Simple Fried Rice

To serve 4 people:

Ingredients:
• 2 onions finely chopped
• 4 medium size carrot finely chopped
• 1 small cup of beans chopped in 1” inch length
• 400gms rice cooked
• 3 tbps of oil
• 1 tbp of pepper pwd
• Salt to taste

Method:
• Cook rice and put it aside.
• In a nonstick pan add oil and fry onions. Cook them till they r soft.
• Add chopped vegetables and cook till they are soft. Add pepper pwd and salt.
• Now cooked rice and mix well. Fry rice for about 3mins.
• Serve with raitha.

Tip:
• You can also add chopped spring onions.

Cauliflower Rice

To serve 4 people:

Ingredients:
• 400gms rice (soaked for 15mins)
• 20 cauliflower florets
• 1 teaspoon of shajeera or cumin seeds
• ½ teaspoon of mustard seeds
• 2 large onions chopped in big cubes
• 2 medium size tomatoes finely chopped
• 1 tbp of ginger and garlic paste
• 1 cup of green peas (I used frozen once)
• 1 tbp of garam masala
• 2 tbps of kitchen king masala
• ½ teaspoon of turmeric
• 1 tbp of chilli pwd
• Salt to taste
• Coriander leaves to garnish

Method:
• Heat oil in a nonstick pan. Add shajeera , mustard seeds and fry for about half a minute. Add onions , ginger and garlic paste and cook for about a minute.
• Add cauliflower florets, green peas and fry for about 10 mins. Add salt and turmeric.
• Add garam masala, kitchen king masala and chilli pwd.
• Now add soaked rice and fry for about 2mins. Add water in 1: 1 ¾ ratios.
• Close the lid and then cook for about 20mins.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Tip:
• Better to cook in a pan than in a pressure cooker.

Mixed vegetables and Nut’s rice

To serve 4-6 people:

Ingredients:
• 4 tbps of oil
• 400gms rice (soaked for 15mins)
• 1 teaspoon of shajeera
• 2 large onions
• 2 medium size tomatoes
• 1 tbp of ginger and garlic paste
• 10 cashew nuts finely chopped
• 10 almonds finely chopped
• 10 hazelnuts
• 15 raisins
• ¾ tbp of garam masala
• 1 tbp of kitchen king masala
• ½ teaspoon of turmeric
• 1 tbp of chilli pwd
• 1 large size potato chopped into big cubes
• 15 cauliflower florets
• 10 broccoli florets
• 1 small cup of beans chopped in 1” inch length
• 1 Hand full of corn cornels (optional)
• 1 small cup of green peas (I used frozen once)
• 5-6 baby corn chopped (optional)
• Salt to taste
• Coriander leaves to garnish

Method:
• Heat oil in a nonstick pan. Add shajeera and fry for about half a minute. Add all nuts and raisins and let them cook for about 2mins. Add onions,ginger and garlic paste and cook for about a minute.
• Add all the vegetables and fry for about 5 mins. Add salt and turmeric. Fry till they are almost half cooked.
• Add garam masala, kitchen king masala and chilli pwd.
• Now add soaked rice and fry for about 2mins. Add water in 1: 1 ½ ratio.
• Close the lid and then cook for about 20mins.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.
Tip:
• Instead of shajeera you can also add cumin seeds.
• Different kinds of vegetables can be used.
• Better to cook in a pan than in a pressure cooker.

Green Raw Mango rice(mamidikaya pulihora)

To serve 2 people:

Ingredients:
• 1 small raw mango finely chopped or grated
• 250gms cooked rice
• 3tbps of oil
• 1 tbp channa dal
• 1 tbp urad dal
• ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
• ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
• Asafoetida a pinch
• 2 red dry chillies
• 5 green chillies
• ½ teaspoon turmeric pwd
• 4-5 curry leaves
• Salt to taste

Method:
• Heat oil in a nonstick pan. Add channa dal, urad dal and when they start to turn brown in color add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, asafoetida, red dry chillies, green chillies and curry leaves.
• Let it fry till they start to pop up. Add chopped or grated mango and turmeric pwd. Let it cook for about 2-3mins.
• Now add cooked rice, salt and mix it properly.

Tip:
• You can also add fried peanuts or cashew nuts. They add lot of taste to it.

Methi Rice

To serve 4 people:

Ingredients:
• 350gms chopped methi
• 400gms rice (soaked for 15mins)
• 1” ½ inch ginger
• 4 pods garlic
• 8 green chillies
• 1 teaspoon shajeera
• 5 tbps of oil
• 10-15 cashew nuts broken into half
• Salt to taste

To grind:
• Make a paste of ginger, garlic and green chillies.

Method:
• Cook rice and put it aside.
• Heat oil in a nonstick pan. Add cashew nuts and fry till they turn light brown in color. Remove and put them a side to garnish later.
• Using the same oil add shajeera and fry for about half a minute. Add the grinded paste and fry.
• Add methi and fry for about 5mins. Add salt.
• Now add the cooked rice and mix for about 2-3mins.
• Garnish with cashew nuts.

Tip:
• This consumes more oil. So add 5tbps of oil.
• Instead of shajeera you can also add cumin seeds.
• Don’t fry methi for too long. Eat health.