Peanut Pulao with Sambar Powder/ Moongfali wala Pulao

Peanut Pulao with Sambar Powder/

Moongfali ka Pulao

Hi Friends,

Earlier for me peanuts were just a snack available in packet in the form of peanut masala/cracker. I never tried them in cooking. It is only after entering in blogging world first time i bought raw peanuts and used in the cooking. Initially i become addicted to roasted peanuts and but few months back i heard about the boiled peanuts and now i liked them in pulao very much, in any kind of pulao i add them. I love this combo. So yesterday i thought to make peanut pulao and everyone loved it so much,  that my sister once who took it for lunch, again requested to make it for her colleagues. It was liked and loved by all. 

Ingredients:-
Rice- 1 cup heaped (soaked  for 15-20 minutes)
Peanuts- 3 tbsp (you can roast them and peel the skin. i used with skin)
Potato- 1 medium chopped in small cubes
Onion- 1 medium chopped lengthwise
Tomato- 1 medium chopped lengthwise
Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
Sambar powder- 2 tsp heaped
Cooking Oil-1tbsp
Salt- as per your taste

Method:-

Take all your ingredients

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a kadai

Crackle cumin seeds

add chopped potato 

let them turn brown a bit

add chopped onion 

saute for few seconds

then throw in tomato

saute for few seconds

now add main ingredient my favorite peanuts 

mix well

now soaked rice

mix well

spice them up with salt and sambar masala

mix well 

cover and cook for one minute

open 

add water approximate 3 cups

boil and let them cook

done in 15 minutes

ready to serve

Notes:-

1. You can increase or decrease the quantity of any ingredient you want.
2. You can make this pulao without onion and tomato also.
3. If you wish you can add 1 tsp chopped ginger and 1 tsp chopped garlic in it. 
4. Sambar Powder will give a unique taste in it. So i don't recommend to skip it.

Hope you will like it

Love

PariCash

Ghee Rice/ Rice cooked with Spices and Clarified Butter

                                 Ghee Rice/

                           Ghee wale Chawal/

Rice cooked with Spices and Clarified Butter

Hi Friends,

Ghee Rice I heard this name after becoming a blogger. I am a huge fan of South Indian cooking. Name tempted me a lot somehow i ignored to try my hands on it as i felt that it could be normal rice smeared with ghee. from my childhood to till now i use to add ghee and jageery/gud in hot plain rice and eat as sweet dish after meal. but some tempting pictures in few blogs me tempted me to give it a try. while rice was boiling, the aroma of ghee filled whole house and i felt the difference between adding ghee in rice and cooking rice in ghee. 

I added very less spices in it as my kids don't like them much. You can add other spices like cumin seeds, jawitri etc. These are so easy, quick and yummy rice a very nice treat for anyone you want to please. Its healthy for winters as these spice and ghee warm up your body from inside. So enjoy winters with these steamy, shiny rice.

Ingredients:-
Rice- 1 cup
Ghee - melted 1 tbsp or 2 tbsp if you wish
Loung- 5-6
Cinnamon stick- 1 inch long
Black Pepper - 8-10 seeds
Salt- 1/2 tsp (see notes)
Water- added 3 cups of water

Method:-

Take all your ingredients

Heat a large pan/kadai

add ghee 

melt it completely

throw in spice and let them splutter for few seconds

done

now add drained and washed rice

mix and let them cook for few seconds

they will become shiny

now add water and mix well

let it boil

when water is almost evaporated and 
rice are almost cooked 
then cover and cook for few minutes 
till rice are fully cooked

uncover 

Check

mash with fingers

done

Its ready to serve

smell heavenly

SERVE

I enjoyed it with Punjabi Potato Kadi

SEE HOW SHINY IT IS

Notes:-

1. Be liberal while adding ghee, more ghee will give more taste. I took out one heaped tsp full of ghee which become 1.5 tbsp after melting.
2. You can also add more spices in it. but my kids starts making faces if added lot of spices. So added only few. You can add cumin seeds, jawitri, cardamom etc. 
3. Quantity of water depends upon the rice you are using. so add water accordingly. 
4. Adding salt is optional , but i don't add it because i use to serve a bowl full of these hot rice mixed with shakkar/jeggary. If you don't have any plan to do it then add salt accordingly, as side dish you serving must be having some salt in it.

Hope you will like it

Love

PariCash

Brown Rice Veg Biriyani Chinese Style/ Brown Rice Chinese Style/ Veg Biriyani Chinese Style/ Combo of South Indian and Chinese Food/ Fusion Food

Brown Rice Veg Biriyani Chinese Style/

Brown Rice Chinese Style/

 Veg Biriyani Chinese Style/

Combo of South Indian and Chinese Food/

Fusion Food

Hi Friends,

I tried a lot to give a suitable name to this dish as its a fusion kind of recipe. Still i am not satisfied with the name. Please suggest a good name for this dish.  I made veg biriyani with combo of Indian and Chinese method of cooking which came out excellent. Yesterday i asked my hubby what he want for dinner he said make brown rice but as you know brown is very healthy but doesn't taste that much good. Earlier i made brown rice Pulao so wanted to try out something different. I thought for a while and kept on thinking to make it interesting. By the time i started boiling brown rice as it takes lot of time to cook. Then i started preparing veggies which was available with me.

 Suddenly i reminded my son was asking for hakka noddles which was out of stock and an idea clicked me, i said to myself yes brown rice biriyani Chinese style. wow. One thing which always attract me in chinease food is that they don't cook veggies full they saute them which gives a very nice crunch. I started preparing everything, by the time rice was cooked i was ready to give my biriyani final heat. My rice was ready within 30 minutes. Yes even i was amazed that how these scrumptious rice served in such a short time. Believe me friends they worth trying specially if you like Chinese food. You can spice it up by adding chilly sauce or red/green chilly. My family loved it. Try it guys it worth trying.

Total Cooking time- 20 minutes
Preparation Time- 5-7 minutes
Total Time- 30
Serving - 2 persons

Ingredients:-
Brown Rice- 1 cup
Onion - 1 big
Tomato- 2 big
Garlic- 8-10 pods chopped finely
Ginger -  1 tsp chopped finely
capsicum - 1 tbsp chopped finely
Peanuts- 1 tbsp
Kaaju/Cashews- 1 tbsp
Cumin Seeds- 1 tsp
Soya Sauce- 1 tbsp
Vinegar- 1 tbsp
Salt - as per your taste

Method:-

Grab your ingredients

Heat 4 cups of water and add oil and salt in it

wash rice twice

Put them in water and boil to cook

Let them boil till then prepare other things

Chop half onion lengthwise

chop and put tomatoes+half onion in a grinder

make puree out of it

Heat 2 tsp oil 

fry cashews and peanuts together

take them out

in the same oil fry sliced onion and capsicum

keep aside for further use

now heat 1 tbsp oil 

add cumin seeds+chopped ginger+garlic 

  

Don't fry for long 2-3 seconds are enough

Add tomato onion puree and salt

                        cook till oil separates

add half cup water in it

Let it boil once

By the time check if your rice are done

Add boiled rice in tomato gravy 

you can use rice water to add in tomato gravy

Mix them well

add vinegar

soya sauce

Mix them well cover and cook for 2-3 minutes

Then cook uncovered for 1-2 minutes 

or till all water evaporates

RICE ARE READY

Now mix fried onion+capsicum+cashews+peanuts

SERVE

YUMMOOOOOOOO

I served it with Coconut Chatni recipe coming soon

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Notes:-

1. Fry all veggies like ginger garlic capsicum onion lightly to remain the crunch intact. As in most of the Chinese recipes i saw they cook veggies but let them remain crunchy that's the taste i wanted in my biriyani.
2. Brown rice needs lot of water and time to get cooked.
3. Don't over boil the rice they should be 90% cooked while added in tomato gravy. 
4. Always mix rice gently otherwise they will get mushy. 
5. You can use boiled rice water to make tomato gravy it will become more rich.
6. You can add red/green chilly or even chilly sauce to spice it up.
7. You can serve it with any side dish/sauce/chatni etc. But it will never disappoint you if you will take it alone.

HOPE YOU WILL LIKE IT

Love
PariCash