Chilly Tofu Fried Rice Recipe/ Chilly Tofu Rice Recipe / Quick Tofu Chilly Fried Rice - Tofu Recipes

 

Chilly Tofu Fried Rice

Ingredients

Chopped coloured bell peppers - 1/2 cup

Frozen peas - 1/4 cup

Chopped garlic - 4

Chopped spring onions for garnish

Cooked basmati rice - 2 cups

( grains separated)

Salt and pepper to taste

Soy sauce - 1 tbsp

Red chilly sauce - 1 tsp

Green chilly sauce - 1 tsp

Vinegar - 1 tsp

Chilly oil - 3 tsp

Fried tofu cubes - 1 cup

Method

Heat oil in a pan saute garlic, bell peppers and peas till colour changes.

Add the sauces , seasonings , tofu and mix well.

Add the cooked rice and gently toss till combined.

Garnish with spring onions and enjoy hot!

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Simple Chinese Capsicum Fried Rice / Chinese Capsicum Rice / A Quick Chinese Capsicum Rice

Chinese Capsicum Fried Rice

Ingredients

Capsicum sliced - 1 cup

Salt and pepper to taste 

Soy sauce - 1 tbsp

Chopped celery - 2 tsp

Cooked rice - 2 cups

Chopped garlic - 1 tsp

Few spring onions for garnish

Chilly oil - 1 tbsp

Method

Heat oil in a pan saute garlic , celery and capsicum till light brown.

Add the soy sauce, salt and pepper powder add the rice and gently toss till well combined.

Switch off the stove garnish with spring onions and enjoy hot!

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Pineapple Pulao / Pineapple Rice / Ananas Pulao - Easy Rice Recipe

Pineapple Pulao

Ingredients

Basmati rice - 1 cup
( wash and soak the rice for 10 minutes)

Water - 1 & 3/4 cup

Salt to taste

Chopped fresh pineapple - 3/4 cup

Cashew nuts - 3 tsp

Raisins - 1 tsp

Saffron - a generous pinch

Warn milk - 1 tbsp

Thinly sliced onion - a handful

Tempering ingredients

Oil - 1 tsp

Ghee - 2 tsp

Shajeera - 1/4 tsp

Green cardamom - 2

Black Cardamom - 1

Star anise - 1

Bay leaf - 1

Cinnamon a small piece

Cloves - 2

Method

Wash the rice and soak it in water for 10 minutes.

Soak saffron strings in warm milk.

Heat 1/2 tsp ghee and fry the onions till golden brown, keep it aside.

In the same pan add 1/2 tsp oil and fry the nuts till light brown.

Now add the pineapple and sauté till they are slightly soft but till crunch keep it aside.

Heat oil and ghee in a pan add the spices sauté for a minute and pour the water, once the water started to boil drain water from the rice and add salt cover and cook in low flame.

When the rice is 3/4th cooked add the saluted pineapples, cashew nuts, raisins and fried onion.

Cover and cook till done , gentle mix everything and serve them hot.

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Curd Rice with Pickles - Summer Special Recipes

 

Curd Rice With Pickles

Curd Rice 

Neer Nellikai 

Avakai

Mor Milagai

Tomato Pickl;e

Nartangai

Mustard Rice Recipe / Kadugu Sadam Recipe / Coconut Mustard Rice - Variety Rice Recipes / Quick Lunch Box Recipes

Mustard Rice

Tempering ingredients

Sesame oil - 1 & 1/2 tbsp

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Channa dal and Urad dal - each 1 tsp

Peanuts - 2 tbsp

Red chillies - 1

Curry leaves few

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Ingredients ground to a smooth paste

Grated coconut - 1/4 cup

Mustard seeds - 1 & 1/2 tsp

Red chillies - 2

Kashmiri chillies - 2

Jaggery - 1 tsp 

Tamarind - a tiny piece

Salt to taste

Other ingredients

Cooked rice ( grains seperated) - as needed

Curry leaves few for garnish

Method

Heat oil in a pan and temper with above ingredients.

Add the ground paste and sauté till oil separates the masala, reduce the flame and add the rice mix well till combined

Switch off the flame and garnish with curry leaves and serve hot.

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Kasa Kasa Sadham Recipe / Khus Khus Rice / Poppy Seeds Rice - Variety Rice Recipe

Kasa Kasa Sadham

Ingredients dry roasted & Powdered

Khus khus/poppy seeds / kasa kasa -2tsp
Whole black pepper - 1/2

Coconut -1tsp

Jeera/cumin -1/2 tsp

Tempering

Oil-3tsp

Mustard-1/2tsp

Urad dal -1/2tsp

Channa dal-1/2tsp

Curry leaves - few

Hing - a generous pinch

Cashew nuts chopped -6

Other ingredients

Left over or freshly cooked rice-2 cups

Salt to taste

Method

Heat oil in a pan temper it with above ingredients.
Reduce the flame , add the cooked rice , salt & ground powder , mix it well till everything is well combined. switch off the flame and serve it with any chutney, raita or papad 

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Samba Sadham Recipe / Pepper And Cumin Rice Recipe / Milagu Jeeraga Sadam / Chidambaram Samba Sadam

Samba Sadam

Ingredients

Whole pepper - 1 & 1/2 tsp (crushed)

Jeera / Cumin - 1 tsp ( crushed)

Curry leaves few

Chopped cashew nuts - 6

Ghee - 2 tbsp

Cooked rice - 2 cups

Salt to taste

Method

Heat ghee in a pan add cashew nuts and fry till light brown add the crushed pepper, cumin, salt and curry leaves and switch off the stove.

Add the cooked rice and gently mix till well combined.

Enjoy!

Grapefruit Rice / Grapefruit Puliyohara / Grapefruit Puliyodharai / Variety Rice Recipes

Grapefruits from my mini garden.

Grapefruit Rice

Ingredients

Grape fruit juice -1 cup

(I used the yellow flesh fruit not the pink)

Salt to taste

Cooked rice-1 cup

(grains separate)

Tempering

Oil-5tsp

Mustard-1tsp

Urad dal -1 & 1/2 tsp

Channa dal-1tsp

Chopped green chillies-2

Grated ginger -1/2tsp

Peanuts-a handful

Curry leaves-little

Turmeric powder-little

Hing-1/4tsp

Method

Heat oil in a pan temper it with above ingredients.

Add grape fruit juice , salt & turmeric powder & switch off the stove.

Take a kadai add the rice and pour the required quantity of the mixture in low flame mix till well combined.

Switch off the stove and serve it hot with potato chips & pickle.

Note:

The tempered mixture can be stored in fridge for a week.

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Dill Lemon Rice / Lemon Dill Rice / Dill Rice / Dill Lemon Chitranna

Dill Lemon Rice

Ingredeients
Oil - 3 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal and Channa dal - each 1 tsp
Green chillies - 4
Hing - 1/8 tsp
Curry leaves few
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
( add more if you want too sour)
Chopped dill leaves - 1 cup
Cooked rice 2 cups
Method
Heat oil in a pan temper it with mustard,urad dal,channa dal,hing and curry leaves.
Next add the green chillies,dill leaves,salt and turmeric powder in low flame fry till raw smell has disappeared and the dill leaves are cooked.
Add rice and give a quick mix.
Lastly squeeze out the lemon juice toss well till everything is combined.
Switch off the stove and enjoy with papad .

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Mixed Beans Pulao / 9 Beans Pulao / Bean Pulao / Easy Rice Recipes

Mixed Beans Pulao

Ingredients
Basmati rice -1 & 1/2 cups
( wash and soak it in water for 5 minute)
Water- 2 and 1/4 cups
Mixed beans of your choice - 1 cup
( soak it over night and next day pressure cook for 1 whistle,make sure they are not mashed)
Ginger & Garlic paste -1tsp
Salt to taste
Sliced  onion-1/2
Chopped tomato-1 large
Slit green chillies -6
Mint leaves - few
Tempering
Cinnamon-1
Cardamom-2
Cloves-3
Bay leaf - 1
Star anise - 1
Marati mogu - 1
Oil-3 tsp
Ghee-2 tsp

Mixed Beans Pulao

Method
Wash and soak rice in water for 5 minute.
Heat oil and ghee in a pan add the whole spices & saute.
Add onions and fry till its light brown,
Add ginger garlic paste saute till raw smell has completely disappeared,add the tomato and mint leaves saute for a minute.
Add the cooked beans along with the water,salt and fry till everything is combined.
Drain out the water from rice and add,pour hot water mix well.
Cover with a lid and in low flame cook till rice is cooked,
Garnish with mint leaves and serve hot with raita.

Note:
a) I used raw peanuts,black eye bean,black and white channa,horsegram,green moongh dal,rajma,green and yellow dry peas,
b) For extra flavour you can add coconut milk too.
c) Adjust water accordingly as the cooked beans will have some water

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Baingan Biryani Recipe / Brinjal Biryani / Guthi Vankaya Biryani / Vankaya Biriyani Recipe / Stuffed Brinjal Biriyani

Ingredients for dry roasting

Dry coconut / Kopra - 1/4 cup

Peanuts - 1/4 cup

Sesame seeds - 1 tbsp

Red chilly - 2

Kashmiri red chilly - 2

( dry roast these ingredients till light brown,cool and add 1 tsp coriander powder,salt to taste,1/4 tsp turmeric powder and 1 tsp ginger and garlic paste and dry grind to a semi smooth mixture,Stuff this mixture inside the slit brinjals - see picture)

Guthi Vankaya Biriyani

Other Ingredients

Green brinjals - 6

( as it was big i cut into half and made a slit on top like a cross - see picture above)

Basmati rice - 1 & 1/2 cups

Water - 2 & 1/4 cups

Sliced onions - a handful

Cocktail tomato sliced - 1

Slit green chillies - 2

Mint leaves few

Chopped coriander leaves - 2 tsp

Lemon juice - 2 tsp

Homemade biriyani masala - 1/2 tsp

Oil - 1 tbsp

Ghee - 2 tbsp

Brinjal Biriyani

Method

Wash and add the rice in an electric cooker pour water,add salt as needed,1tsp ghee,few mint leaves and 1/4 tsp biriyani masala cover and cook till done.

Heat oil and ghee in a pan fry onion,green chillies and mint leaves till light brown,now add the tomato and saute for a minute.Now arrange the stuffed brinjals and sprinkle the extra filling mixture if any and gently mix till all brinjals are coated with oil.Sprinkle very little water cover and in low flame cook till they are 1/2 cooked.

Spread the cooked rice on top sprinkle the remaining biriyani masala,mint leaves and lemon juice sprinkle water if needed,cover with a tight lid and in low flame cook for 10 minutes till done.

Just before serving gently give a mix and serve hot with raita!

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Avarakkai Pulao / Chikkudukaya Pulao / Avarekalu Pulao /Broad Beans Pulao / Avarakkai Sadam /Broad Beans Rice |

Avarakkai Pulao

Ingredients
Basmati rice -1 cup
Water-1 cup
Coconut milk - 1/2 cup 
Chopped avarakkai/broad beans - 1 & 1/2 cups
Ginger & Garlic paste -1tsp
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Chopped onion-1/4
Chopped tomato-1
Mint ans coriander leaves - a hand full
Tempering
Cinnamon-1
Cardamom-2
Cloves-3
Bay leaf - 1
Jeera /cumin-1/2 tsp
Star anise - 1
Marati mogu - 1
Oil-2 tsp
Ghee-2 tsp
Method
Wash and soak rice in water for 20 minute.
Heat oil and ghee in a pan add the whole spices & saute.
Add onions and fry till its light brown,
Add ginger garlic paste saute till raw smell has disappeared,add the chopped broad beans,tomato and some mint leaves and saute for a minute.Add the salt,turmeric powder and chilly powder fry till everything is combined.
Drain out the water from rice and add,pour water and coconut milk and mix .
Cover with a lid and in low flame cook till rice is cooked,
Garnish with mint and coriander leaves, serve hot with raita.

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Beet Greens Rice / Beetroot Leaves Rice / Beetroot leaves Pilaf / Simple Beet Leaves Rice

Beetroot Leaves Pilaf

Ingredients
Olive oil - 6 tsp
Cooked Basmati rice - 2 cups
( Do not over cook and break the rice ,they must be separate)
Salt & Pepper powder to taste
Chilly flakes - 1 tsp
Chopped garlic - 4
Chopped onion - 1/4 cup
Chopped beetroot leaves - 4 cups
Method
Heat oil in a pan add onion and garlic fry till onion changes colour. Add the chopped beetroot leaves and saute till leaves are cooked.Add the seasonings,chilly flakes and mix well.
Lastly add the cooked rice and gently toss till everything is combined.
Switch off the stove and enjoy with any raita.

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Birinji Recipe / Brinji Rice / Coconut Milk Rice / Thengai Paal Sadam / Coconut Milk Biriyani

Coconut Milk Rice

Ingredients
Basmati rice -2 cups
( wash and soak the rice in some water for 10 minutes)
Salt to taste
Onion sliced-1
Tomato chopped -1
Garlic sliced - 6
Slit Green chillies - 4
Mint leaves - a handful
Semi thick coconut milk -1 cup
Water - 2 & 1/2 cups
Tempering
Oil - 6 tsp
Ghee - 1tsp
Cashew nuts -8
Bay leaf -2
Cloves - 4
Cardamom - 1
Cinnamon - 1 stick
Fennel seeds - 1tsp
Kalpasi - a small piece.
Star anise - 1 small

Thengai Paal Sadam

Method
Heat oil and ghee in a pan add all the spices and saute.
Now add the sliced onion,green chillies and garlic saute till onions are translucent.
Add the mint leaves and tomato saute for few minutes,pour the water,coconut milk and salt.
Once the water boils reduce flame and add the soaked rice ( discard the soaked rice water ),Cover it with a lid and cook till the rice is done.Lastly add some mint leaves and mix gently.
Best served with some spicy curry.

Note:
Today iam making with 1 & 1/2 cups rice so the video/ picture measurements may be a slight different.


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Mushroom Biryani / Mushroom Biriyani Recipe / South Indian Mushroom Biryani Recipe - Biriyani Recipes

Mushroom Biryani

Tempering ingredients
Oil - 2 tbsp
Ghee-1tbsp
Bay leaf - 1
Marati moggu - 1
Ingredients to powder
Cinnamon - a medium size stick
Cloves - 6
Cardamom -6
Star anise - 1
Kalpasi/Dagad phool - 1/4 tsp
Nutmeg powder - less than - 1/8 tsp
( Dry grind to a fine powder)

Dry masala ingredients
Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder-1/8 tsp

Other ingredients
Seeraga samba rice- 1 & 1/2 cups
Hot water-3 cups
Chopped mushrooms - 8 oz packet ( around 225 gms)
Sliced onions - 1/2
Chopped tomato - 1
Mint leaves-a handful
Coriander leaves- a handful
Crushed green chillies - 2,
Ginger /Garlic paste - 1 tsp heaped
Lemon juice - 2 tsp

Method
Heat oil & ghee in a pan add the tempering ingredients and the ground spice powder,fry for a minute.
Add the onions fry till its light brown,next add the crushed green chillies,ginger/garlic paste,saute till raw smell disappears.
Add tomato,mint and coriander leaves saute for a minute,add the mushrooms and all dry ingredients.
Saute well pour the curd and quickly give a nice mix.
Drain water from the rice and add the rice,pour boiling hot water.
Squeeze lemon juice mix, cover it with a lid and cook it in very low flame till done.
Switch off the stove garnish with mint leaves,mix and serve it hot with raita.


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Szechuan Cabbage Rice / Schezwan Cabbage Fried Rice / Chinese Cabbage Rice - Indo Chinese Recipe

Szechuan Cabbage Rice

Ingredients to cook rice

Basmati rice - 1 cup

Salt to taste 

Homemade Szechuan sauce - 1/2 tbsp

Water - 1 & 1/2 cups

Method

Wash rice well add salt,szechuan sauce and water.

Cook till grains are separate in a pressure cooker.

Open the lid fluff it up with a fork and keep it aside.

Other ingredients

Sesame oil - 3 tsp

Salt and pepper to taste

Szechuan sauce - 2 tsp

Soy sauce - 3 tsp

Ginger and Garlic paste - 1 tsp 

Finely sliced cabbage - 2 cups or more if you like

Spring onions a handful for garnish

Method

Heat oil in a pan add ginger and garlic paste saute till raw smell has disappeared.

Add the shredded cabbage and saute well in high flame for couple minutes.

Add the pepper powder ,salt,soy sauce and szechuan sauce mix it well.

Add the cooked rice and mix everything well till combined.

Switch off the stove garnish with spring onions and serve hot.

Click HERE for the Szechuan sauce recipe

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Kale Rice / Easy Kale Rice / Simple and Quick Kale Rice / Sauteed Kale with Rice / Rice Recipes

Kale Rice

Ingredients
Kale leaves - 6
( Remove hard stems and chop finely)
Salt  and Pepper powder to taste
Butter - 3 tsp
Chopped garlic - 4
Chopped green chillies - 1
Chopped onion - 3 tsp
Basmati rice - 1 cup
Water 1 & 3/4 cup

Method
Heat 1 tsp butter in a pan add some garlic and green chillies saute till light brown.
Add the washed rice and saute for a minute,pour water add salt cover it with a lid and cook till done.
Open the lid and fluff up the rice using a fork.

Heat remaining butter in a pan add garlic and onion saute till its light brown.
Now add the kale leaves,salt & pepper, give a quick mix.
Lower the flame add the cooked rice and toss till everything is combined.
Switch off the stove and serve immediately.


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Quick Tomato Pulao / Tomato Pulao / Thakkali Pulao / Easy Lunch Box Recipes

Tomato Pulao

Ingredients ground to a smooth paste
Small tomatoes - 3
( i have used small vine tomatoes)
Green chillies - 1 or 2
(add according to the hotness of the chillies)
Ginger and garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Mint leaves - few
( DO NOT ADD WATER, GRIND TO A SMOOTH PASTE)
Tempering ingredients
Oil - 3 tsp
Ghee - 3tsp
Cinnamon - a small piece
Cardamom - 2
Cloves - 2
Bay leaf - 1
Star anise - 1/2
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
Kalpasi - a small piece
Other ingredients
Sliced onion - a handful
Salt to taste
Jeeraga samba rice - 1 cup
( wash and soak rice for 10 minutes)
Water 2 & 1/4 cup
Mint & Coriander leaves for garnish

Method
Heat oil and ghee in a pan add the tempering ingredients.
Now add the onion and fry till light brown,add the ground paste and saute.
Saute till raw smell has disappeared and oil has separated the masala.
Pour water and give a boil reduce flame add just the rice and discard the water and salt.
Mix well cover it with a lid and cook till done.
Garnish with mint and coriander leaves and enjoy with raita.

Note:
You can add chopped tomatoes instead of grinding.

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Mint Rice Recipe / Pudina Rice Recipe - Easy Lunch Box Rice Recipe

Mint Rice

Ingredients ground to a smooth paste
Fresh mint leaves / pudina leaves- 1 cup loosely packed
or a small bunch
Green chillies -2
Ginger a small piece
Tamarind a small piece
Coconut - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
( Add very little water and grind to a thick paste)
Tempering ingredients
Oil - 6 tsp
Mustard,Urad dal,Channa Dal - each 1 tsp
Cashew nuts - 6 broken
Red chillies -2
Sliced onion - a handful
Curry leaves few
Other ingredients
Basmati rice - 1 cup
( cook it with 1 & 3/4 cup water till rice is separate, keep it aside)
Ghee - 1 tsp
Method
Heat oil in a pan and temper it above ingredients.
Add sliced onion and fry till its transparent add the ground paste and saute till oil separates the masala.Reduce flame and add the rice gently mix the rice till everything is well combined.
Lastly add the ghee mix and switch off the stove.
Serve it with raita.

Mint Rice In Instant Pot

Mint Rice

Ingredients ground to a smooth paste
Fresh mint leaves / pudina leaves- 1 cup loosely packed
or a small bunch
Coriander leaves a handful
Green chillies -2
Ginger and Garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
( Add very little water and grind to a thick paste)
Tempering ingredients
Oil - 3 tsp
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Star anise - 1
Cardamom -3
Cloves - 3
Bay leaf - 1
Kadal pasi - a small piece
Cinnamon stick - 1
Marati moggu - 1
Other ingredients
Kalijeera rice - 1 cup ( heaped)
( Soak rice for 10 minutes)
Water - 2 cups
Potato cut into cubes - 1
Sliced onion - 1/2
Peas - 1/2 cup
Salt to taste

Method
Heat oil and ghee in a pan and temper it with the spices.
Add sliced onion and fry till its transparent add the ground paste and saute till oil separates the masala.Add peas and potato saute for a minute,drain out water and add the rice and mix.
Add salt,lemon juice pour water and close it with the lid.
Pressure cook in Instant pot with vent closed for 4 minutes.
Wait for the pressure to release by itself and then open the lid.
Mix and serve with raita.


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Vegetable Pulao / Easy Vegetable Pulao / Pulao Recipe / Instant Pot Vegetable Pulao

A quick & easy vegetable pulao for lunch box.

Vegetable Pulao

Ingredients
Basmati rice or KaliJeera rice -1 cup
Water-1 & 1/2  cups ( If using Kalijeera rice then water is 1 & 3/4 cup for 1 cup rice)
Mixed vegetables-3/4 cup
(carrot,peas,beans,turnip or any vegetable of your choice)
Green chillies-2
Ginger & Garlic paste-1tsp
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Chopped onion-1/4
Chopped tomato-1
Mint - a hand full
Tempering
Cinnamon-1
Cardamom-2
Cloves-3
Jeera /cumin-1/2tsp
Star anise - 1
Marati mogu - 1
Oil-2tsp
Ghee-2 tsp

Method
Wash and soak rice in water for 20 minute.
Heat oil and 1 tsp ghee in a pressure cooker /Instant pot,add the whole spices & saute.
Add onions and green chillies fry till its light brown.
Add ginger garlic paste saute till raw smell has disappeared,add the cut vegetables,tomato and some mint leaves.Add salt, drain out the water from rice and add,saute for a minute.
Pour water & pressure cook for 4 minutes (vent closed).
Let pressure release and then open the lid.
Add mint leaves and 1 tsp of ghee mix and serve hot.



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