Moong Dal And Vegetable Pulao.. (Pressure Cooker Version)

Vegetable Pulao. Usually people make pulao in so many different ways and there are many recipes and versions to it. Even i cook many version by adding different kinds ingredients, you can make recipe taste different by changing or adding any ingredients. In south India pulao's are very famous in every household because it is easy to make and very very tasty to eat any time of the day. As i have mentioned in my previous post that i don't like to eat much of rice items, i cook all types of rice items just because my hubby finds it very tasty and he feels cooking rice is easy then cooking roti's and sabji, but i feel both are the same.. When it come's to vegetable pulao i cook very often not because it taste good because it looks and smells good..

Ingredient's

1cup vegetable (potato, carrot, beans, mutter, cauliflower)

2cup rice (Basmati or normal rice)

2tbsp moong dal

1 medium onion and 2 green chilli (finely slice)

1 medium tomato (finely chopped)

1tsp turmeric, 1tsp coriander powder, 1tsp garam masala

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves for garnishing.

For tempering

1 bay leaves, 2 dry red chili

2 star anise, 1 cinnamon stick

2 cloves, 2 green and black cardamom

1tsp cumin seeds

3tbsp oil.

Cooking Method

If you are using basmati rice then soak the rice in water for atleast 30minutes, no need to soak the rice if you are using normal rice, just wash and keep it aside.

In a pressure cooker, add oil, when the oil is hot add cumin seeds and all the tempering spices, when they turn brown, add moong dal, when dal turns lite golden brown, add onion and green chillies, fry to golden brown.

Then add turmeric, coriander powder and garam masala, fry for 1 to 2minutes, then add all the vegetables and tomato, fry for another 1 to 2minutes. Now add the rice, salt and enough water, cover the lid and cook for 3 whistle (1 in high flame, 2 in low flame), then allow the pressure to go and open the lid and mix well.

Serve hot with Onion Raita.

Tomato Briyani..(Pressure Cooker Version)

Tomato Briyani is very similar to Tomato rice with a little twist of ingredients. Tomato rice taste more a like tangy taste, but i have kept very less sour taste in briyani. Last week during his holidays i had cooked this one pot meal for the lunch and i serve with chilled yogurt raita. When ever you ask him shall i cook tomato rice he will never say no to it, he loves tomato rice but i'm not a big fan of rice items, i cook rice items just because he likes it and i enjoy seeing him eating.. This is my new innovation in briyani and my hubby like it very much. I hope my blog readers also like this recipe :)

Ingredient's

2cup Raw rice

1 Bay leaf, 1 Cinnamon stick, 2 Cardamoms

2 dry red chillie, 2 star anise 

2 Onions, 2 green chillies (finely sliced)

2 ginger garlic paste 

1 hand full of mint leaves 

1tsp Kasoori methi 

1tsp red chili powder, 1tsp turmeric, 1tsp coriander powder 

1tsp Cumin, 1/2tsp mustard seeds 

1/2cup curd

a pinch of food color 

Tomato 2 (large red tomatoes, finely chopped) 

Oil 2 tbsp 

Salt to taste 

Coriander leaves for garnish.

Cooking Method

Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add cumin, mustard, cinnamon, cardamoms, star anise, red chillies and bay leaf, stir fry 30 secs. Add the sliced onions and saute for 3minutes. Add green chili, ginger-garlic paste, mint leaves and kasoori methi and saute for 4-5minutes. Add red chili powder, turmeric and coriander powder and mix. Add chopped tomatos, curd and salt to taste, mix and cook till oil separates. Reduce heat, add the raw rice, food color, mix gentely, then add 3cup of water, close the lid and pressure cook for 3whistles (1 in high flame 2 in low flame)

Remove onto a serving bowl. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves. Serve warm with raita or any curry of your choice.

Tomato Rice.. Pressure Cooker Version.

Tomato rice is one of the best rice dish in my opinion. Because it gives a very tangy taste and i love it. Even in my family also every one likes it. When i got newly married i was not sure to pack this rice for my hubby in his lunch bcoz i had no idea whether he will like it or not. Few months back i wanted to give something different for his lunch. Without telling him i packed tomato rice for his lunch box and he liked it very much and he requested me to give tomato rice very often. My recipe is very different from a usual tomato rice. Do try and let me know..

Ingredient's

2cup Raw rice

3tbsp green peas

1 Bay leaf, 1 Cinnamon stick, 2 Cardamoms, 2 dry red chillie

2 Onions, 2 green chillies (finely sliced)

1 1/2tsp ginger-garlic paste 

1 hand full of mint leaves 

1tsp Kasoori methi 

1tsp red chili powder, 1tsp turmeric, 1tsp coriander powder 

1tsp Cumin 

1/2cup curd 

Tomato 3 (large red tomatoes, finely chopped) 

Oil 2 tbsp 

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves for garnish)

Cooking Method 

Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add cumin, cinnamon, cardamoms and bay leaf stir fry 30 secs. Add the sliced onions and saute for 3mts. Add green chili, ginger-garlic paste, mint leaves and kasoori methi and saute for 4-5 mts. Add red chili powder turmeric and coriander powder and mix. Add chopped tomatos, curd, green peas and salt to taste, mix and cook till oil separates. Reduce heat, add the raw rice, mix gentely, then add 3cup of water, close the lid and pressure cook for 3whistles (1 in high flame 2 in low flame) 

Remove onto a serving bowl. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves. Serve warm with raita or any curry of your choice.

Meethi Pulao.. Fenugreek Rice!!!

Meethi Pulao. I love greens and make it a point to prepare all kind of green vegetables at least 4 to 5 days a week as I strongly believe that we are what we eat. I always prefer the mini meethi leaves which are available here very easily, this mini meethi leafs perfect for a meal rather than those huge bunches which give me a headache when it comes to cleaning!! This is a simple and flavorful pulao made in jiffy and perfect for lunch box also. Nowadays i'm giving more rice items for my hubby in a lunch box, so that even i can get a chance to cook different differnt kinds rice items. Because it is easy to prepare to and delicious to eat...

Ingredients 

2cup Basmati Rice 

1 cup chopped veggies Beans, carrot, peas, potaos. 

1cup meethi leafs 

1 large onion. 2 green chillies, 1 large tomato 

1 star anise, 1 big cardamom, 1 cinnamon, 1tsp cumin 

1tsp turmeric, 1tsp coriander powder, 1tsp garam masala 

2tbsp chopped coriander leafs 

Oil and Salt as per taste

Cooking Directions 

Wash and soak the rice for at least 1/2 hour. In a pressure cooker add oil, when the oil hot, add cumin, star anise, cardamom and cinnamon, when they starts spluttering, add onion and green chillies, fry to golden brown. 

Then add chopped veggies, meethi leafs, turmeric, coriander, garam masala and salt. fry for another 3 to 4 minutes. 

Add chopped tomatos and basmati rice. mix it gently and add 2cups of water and close the lid and cook for 3 whistle (1 in high flame and 2 in low flame) 

Garnish with coriander leafs and Serve hot with Raita.

Rajma Curry (Red Kidney Bean Curry)

Ingredients 

300gram rajma 

2 medium size onion, 2 medium size tomato 

2tbsp Coriander leafs 

1 big cardamom 

1tbs mustard seeds 

1tbsp Ginger garlic paste, red chilly powder 2tbsp, turmeric 1tbsp, garam masala 2tbsp 

Oil and Salt as per taste.

Cooking Method

Soke the rajma over night 

Boil rajma and cardamom with pinch of salt, with 3cup of water 

Keep the boiled rajma water seprately so that u can add the same water again 

Onion,tomato and coriander leafs, grind to a smooth paste 

Heat oil in frying pan, add mustard seeds and ginger garlic paste saute for 15sec 

Add the grinded paste and fry till onion gets golden brown 

Add all masala powder's fry for 5 to 10 minutes, and then add rajma and mixed it nicely 

Add salt and the water which u have kept seprately, close the lid and cook it for 20mints 

Garnish and then serve with (Rice and Pulao)