BROWN RICE PULAO | EASY VEGETABLE PULAO

  Brown rice recipe i posted yesterday, and as told posting the recipe of easy vegetable pulao using brown rice. It tasted very nice and even kids too loved it. Now i am super excited to make recipes using brown rice . As brown rice is very good for health, we can slowly shift to brown rice based recipes.

MILAGU SADAM RECIPE | BACHELORS RECIPE

Milagu Sadam i wanted to post for a long time in the bachelors recipe series. Milagu sadam was a request by a bachelor reader too. Finally i made this yesterday. This is a very simple south indian rice variety. Being bored with parupu podi and pulikaichal, this milagau sadam will be a easy and quite flavourful one to have at home or pack it for lunch box too. No hard and fast rules in making easy bachelors recipe. Just be creative with your ideas. I have given few at the end of the post. Tryout this easy Milagu sadam| Pepper flavoured rice. For bachelors of guys who are staying away from home try out this spicy pepper rice.

PUDINA SADAM RECIPE | MINT LEAVES RICE | NO ONION NO GARLIC RECIPES

Pudina sadam | Mint leaves rice is simple south indian lunch variety. As pongal festival is nearing, everybody will be busy looking for pongal festival recipes. I have already posted Sakkarai pongal recipe. The next day of pongal is Kannum pongal for which we generally make variety rice. These variety rice shouldn't include onion or garlic in it. I am posting today Pudina sadam | Mint rice , which you can make for kannu pongal. You can try this for lunch box on normal days too. See you soon with a sweet dish tomorrow.

KUTHIRAIVALI TOMATO RICE | MILLET RECIPES

Kuthiraivali |barnyard millet |Odalu in kannada|Jhangora in hindi, is a healthy millet and i have experimented few interesting recipes with this millet and will be posting the millet recipes every monday. I have made a supplement book for Managayr Malar a popular Tamil magazine themed Millet recipes. This book will be published today DEC15-31 edition. I have tried this Kuthiraivali tomato rice and it was very nice and we couldn't feel any odd taste too. Perfect to pack for lunch box too. I used the similar recipe as of my thakkali sadam.

PANEER FRIED RICE RECIPE | INDIAN STYLE FRIED RICE

Paneer fried rice in Indian style is a super hit recipe in my house and i often pack this for kids lunch box. So i never happened to click this paneer fried rice in morning hurry . Yesterday i made this in the afternoon as kids took pasta for lunch box.. I had paneer fried rice for lunch and kids had this after they are back from school. This is a simple and easy recipe and never fail to please your guests too.

JAIPURI VEGETABLE PULAO | VEG PULAV RECIPE

Vegetable pulao or veg pulao is an easy recipe and i have posted few varieties of pulao here. This jaipuri veg pulao i have tried once by seeing the Youtube Video of a Ruchi Bharani. I personally love her videos and the way she explains itself motivates me to make the dish. This Veg pulao is quite rich in taste and involves items like cream, cashew and butter but all in very small quantity only. Especially on weekends and the day you have guest, this veg pulao is a must one to try .
Check out my

• Baby corn pulao
• Tawa pulao 

PALAK PULAO RECIPE | EASY LUNCH BOX RECIPES | PULAO RECIPES

Spinach rice| Palak rice | Palak pulao, is an easy and healthy one pot meal and quite perfect for kids lunch box too. If your kids are not eating spinach in other forms like kootu, masiyal, poriyal, you can make this interesting and healthy palak pulao for them. We all liked it very much and my kids loved it though. Check out my other Lunch box recipes. Stay tuned for diwali recipes from next post

MASALE BHAAT RECIPE | TINDORA RICE | NO ONION NO GARLIC RECIPES

    Masale bhaath is a maharastrian dish, introduced to me by my very good friend. It is a variety of rice made with tindora | kovakkai and it is a no onion no garlic recipe too. One day she passed on this rice to me and it tasted so well and noted down the recipe from her. This recipe was published in supplement of Kungumam Thozi which featured 30 recipes of mine . Sharing today the recipe of Tindora rice | maharastrian masale bhaat. A simple one pot meal and a perfect lunch box recipe too.

CORN METHI PULAO RECIPE | EASY LUNCH BOX RECIPES

Corn methi pulao, my sister gave me this recipe, a year back but some how when i have corn, methi will not be there and when methi  leaves are in stock, corn will not be there. Many times i forget also. She too asks me sometimes, as why i didn't post the corn methi pulao. Finally during our India trip she told she will make this for me and asked me to click the pictures only. I happily agreed and took the step wise pictures. She used the small fresh methi leaves  but before i could take the final pictures a very good of friend of us came to meet me. So i didn't click the final pictures but immediately after coming back from India i made this corn methi pulao and clicked the final pictures.
Check out my other popular lunch box recipes too

• Beetroot pulao
• Tawa pulao
• Broccoli rice

CHETTINAD URULAI BIRYANI | RESTAURANT STYLE SMALL POTATO BIRYANI

  Biryani i wanted to try with small potatoes for a long time. During our vacation to India last month, we went Cream center for dinner on my daughter's birthday. A biryani mela was going on there and we ordered a chettinad vegetable biryani. Me and my younger co sister relished it each and every bite. After coming back home, there was an urge for me to try this Chettinad biryani at home. Last week i called my friend for dinner and i made this biryani. It was a super hit. So yesterday i tried it again just for the sake of blog and posting the recipe of restaurant style chettinad biryani. 

BEETROOT PULAO RECIPE | EASY LUNCH BOX RECIPES

Beetroot Pulao is a easy and perfect lunch box recipe. My kids generally love to eat beet root. I usually make Beetroot poriyal. For a change just tried beetroot pulao. I added some green peas and frozen corn too. We had this for a week day lunch. As the kids have holidays now, i just went out with them and after we came home i made this easy and simple pulao. It was a super hit at my house and on kids request i made this again. I too clicked the pictures on that day. Do try this for the lunch box and i am sure kids and even adults will love this beetroot pulao a lot.
I have scheduled few posts for the next 2 weeks and few complied posts for weekend Indian cooking basics too. We are going to Chennai for 2 weeks on a vacation. I will not be so prompt in replying mails and please bear with me.

TAWA PULAO RECIPE | PULAO RECIPES

Tawa pulao i wanted to try for a long time , and finally made this for dinner last week. It is a popular Mumbai street food. Tawa puloa was a super hit at my home. It is a super easy one pot meal , perfect for lunch box too. Making of this tawa puloa doesn't involve any grinding. Try out this easy pulao for lunch or dinner , enjoy with a simple raita.

ANDHRA PULIHORA RECIPE | ANDHRA PULIYODARAI RECIPE

Puliyodarai is our family's favorite and i have posted 2 varieties of puliyodarai here already. Check out Pulikaichal and Iyengar kovil style puliyodarai.  I always wanted to try this andhra pulihora , as one of my friend makes it so awesome. Recently we are invited to her place for lunch and while she was discussing me about the food, i told her i want a simple andhra meals . Since she is a very good friend of mine, i took the privilege of telling her to keep the pulihora compulsory in the menu. I have noted down the recipe from her long back and it was in my hand written book too.
    Yesterday, i finished my cooking so fast and i thought i will make little puliyodarai too. It just too 10 minutes for me to make this instant andhra pulihora. If you have cooked rice in hand , this will be ready in a jiffy. Perfect one to take this for lunch box too.

Restaurant style sambar sadam recipe

 Restaurant style Sambar sadam recipe with video and step by step pictures,  a very easy one pot meal, serves as a perfect Sunday brunch or can be packed for lunch box too. I make bisibelabath for weekend lunch but this sambar is more of restaurant style sambar sadam. I learnt this recipe from my friend's mom very long back. She made this sambar sadam and invited us for lunch. It tasted awesome and it tasted more like the restaurant style sambar sadam.  Many times when i do i never had time to click the pictures and twice in a hurry the picture came out bad. Two weeks back, when Suresh was not in town, i made this for me and kids and clicked the pictures too.  So sharing the recipe of how to make sambar sadam today.

PEANUT RICE RECIPE | LUNCH BOX RECIPES

Peanut rice is a simple and easy lunch box recipe . My mother in law used to make this very often , she adds sesame seeds to this. I made this for this Kannum pongal . If you are a peanut fan like me, you will surely like this rice. Do try this easy lunch box recipe.

BABY CORN PULAO RECIPE| BABY CORN RECIPES

Baby Corn pulao is the one of the easiest one pot meal and can be packed  for lunchbox too. Last week during the kids exam time, for a weeknight dinner i made this baby corn puloa as i find it very easy and it took less than 30 minutes to make this easy and super tasty pulao. the recipe was suggested by my friend few weeks back and kids enjoyed it so well and even we too. So lets move on the recipe of how to make baby corn pulao.

MUSHROOM FRIED RICE | MUSHROOM RECIPES|EASY LUNCH BOX RECIPES

Mushroom fried rice which i tried recently has become a great hit among kids. Though i don’t cook mushroom so often, but whenever i make any recipe with mushroom it has become a super hit among my kids. This mushroom rice when i made last week i packed for my friend’s daughter who is a great fan of mushrooms. She happily finished the entire bowl and it always gives makes me feel very happy when kids eat the food without any complaints. Try out this easy mushroom fried rice , and it is a perfect one for the lunch box too.

Check out my other mushroom recipes

• KADAI MUSHROOM
• MUSHROOM MASALA
• MUSHROOM PULAO

PREPARATION TIME: 30 MINUTES .COOKING TIME: 30 MINUTES. SERVES:1 –2
INGREDIENTS:

BASMATI RICE	1/2 CUP
BUTTON MUSHROOMS	10-12
WHITE PART OF SPRING ONION*	FEW
SOYA SAUCE	1 TBLSP
CAPSICUM CHOPPED	2-3 TBLSP
OLIVE OIL	1 TBLSP
GREEN CHILLI	1-2
GARLIC	3 PODS
GINGER	A SMALL PIECE
SALT	AS NEEDED
SUGAR	1/2 TSP
GREEN PART OF SPRING ONION	FEW

*You can add normal onions too.

METHOD:

• Wash the rice and soak it in 3/4  cup of water for 20 minutes.
• Cook the rice by adding little salt and few drops of oil.
• When done, fluff the rice and allow this to cool in a wide plate . If you want you can keep the rice in the refrigerator to get extra firm.
• Wash and slice the mushrooms .

• In a pan add oil and add the onions or white part of the spring onions. Whichever onions you use chop them finely. Add the finely chopped garlic and ginger .
• Slit the green chilli and add it and add the sugar to this.
• Saute till the onions turn pink.
• Add the sliced mushrooms.

• Add soya sauce , salt and saute in a high flame stirring regularly without getting burnt.
• the mushrooms will ooze out water, do not worry. It will evaporate in few minutes.
• Add the capsicum and saute for a minute. Let this be crunchy.

• Add the cooked rice to this and gently mix it evenly.
• Let this be in a low flame for 2-3 minutes.
• Add the spring onion green part and switch off the flame.
• Mix well.

• Mushroom fried rice is ready to serve.

Note:

• You can add little tomato sauce while sauting if your kids love that.
• You can add finely chopped cabbage or cauliflower to this rice.

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VEGETABLE BIRYANI IN PRESSURE COOKER| BIRYANI RECIPES

If you are looking for an easy biryani recipe which can  be made in a jiffy and can be made for lunch box too, then i can say this is the best tasty biryani which can be quickly done in pressure cooker . Generally biryani means Dum biryani , which is an elaborate procedure but i know it is worth trying out Dum biryani too. But this pressure cooker biryani do taste equally well. I make this once a week as it is an easy one pot meal . Some times even for a weeknight dinner also i make this vegetable biryani . So try out this easy Vegetable Biryani – made in pressure cooker.

Vegetable Biryani with video

  Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 20 Mins |Serves: 2-3

    Basmati Rice  1 cup
    Mixed veggies*  1 and 1/2 cup
    Water  1 and 1/4 cup
    Red chili powder  3/4 tsp
    Ginger  a small piece
    Garlic  3-4 pods
    Mint leaves   a handful 
    Sombu | fennel  1/4 tsp
    Bay leaf | cardamom 1
    Onion  1
    Tomato  1/2
     Oil   2 tblsp
     Ghee  1/2 tsp
     Salt  as needed
*I used carrot, beans, green  peas and potato. You can add cauliflower, frozen corn, broccoli,butter beans and capsicum too.
     

Method:

• Wash the rice and soak it for 20 minutes in 1 and 1/4 cup of water. 
• Mean time chop the veggies and slice the onions and tomatoes.
• Grind the mint leaves, fennel , ginger, and garlic into a very fine paste.( use little water from the soaked water in the rice for grinding. Do not add extra water.)

• In a pressure cooker add oil and ghee and add in the cardamom pods and add the sliced onions.
• When it turns translucent add in the tomatoes. Saute for a few minutes .

• Add the ground mint paste and saute for few minutes in a low flame . Let the raw smell of the garlic disappear.
• Add the chopped veggies and mix well so that the masala will get coated to the veggies nicely.

• Add in the red chilli powder, turmeric powder, and salt. You can use sambar powder too instead of red chilli powder.
• Mix well. Keep the soaked water aside and add the rice only and saute for 2 minutes.

• Now add in the water and keep the cooker closed. Let this cook till one whistle and after that keep it in a very low flame for 5 to 7  minutes. Biryani will be ready.

• Fluff it up with fork and serve hot with any raitha of your choice. I highly recommend to enjoy this biryani with Kothamalli thokku or Pudina Thogayal.

Note:

• You can replace red chilli powder with sambar powder.
• My mom grinds 2-3 green chillies along with the mint leaves and don’t add red chilli powder or sambar powder.
• You can skip adding turmeric powder too.
• My mom grind few coriander leaves too.
• Bay leaves can be added while adding cardamom.

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ELLU SADAM RECIPE | SESAME SEEDS RICE

Ellu sadam is a very simple rice recipe which we generally during the Saturdays of the tamil month Puratasi. Today being Puratasi Saturday, i wanted to share the recipe of ellu sadam today. Will post the recipe of Maavilaku soon.

INGREDIENTS:

COOKED RICE	1/4 CUP
SESAME SEEDS*	2 TBLSP
URAD DAL	1 TBLSP
RED CHILLI	1
ASAFOETIDA	A PINCH
SALT	AS NEEDED
CURRY LEAVES	FEW
SESAME OIL	1 TSP

*I used white sesame seeds.

METHOD:

• Roast the sesame seeds till golden brown.
• Keep this aside. Roast the urad dal and red chilli till the dal becomes nice golden brown. Do this in a low flame.

• When it is cool, grind it into a fine powder along with the roasted sesame seeds and asafoetida.
• Mix this into the cooled down cooked rice.

• . Add a tsp of sesame oil and few curry leaves and mix well.

• Ellu sadam is ready for neivedyam now.

Note:

• Always ensure that the rice should be cooked properly and not mashed.
• You can roast 1 tblsp of peanuts in little oil and add to the rice.
• If you feel the sesame seeds are bit dirt, wash this nicely and drain the water and dry in a cloth. when it is dry, roast this and follow the procedure above.
• You can make it with black sesame seeds.

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MUSHROOM PULAO RECIPE | EASY LUNCH BOX RECIPES

Mushroom pulao,i tried last week following the recipe which i learnt from my relative who made a vegetable pulao on my request. After our marriage we went to her house in Chennai for lunch and she made a delicious food and vegetable pulao with Chole was the main highlight. So when she came here last month, i remembered about that vegetable pulao and asked her to make that  for me. Later,I tried the same recipe using mushrooms.

Mushroom Pulao recipe

  Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 30 Mins |Serves: 3

     White button Mushrooms  12
     Basmati Rice  1 cup
     Cardamom  2
     Onion  1-2
     Mint leaves few
     Coriander leaves  few
     Green chili  2
     Sugar  a pinch
     Butter  1-2 tblsp
     Salt  to taste
     Lemon juice  few drops
     
     

Method with step wise pictures:

• Soak the basmathi rice in 1 and 1/2 cups of water for 5 minutes.
• After 5 minutes drain the water (keep the water aside) and in a pressure cooker add butter and add the cardamom and add in the drained rice. Saute for few minutes till all the moisture in the rice leaves out. 

• Add the water.
• Add salt and few drops of lemon juice ( lemon juice is added to retain the white color of the rice and it wont give any sour taste to the rice) .Cook the rice till 2 –3 whistles.

• Thinly slice the mushrooms and onions after washing it nicely.
• In a pan add little butter and add in the onions. Add little salt and saute them till they turn pink.

•  Add the thinly sliced mushrooms. Mushrooms tend to cook fast and so saute for a while and mushroom oozes out water too.

• Finley make a paste of coriander leaves , mint leaves and green chilli.
• In the pan add little butter and add this paste and add a pinch of sugar. Sugar is added to retain the green colour.

• Add this to the rice.

• Mix this gently and evenly. 
• Mushroom pulao is ready to serve. We had with Cauliflower masala.
• This is a perfect recipe for kids lunch box.

Note:

• You can make the same with vegetables.
• Always ensure that the veggies should be crunchy. Do not over cook the veggies.
• Mushroom pulao tastes great with paneer gravy too.

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