-garlic paste: 1 tsp

Cumin seeds: ½ tsp

Cloves: 3 or 4

Cinnamon: 2 small pieces

Coriander powder: 1tsp

Chili powder: 2 tsp’s

Salt to taste

For masala preparation:

Grind coconut, 1 onion and 3 tomatoes to fine paste.

For omlet preparation:

Ø Firstly chop finely 1 onion and green chili’s

Ø Then take a non-stick pan and heat oil and put an omlet and sprinkle chopped onions and green chilies and sprinkle little salt.

Ø Then fold the left and right sides of the omlet on to the center of the omlet and turn the omlet upside down.

Ø And after a minute cut the omlet into two halves.

ØThen repeat the above 4 steps for remaining 3 eggs.

For gravy preparation:

Ø Now firstly slice the remaining two onions and cut potatoes into medium cubes

Ø Now take a pan and heat oil and add cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamanon and fry for 1 minute.

Ø Now add onions and curry leaves and fry them until onions turn into light golden color and then add ginger garlic paste and fry for 2 minutes.

Ø Now add the prepared masala paste and add chili powder, coriander powder, salt and fry for2-3 minutes.

Ø Now add potatoes and add 3 cups of water and put the lid and let it boil for ten minutes.

Ø Now the gravy is prepared so add the prepared omlets and give a light stir, make sure you won’t break any omlet and sprinkle coriander.

OMLET CURRY IS PREPARED..!!

Serves 4 people

               Omlet curry is best enjoyed with rice, chapathi’s , puri and nans.