Tahari(Rice Recipe)

This is one of my and my hubby’s favorite rice dish.my mom-in-law

Taught me this simple rice dish and can be make without much effort.

You can add other veggies of your choice like potato,peas,carrots etc.

 

ingridents:

• Rice-1cup
• Cauliflower (florets)-1/2 cup
• Onion -1cut into slices
• Cumin seed-1/4 tsp
• Mustard seed-1/4 tsp 
• Fenugreek( Methi) seed-1/4tsp
• Asafetida (hing)-pinch
• Turmeric powder-1/2tsp
• Tamarind pulp-1tbsp
• oil-1tbsp

For Ground Masala:

•  Methi (Fenugreek seed)-8-10 seeds
• Whole coriander seed-1tbsp
• chana dal(gram dal)-1tbsp
• whole red chilli-2

preparation:

First dry roast coriander seed,chana dal, methi and dry red Chilli.

Roast till nice fragrant comes.

Once they cool, grind coarse grind.

Wash rice and drain the water and keep aside.

Heat oil in pressure cooker add mustard seed, cumin seed,hing sauté for few seconds.

Add onions and cook till turn little golden brown.

Add cauliflower and turmeric powder, salt and mix it well.

Now add washed rice and coarsely ground masala cook for 1-2 minutes.

Add 2cups of water and tamarind pulp. Once its start boiling give a nice

Stir otherwise veggie and rice will stuck in the bottom.

Close the lid of the pressure cooker and cook till one whistle comes.

Turn off the heat. Let the pressure go on by itself.

Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot with any raita.
Enjoy!!!

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Gulab jamun with milk powder

i prepared these gulab jamun on holi. here in US we don't get khova(mava) ,
as we get in India. so i tried these from milk powder. it turned out almost like mava one.

Ingredients:

• Milk powder-1cup
• Maida-2tbsp
• Rava (semolina)-2tbsp
• Cream -3tbsp
• Ghee-4 tbsp
• Baking powder-a pinch
• Sugar-1 cup
• Water-1cup
• Cardamom powder-1/4tsp
• Coconut flakes –for garnishing
• Oil or ghee for frying

Preparation:

Mix all the dry ingredients milk powder, Maida, rava and baking powder nicely.
Now add cream and melted ghee little by little and kneads soft and smooth dough.
Cover it with paper towel for 20- 30 minutes.
In the meantime mix the sugar and water boil it till sugar dissolve completely
And simmer for 5 minutes. Add cardamom powder into the syrup and keep aside.
Make a small size of balls out of the dough. Make sure there are no cracks into ball.
Heat oil on medium flame and fry the balls till golden brown. Now add them sugar syrup.
Rest them for half an hour in sugar syrup.
Serve it with coconut flakes on top.
Enjoy!!!

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Award Time

Hello Friends, 
 I m extremely Happy that  Last month i received three liebster  award from three
 fabulous blogger first  Poornima Porchelvan from Poornima's Cook Book ,
 second from Preeti Jaipal from Kitchen  Delicacies,
 Third Rita  from rita-bose-cooking  
 yesterday i got Fourth one  from Chitz from Indulge, 

   Thank you all for your support and encouragement. please visit their blogs for
   delicious  recipe.

  There are some rules for this award:

   Write random facts about yourself.

   Answer the 11 question given by the person nominated you.

   set 11 new questions.

   Nominate 11 bloggers who have less than 200 followers and mention them in your post. 

  Tell the person who nominated you, along with the people whom you have nominated.
  Random facts about myself:
  ooh its tricky....

  I’m simple house wife, mother of two adorable kids 8years old son and 18^th month old

  Daughter. Lives in USA,Minnesota with my caring,loving husband and kids.

  I am very positive person.

  I love shopping, cooking, of course blogging.

  I’m god believer and very good listener.

  I got four set of question so I selected Question randomly from all of them.

1. What are your hobbies other than blogging?
    I'm trying to learn photography.

2.What is your favorite recipe in your blog?

    Tangy Paneer

3.Which is better chocolate/strawberry/butterscotch?
   strawberry.

4.What is your favorite cuisine? 
   Indian, i like spicy dises.i like Italian and Mexican too.

5. If you were allowed to change something about yourself, what would that be?
   i don't want to change anything. i just go with flow. 

6. According to you which is most important in a blog, picture, presentation, or recipe?
    Recipe.

7. Cooking is according to you is
    cooking is love for family and friends.

8. Do you watch TV show? If so, which is your favorite?
    i don't get time to watch TV, sometimes i watch Bang Bang theory,wheel of fortune
    Balika vadhu on colors. 

9. What four words would you use describe yourself?

     Happy, reliable,friendly and self consious .

10.How do you spend your free time?
     i play with my kids. 

11.your favorite dessert?
     personally i don't like much sweet. 

Blogs i nominate 

 Nilu A from Kitchen Serenity
 nisha s fromMY FOOD EXPRESS
 Amrita Roy from Motions and Emotions
 Pavithra R from Potpourri
 Reni from What's Cooking!
 Gayathri Ramanan from Foody - Buddy
 Ruxana Gafoor from From My Own Kitchen
 Beena.stephy from Beena's
 Priya Anandakumar from Yummy Foods
 Chandrani Banerjee from Cuisine Delights
 Surabhi from My Cook Book

 

I nominate the blogs, the 11 questions I want them to answer: 

Questions for you bloggers:

What is your favorite past time?

Are you quite or active person?

What is your idea for perfect breakfast?

Who is your favorite blogger?

What would you do keep your family happy?
what is your favorite time of the year?
what is your perspective of your life?
what is your favorite quote?
what is your dream vacation destination?
favorite beauty product?
who inspires you?

keep cooking and Happy blogging!!!

 

Mint cucumber raita

Cucumber mint raita is simplest and yummiest raita.it Tastes good with biryani or any rice dish.

Ingredients:

  Cucumber-1/2cup grated

  Mint leaves-1tbsp (finely chopped)

  Black salt-a pinch

  Roasted cumin powder-1/4 tsp 
  Salt to taste  

Preparation:

Beat the curd add cumin powder, black salt, salt mix it well.

Add grated cucumber and finely chopped mint mix it properly.

Serve with any biryani, any rice dish.

Enjoy!!!

 

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Eggless Almond cookies

Egg less Almond cookie are easy to make and Taste is so yummy. Have these cookies with nice cup of tea.I hope you’ll enjoy them as well.

Ingredients:

•        All Purpose flour-2 cup
•        Sugar- 1 cup      
•        Almond- 1 cup
•        Purified butter (ghee) or butter-1 cup(melted)
•        Milk-2 tbsp.
•        Baking powder-1 tsp

Preparation:

1.       Preheat the oven to 180 c (350 f)
2.          Soak the half almonds in Luke warm water for half an hour.
3.          After Half an hour cut the  almonds into long two pieces
4.          Grind rest of them.
5.          Beat the melted Ghee or butter and sugar in mixing bowl until light.
6.         Add maida and baking powder into the mixture and mix well. 
7.          Now add ground almonds and milk into the mixture . knead lightly to make dough.
8.          Divide that into equal size balls keep it between your palms and press it with light hands.
9.         Put the half chopped almonds at center of the cookies. 
10.         Arrange them two inches apart in a baking tray because their size increases on getting     baked.
11.         Put it in oven and let it bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
12.         Cool on racks and serve.
13.         Delicious almond cookies are perfect for tea or just for enjoying whenever you’d like.

     Linking it to:

     Cooking with seeds event hosted by Simply Tadka and announced by Priya.             

also sending this to Bake Fest, hosted by Nivedhanam and Vardhini of Cook's Joy as their theme this month is eggless vegetarian bakes.

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