Spicy Potato Rice / Urulai Kizhangu Saatham | Variety Rice Recipes

Fried rice / Variety rice recipes are very popular lunchbox recipes. If we include vegetables with variety rice recipes, it becomes nutritious also. I tried potato rice based on this idea. It came out well. Have a try !

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Recipe Cuisine : Indian | Recipe Category: Variety Rice

Preparation Time: 10 mins  | Cooking Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Cooked Rice	2 cups
Potato (medium size)	2
Ginger Garlic Paste	1 tbsp
Onion	1
Bay leaf	1
Cinnamon	1 inch
Cloves	2
Cardamom	1
Red Chilli Powder	1 tsp
Coriander Powder	1 tbsp
Garam Masala Powder	½ tsp
Salt	Required
Oil + Ghee	2 tbsp
Cumin Seeds	1 tbsp

Procedure:

1. Wash and cut the potatoes into 1 inch pieces. Put the potato pieces into the water to avoid the color changing.

2. Cut the onion into small slices.

3. Heat the oil in a pan, add cumin seeds and wait for spluttering.

4. Add bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. Fry for few seconds.

5. Add chopped onion (from 2) and sauté till the onion becomes translucent.

6. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for few seconds.

7. Add chopped potatoes (from 1) and fry for 1 min.

8. Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and salt. Mix them well.

9. Sprinkle water and cook till the potatoes become tender.

10. Then add cooked rice and mix them gently. Close the lid of the pan and keep flame at low. Cook for 2 mins.

   Yummy and spicy potato rice is ready to serve. Serve with raitha.

Note:

1. You should not add more water to cook the potatoes.

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Peas Masala / Matar Masala / Pachai Pattani Masala | Peas Recipes

This is Peas season. It is a good time to explore peas based recipes. Peas masala can be made with fresh and frozen peas. It is a good side dish for rice and roti.

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1. Peas Idli

2. Peas Pulao

3. Peas Masala Bath

4. Palak Peas Pulao

5. Peas Paratha

Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Side Dish

Preparation Time: 10 mins  | Cooking Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Green Peas (fresh or frozen or dried)	1 cup
Salt	As required
Powders:
Turmeric Powder	¼ tsp
Red Chilli Powder	1 tsp
Coriander Powder	1 tbsp
To Temper:
Oil	1 tbsp
Cumin Seeds	1 tsp
Chopped Onion	2 tbsp
Curry Leaves	1 spring
To grind into paste:
Grated Coconut	¼ cup
Garlic Pods	2-3
Fennel Seeds	1 tsp

Procedure:

1. Heat the oil in a pan, add cumin seeds and wait for spluttering.

2. Add curry leaves and sauté for few seconds.

3. Add chopped onion and sauté till the onion becomes translucent.

4. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and coriander powder. Mix them well and fry till the raw smell goes off.

5. Add 1 cup of peas and fry for a minute.

6. Add water and salt, mix them well. Close the lid of the pan and cook till the peas become tender. Stir them occasionally.

7. Meanwhile, add grated coconut, garlic pods and fennel seeds in a mixie jar. Grind them into a fine paste using little water.

8. Now add this ground mixture with the cooked peas mixture. Mix them well and cook till the water evaporated completely.

             Yummy and tasty peas masala is ready to serve.

Note:

1. If you use dried peas, wash and soak the peas for 6-7 hours and then use.

2. Adjust the chilli level according to your taste.

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Jowar Aappam / Sorghum Appam / White Cholam Aapam | Jowar Recipes

Appam is a weekly once dish in my house. I have already put many appam varieties like Appam with Coconut Milk, Egg Aappam, Beetroot Aappam, Ballon Vine Appam, PalakAppam.  This aappam made with jowar/sorchum/cholam which I saw in a blog (here). I have tried it and it came out well. I strongly recommend for you too to try.

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Recipe Cuisine : South Indian| Recipe Category: Breakfast

Preparation Time: 30 mins  | Cooking Time: 10 mins | Yields: 20 nos.

Ingredients:

Raw Rice	2 cups
Cholam / Sorghum /Jowar	2 cups
Urad Dal	¾ cup
Fenugreek Seeds	1 tbsp
Salt	As required
Oil (for making appam)	As required

Procedure:

1. Wash and soak the raw rice for 3 hrs.

2. Wash and soak the cholam for 7 hrs.

3. Wash and soak the urad and fenugreek seeds together for 3 hrs.

4. First grind the urad dal into fine paste using grinder or mixie with sprinkle water little by little.

5. After ground the urad dal, take the urad dal paste from the grinder and keep it aside.

6. Grind the raw rice into little bit coarse paste.

7. Then add the cholam and grind them together into find paste.

8. Mix this raw rice – cholam paste with urad dal paste.

9. Add salt and mix them well with your hands. Close the lid of the pan and allow it to ferment for 8 hrs or overnight.

10. After fermentation mix the batter with ladle and transfer into small bowls. Then keep it in the refrigerator for later use.

11. Before making aappam, add little bit water with the batter. The batter should be in pouring consistency.

12. Heat the appam pan and pour few drops of oil. Then pour ladle full of batter into the pan. Now rotate the pan in a circular motion, so that the batter spreads all over the pan. See this video for how to make aappam.

13. Now pour few drops of oil and close the lid of the pan. Cook for 2-3 mins or till the appam is cooked well.

14. Then take it out from the pan and serve with spicy chutney.

    Tasty, Healthy  and mouthwatering appam is ready!

Note:

1. You should not use parboiled rice instead of raw rice. Raw rice only gives nice texture to the appam.

2. Adjust the urad dal level according to your urad dal.

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Chow Chow Kadalai Paruppu Kootu / Chayote Kootu

Most of the kootu recipe use moong dal (pasi paruppu). But my mother uses channa dal ( kadalai paruppu). This simple change gives a different but good taste. You can have this with not only rice but also chapathi, dosa, etc.,

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Recipe Cuisine : South Indian| Recipe Category: Side Dish

                    Preparation Time: 15 mins  | Cooking Time: 20 mins | Yields: 20 cookies

Ingredients:

Chow Chow	1
Chana Dal / Kadalai Paruppu	¼ cup
Salt	As required
To Fry and Paste:
Oil	1 tsp
Chana Dal / Kadalai Paruppu	1 tbsp
Red Chilli	2
Cumin Seeds	1 tsp
Coriander Seeds	1 tsp
Grated Coconut	3 tbsp
To Temper:
Oil	2 tsp
Mustard Seeds	½ tsp
Curry Leaves	1 spring
Finely Chopped Onion	¼ cup

Procedure:

1. Remove the skin and seeds of the chow chow. Then cut it into small ½ inch pieces.

2. Pressure cook the ¼ cup of channa dal with ¼ cups of water for 3 whistles in medium flame or till the dal becomes tender.

3. After pressure has gone, remove the cooked dal from the cooker and drain the water come pletely. Keep it aside.

4. Meanwhile, heat 1 tsp of oil and fry channa dal, red chillies, coriander seeds, and cumin seeds, till the nice aroma comes out from the mixture.

5. Then add grated coconut and fry for 1 mins then switch off the flame. Allow it to cool down completely.

6. Grind the above fried mixture into fine paste using the mixie with little water. Keep it aside.

7. Heat the oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and wait for popping.

8. Add curry leaves and sauté for few seconds.

9. Add chopped onion and sauté till the onion becomes translucent.

10. Add Chopped chow chow pieces (from 1) and ¼ cup of water. Mix them well and close the lid of the pan.

11. Stir the mixture occasionally. Cook till the chow chow becomes tender.

12. Add the ground masala (from 6), cooked channa dal ( from 3)  and salt. Mix them well and cook till the mixture becomes thick.

   Aromatic and yummy chow chow stir fry is ready to serve. Serve it with rice, roti and chapathi.

Note:

1. Adjust the channa dal level according to your taste.

2. Adjust the chilli level according to your spice level.

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Fig and Strawberry Juice | Fig Recipes | Juice Recipes

This is fig and strawberry season. This combination of Fig and Strawberry is a big hit in my home and will be also be a big hit in yours too. Also, fig is very good for increasing hemoglobin.

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1. Orange Yogurt Smoothie with fig

2. Fresh Fig Juice 

3. Fresh Fig Jam 

4. FCP Juice 

5. Fig Banana Smoothie 

6. Fresh Fig Milkshake

Recipe: Cuisine | Recipe Category: Beverages

Preparation Time: 10 mins  |  Yields: 2 cups

Fresh Fig Fruit	4 nos
Strawberry	4
Honey	1 tbsp
Water	As required

Procedure:

1. Remove the skin of the figs and cut them into small chunks.

2. Wash and cut the strawberries into small pieces.

3. Blend the chopped figs, strawberries, water and honey in a blender till the fruits grind into smooth paste.

4. Strain the juice using the juice strainer and serve it chill or at room temperature.

Note:

1. Adjust the honey level according to your taste.

2. You can use sugar instead of honey.

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