Mango Rice(Mamidikaya Pulihora)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of cooked Basmati rice
• 1/2 cup grated sour mango
• 2 tbsps Cooking oil
• 1 tbsp mustard seeds
• 1tbsp cumin seeds
• 1/2 tbsp chana dal
• 1/2 tbsp urad dal
• 1/4 cup peanuts
• 1 tbsp turmeric powder
• 2 green chillies slit length wise
• 2 Red chillies.
• 3-4 curry leaves
• 2tbsp roated sesame seeds powder
• Salt to taste

Preparation:

• Heat the oil in a pan and add chanadal,urad dal,peanuts fry till they are light brown.
• Then add cumin seeds,mustard seeds once it statrs splatters
• Add curry leaves,green chillies,red chillies & fry them.
• Add turmeric powder and turn off the flame.
• Add rice,grated sour manago and salt to taste and mix thoroughly.
• Finally add roasted sesame seeds powder and mix will.

          Serve with appadum or chips

Pudina Pulao (Mint Rice)

Ingredients: 

• 2 Cups Cooked rice(should not be sticky)
• 1/2 Cup Mint/pudina - 1 big bunch
• 1 Large chopped Onion
• 3-4 green chillis(it depends on how spicy you like because mint it selfs is bit spicy)
• 1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1/2 tbsp cumin seeds
• 1/2 tbsp Mustard seeds
• 1 tbsp Urad dal
• Few cashews slit into 2 pieces
• 1-2 tbsp Butter or Desi Ghee
• 1/4 Cup chopped coriander leaves
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp Oil for seasoning

Preparation Process: 

• Blend(Grind)mint and green chillis using very little water then Keep it aside.
• Heat Butter,oil in a large pan for seasoning.
• Fry The cashews and keep them aside.
• Add urad dalwhen it turns light brown add cumin seeds,mustard seeds when they start splatters,
• Add chopped onions, fry onions on medium flame for a min then add gingergarlic paste and fry till the onion oozes the oil.
• Then add mint paste fry till it looses the raw flavor.
• Add rice and salt and mix evenly.
• Garnish with fried Cashews and Coriander Leaves.
• Serve HOT HOT!!! with raitha.  

Carrot Rice

Ingredients :   

• 1 Cup cooked Basmati Rice(Left over Rice)     
• 1 Cup Gratted  carrot
• ½ Cup Green Peas
• 1 Onion chopped lengthwise
• 2 Green Chillis chopped
• 1 Bay Leaf
• 1 Tbsp Oil                      
• 2 tbsp Butter                      
• 1/2 Cup Coriander Leaves
• ½ Tbsp Garam Masala
• Pinch of Tumeric Powder
• Salt to Taste

  Preparation Process: 

• Heat a pan on medium flame add butter & oil, add bay leaf,Onion & fry,add green chillies and  turmeric powder.
• Add grated carrot till it oozes the raw flavour then add green peas cook them for 2-3 min.
• Add Rice, Salt and Garam Masala then mix and cook for 5 min.
• Finally Garnish with Coriander Leaves.

         Serve HOT HOT!!!with Raitha

Coconut Rice(cobbari Pulihora)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of cooked Basmati rice
• 2 tbsps Cooking oil
• 1 tbsp mustard seeds
• 1tbsp cumin seeds
• 1/2 tbsp chana dal
• 1/2 tbsp urad dal
• 1/2 cup peanuts (roasted and unsalted)
• 1/4 cup Green Peas (Optional)
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 2 green chillies slit length wise (Or Redchilli powder)
• 3-4 curry leaves
• 1/2 cup Dry coconut powder
• Salt to taste

Preparation:

• Heat the oil in a pan and add the chanadal, urad dal,peanuts fry till they are in light brown.
• Then add cumin seeds,mustard seeds,curry leaves,green chillies,Green peas and. Fry till the spluttering stops
• Add the turmeric powder and turn off the flame.
• Add rice,coconut powder and salt to taste and mix thoroughly.

          Serve with Poppadums.

Note: Use Red chilli Powder instead of Green chillies to get a different flavour.

Hyderabadi Vegetable Dhum Biryani

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of good quality basmati rice
• ¼ cup green peas
• 1 cup sliced onions
• 2 green chillies (chopp horizontal)
• ¼ cup green beans diced
• ¼ cup carrots diced
• ½ cup potatoes diced
• 1 cup cauliflower florets
• 1 cup chopped tomatoes
• 4 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 2 cloves
• 1 stick cinnamon
• 2 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 2 whole cardamoms
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/4 cup Cashews
• 1 tbsp turmeric powder
• 2 tbsp red chilli powder
• ½ cup yogurt
• ½ cup freshly chopped mint leaves
• pinch of saffron
• Salt to taste
• Fried Bread Pieces(Optional)
• 2 tbsp Oil
• 3tbsp Desi ghee
• water

Preparation Process: 

• Wash the Rice and soak it for half an hour, then half cook the rice by adding 2 cups of water ( if possible cook the rice by adding more water and half cook then drain the water) 
• Heat Desi Ghee & Oil in a big thick bottom pan on medium flame, add the cloves,cinnamon,cardmoms,bayleafs,cumin seeds,  turmeric powder and then add cashews and fry. 
• Add ginger&garlic paste, mint leaves and fry then till the mint leaves are like fully dried... 
• Then add Chopped red chillies, diced potatoes,cauliflower florets,carrot, green beans, green peas and add chopped tomatoes.. 
• Add redchilli pwder and salt and mix well, cook for 3-4 min.
• Then add yogurt, saffron & 1/2 cup water to cook the also vegetables half. 
• Shift the half of masala in another bowl, then add the half  of the cooked rice in the pan and add the masala we is in another bowl and then add the remained cooked rice on top of it...( it is as simple as like layers of masala rice masala and rice..)  
• Don' mix it as yet. Now cover with a lid and let it steam for 15 minutes on low heat, then turn off the flame and let it be for another 20 miutes.. 
• Finally add the fried bread pieces and gently mix the masala and the rice from the bottom the flavours released are aromatic. 

         Serve HOT HOT!!! with Raitha...

Note: Add 1/2 tbsp of Biryani masala to get more Spice

Aloo Bonda

Ingredients:

 

• 2 Large Boiled, Mashed Aloo (Potatoes)
• 2 Green Chilies (chopped)
• 1tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp cumin seeds
• 1 tbsp mustard seeds
• 1/2 Cup Coriander leaves (finely chopped)
• 1cup gram flour(Besan)
• Salt to taste
• Red chili powder to taste
• 1/4th tsp Garam Masala powder
• 1/4th tsp turmeric powder
• 1tbsp lemon juice
• Cooking Oil enough for deep fry

  

How to make aloo bonda:

 

• Take a pan add 1 tbsp oil and heat it then add cumin seeds,mustard seeds,turmeric,green chillies.
• Add mashed aloo (potatoes) ,salt, chili powder, garam masala, coriander, and mix well then put off the flame and add lemon juice.
• In a bowl take a cup of gram (Besan) flour, add pinch of turmeric powder, little salt to it, Add little water and mix and make a batter like neither too thick nor too lose.
• Make small round balls of aloo (potato) stuff.
• Heat the oil for fry 
• Dip each ball in the batter and deep fry them till they are in golden brown.
• Serve HOT HOT!!!aloo bonda with Tamarind chutney or mint chutney.

 

Cabbage Rice

Cabbage Rice is one of the easy and tasty South Indian recipe with rice.

Ingredients:

§   1-1/2 cup Basmati Rice

§  1 Cup Chopped Boiled Cabbage
§  1/2 Cup mint Leaves paste(Pudina)

§  2 Table Spoon cooking  Oil (Butter)

§  1 Table spoon Cumin Seeds
§  1/2  Table spoon seamoline seeds

§  2 Table spoon Ginger garlic paste

§  1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder

§  1 Cup sliced Onions

§  2 Green Chilies (chopped)

§  1/2 cup chopped Coriander Leaves

§  Salt to taste

Preparation Process:

 Wash the rice and cook evenly, while rice boiling take a nonstick pan and add Butter  or cooking oil on medium flame then add cumin seeds, seamoline seeds  turmeric powder and ginger garlic paste fry it till the  smell  goes from it, add chopped onions  fry till they becomes  transparent  then add the chopped green chilies next add mint paste and fry  it on medium flame for about 3min then add boiled cabbage into it add salt and cook for 3 min and now its time to add the Cooked rice into it then mix evenly  that’s when it will be finished, change it to a serving bowl garnish with coriander leaves  and serve when its hot.