CORIANDER RICE

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If you are a vegetarian, then undoubtedly you are going to like this colorful and flavorful Indian coriander rice recipe. You can take it in your lunch box to have a great and delightful diet.

INGREDIENTS

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FOR CORIANDER PASTE:

• Coriander or cilantro – ¾ cup, packed
• Green chili – 2 small sized
• Ginger – ½ inch sized piece
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Water – 2 tbsp
• For Coriander Rice Recipe:
• Basmati Rice – ¾ cup
• Oil – 2tbsp
• Cloves – 2
• Green cardamom – 2
• Bay leaf – 1
• Onion – ¼ cup sliced
• Cinnamon stick – ½ inch piece
• Potato – ½ cup cubed
• Cauliflower – ½ cup cut into bite sized florets
• Green peas – ¼ cup
• Carrots – ¼ cup chopped
• Salt according to your taste sense
• Water – 1 ¼ cups

PROCESS

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MAKING OF PASTE: 

• Prior to cooking, rinse the rice well in cold water.
• Then souse in adequate water for almost 15 minutes.
• In the meantime slash all the vegetables and prepare coriander paste.
• Now in a grinder jar take all the paste components with 2 tbsp of water.
• Compose smooth paste out and put It aside.

MAKING OF CORIANDER RICE RECIPE:

• In a pressure cooker heat the oil in mild temperature.
• After that in the hot oil having rice add cloves, cardamom, bay leaf and cinnamon stick. 
• Let it brown for a minute.
• Thereafter include some sliced onion and let it cook for about 2 minutes.
• Now add the remaining vegetables with added salt and combine well.
• Add prepared paste and stir well almost for 2 minutes.
• Add wet rice and water and mix them.
• Cover up the pressure cooker in high heat and let it whistle for twice and finally turn off the stove.
• Ultimately the recipe is prepared to get served.

CORIANDER RICE

PREPARATION TIME – 20 MINUTES

COOKING TIME – 15 MINUTES

SERVE FOR – 2 PERSONS

COCONUT RICE

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Tasty coconut creamy rice is very popular in southern states of India. Learn to make coconut rice in micro wave oven in 15 minutes.

INGREDIENTS

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• 80 % cooked Basmati rice – 3 large cups
• Grated coconut – 1 small cup
• Readymade coconut milk – 1 large cup
• Salt to taste

INGREDIENTS FOR TEMPERING

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• Curry leaves – few
• Mustard seeds - ½ tsp
• Fenugreek seeds – ½ tsp
• Green chili – 3 to 5
• Peanut – 3 tbsp
• Asparagus – 1 pinch
• Boiled chick pea – ½ cup
• Ghee or refine oil – 2 tbsp

PROCESS

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• Take an oven bowl, add ghee or oil and run the microwave oven for few seconds to warm it
• Add all ingredients of tempering
• Run oven for 10 seconds
• Add grated coconut and run the machine for 5 minutes
• Add rice and coconut milk, seasoning with salt
•  Run oven for 10 minutes in high
• Serve rice with curry

COCONUT RICE

PREPARATION TIME – 10 MINUTES

COOKING TIME – 15 MINUTES

SERVE FOR – 3 

SOYA CHUNK PULAO

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This dish is healthy and one pot preparation. I am using soya chunks which are a great source of protein and nutrition. I am making it in microwave oven but traditionally this dish is prepared in hundi in Cole burn oven.  

INGREDIENTS

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• Soya chunk – 50 gm (boiled in water and drained out the water)
• Basmati rice – 2 large cup full ( washed and socked for at least 1 hour)
• Red onion  - 3 medium size, 2 cut very finely and 1 for paste
• Garlic paste – 1 tbsp
• Red chili powder – 1 tsp
• Garam masala powder – 2 tbsp
• Bay leaves – 2
• Deshi ghee or refine oil – 4 tbsp
• Clove – 3
• Cinnamon stick – 1
• Green cardamom – 3 or 4
• Salt to taste
• Mitha ator (essence) few drops

PROCESS

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• In an oven proof bowl, heat ghee  and put soya chunk and salt
• Cook for 5 minutes in high
• Add bay leaves, clove, cinnamon and cardamoms
• Cook for 10 seconds, a nice aroma of spices will come out
• Add onions chopped and cook in high for 2 minutes
• Add onion paste ,garlic paste and red chili powder, cook 3 minutes
• Add rice and mix well now add 3 and ½ large cups water, you can add salt if required , traditionally 2 tbsp sugar is added to make the dish little sweet but you can avoid sugar
• Run the oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until rice cooked and water evaporate
• Add garam masala powder and essence
• Remove from oven and cover for 10 minutes so the aroma of essence goes in the dish
• Colour of the dish will be whitish but you can use kesore food colour to make the dish orange yellow in colour
• In case of using colour ,apply ½ tsp colour to be added to water you added to cook the rice

SOYA CHUNK PULAO

PREPARATION TIME - 15 MINUTES

COOKING TIME - 25 MINUTES

SERVE FOR - 3

TAMARIND RICE WITH RAITA

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This is a south Indian rice recipe, prepared with tamarind used in Indian cuisine mostly. Fine aromas of some Indian spices give it a flavorful and delicious taste. Try it at home and surly make raita to serve with it. Raita is also a popular side dish. It has the goodness of curd. This rice dish is enriched with vitamin C.

INGREDIENTS
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• Fine grain rice – 500 gm
• Tamarind Pulp – 1 large cup
• Sesame seeds – 2 tbsp
• Coriander seeds - 2 tsp
• Whole dry red chili – 5
• Channa dal (gram) – ½ cup
• Peanut  - 25 gm
• Curry leaves – 2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Sesame oil – 4 tbsp

INGREDIENTS FOR TAMPERING
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• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Fenugreek seeds – 1 tsp
• Curry leaves – 2 tbsp
• Dry red chili – 3 or 4

PROCESS
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• Sock rice for half an hour, cook it little hard and  keep aside
• Dry roast coriander seeds and red chili, grind to make powder
• Dry roast sesame seeds and grind
• In a frying pan heat 2 tbsp sesame oil
• Add all the ingredients of tampering
• When crackling sound of mustard comes out add gram and peanuts
• Cook for few minutes
• Add salt and tamarind pulp with little water
• Mix well and simmer the gas
• Cook for 5 to 10 minutes
• In an another frying heat rest of oil
• Add rice and salt mix well
• Sprinkle powdered spice and pour the gram mixture
• Mix well and cook for 5 minutes 

TAMARIND RICE

INGREDIENTS FOR RAITA
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• Sour curd – 100 gm
• Chopped cucumber – 5 tbsp
• Pani puri masala – 1 tbsp
• Red chili powder – 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Sugar - 3 tsp

PROCESS OF RAITA
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• Beat curd with salt and sugar
• Mix salt with cucumber and keep for 10 t0 15 minutes
• Water will comes out from cucumber
• Squeeze to remove water
• Add cucumber, pani puri masala and red chili powder
• Mix well, your Raita is ready to serve
• Serve the rice with Raita

RAITA

PREPARATION TIME - 10 MINUTES

COOKING TIME - 12 MINUTES

SERVE FOR - 4