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I personally like eating Thai food and also I love the plating in the restaurants. They use half of a pineapple and fill the fried rice in it. But I have presented in a bowl 😊. I made this dish because of my sudden craving for it.  This dish can prepared within an hour, start to finish.  The measurements I have given serves 2 people. Basmati rice - 3/4th cup, washed and soaked for 10 minutes Shrimp - 10 (I have used frozen Argentinian wild shrimp) (Wash and marinate the shrimp with 1 tsp of red chilli powder, 1/4 turmeric powder , salt - to taste) Onion - 1 small chopped Spring Onion - few chopped Pineapple - 2 slices (cored and cut into pieces) Eggs - 2 (scrambled with a pinch of salt and pepper powder) Green bell pepper and  carrot - a 2 tbsp each (chopped) Ginger and Garlic - 1 tbsp each (finely chopped) Black Pepper powder- 2 tbsp Tomato sauce and Chilli sauce - 1 tsp each ( I dont like to add soya sauce because of its high sodium content. But if you want, you can us...

  Hello readers, I am going to share the recipe for a healthier version of the traditional Pongal dish. It is a savory prepared for breakfast in South India. The original recipe is prepared with sona masoori rice and yellow moong dal. But now-a-days many people have started eating less carbs. So, I have used Quinoa and Oats with little rice in this recipe. You will need (serves 2 people) Ingredients List- 1 Sona Mosoori Rice - 1/4 cup Old Fashioned Rolled Oats - 1/2 cup Quinoa - 1/4 cup Yellow Moong Dal - 1/4 cup Ingredients List - 2 Add the following with the Pongal before cooking Water - 5 cups Whole Peppercorns - 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp Green chillies - 2 medium size Ginger - 1 inch piece (peel the skin, because it is toxic, chop and crush the pieces using a mortar and pestal)   Turemeric Powder - 1/4 tsp Salt - 1 tsp or as per your taste Ingredients List - 3 Ingredients you will need for tempering: Fresh pepper powder - 1/2 tsp (or 1 tsp if you want the pongal t...

This Pan Pulao is a vegan recipe. I have not used ghee, butter, milk or yogurt and have used coconut oil and coconut milk instead. It is a lightly spiced and easy to cook recipe, which will become your family's favorite meal. Now, quickly gather the below mentioned ingredients and begin... Long Grain Basmati Rice - 1 cup (washed, and soaked in 2 cups of water) Any variety of veggies - 1/2 cup in total ( I have used carrots, broccoli florets and beans) Onion - 1 medium(thinly sliced)  Tomato - 1 medium (sliced) Organic Coconut Oil - 1 1/2 tbsp Cocnonut milk - 1/4 cup Fennel Seeds - 1/2 tsp , for seasoning Salt - 2 tsp or as per your taste (this is for the veegies and the ricew together) Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Biryani masala powder - 1 tbsp (click the link for the recipe) White Paste -  1/2 of a small onion cut into large pieces, 1 inch ginger, 4 to 5 peeled garlic pods, 4 green chillies Grind all the above ingredients into a fine paste. You can add 1 or 2 tbsp of water to g...

Now-a-days many people have started eating healthy millets and different varieties of rice. This recipe is made from a very healthy rice variety. It is a deep purple-black colored rice called Black Rice or Forbidden Rice. In tamil, it is called kavani arisi. It is a good source of protein, fibre, iron and several antioxidants. This rice looks like in the picture below. Please remember that it has to be soaked overnight, before cooking. For this desert recipe, you need the following ingredients Black rice - 1 cup Water - 2 1/2 cups used to soak the rice overnight Sugar - 1 1/2 cups Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup Cardamom powder - 1 tsp Ghee / Clarified butter - 2 tbsp To begin with, first wash the rice 2 to 3 times and drain the water. Soak the rice with 2 1/2 cups of water overnight or atleast 10 to 12 hours. In a large bowl, add the soaked rice and measure 2 1/2 cups of water and add to the rice. You can use the same water that you used to soak the rice. It will be red in color, but it is o...

BONJOUR MES AMIS/AMIES.. I am going to share a new recipe " Vegetable Pepper Rice", which is similar to VEGETABLE FRIED RICE, but with fewer ingredients.  Now-a-days, we are learning to cook with the minimal ingredients available at home. Usually, for preparing fried rice, we will use soy sauce and chilli sauce. But if you do not have it at home, don't worry! You can make this Pepper Rice, with the available vegetables. Black pepper powder, is said to be good for cold and cough  and has many other health benefits. For this recipe, you will need 1 1/2 cups Basmati rice 3 cups chopped fresh vegetables of your choice / frozen vegetables 1/4 cups spring onions / onion sprouts freshly ground pepper powder - 3 tbsp any cooking oil - 2 tbsp salt - as needed For the Rice-  Wash the rice and set aside. no need to soak. Then plug in a rice cooker, first add 1 tbsp olive oil, then 3 1/2 cups of water , 1/2 tsp salt and the washed rice.  ...

Hi all, Today I tried a new variety rice and thought why not share with all of you... Bell peppers which come in dazzling shades of red, yellow and orange, contain carotenoid. My mom says we should eat rainbow colored vegetables at least 4 to 5 days a week. So, here comes my newly invented recipe.. You will need Red, Orange, Yellow Pepper- 1 each of medium size Tomatoes -2 medium Onion - 1 medium Mint leaves - few Ginger -1 tbsp crushed Chilli powder - 2 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp Salt as per taste Garam Masala powder - 1/2 tsp Basmati Rice - 1 1/4 cups ( washed and soaked in 1 cup of water for 15 minutes) Coconut milk- 1/2 cup For seasoning: Canola oil - 2 tbsp Cloves - 3 Cinnamon Bark - 2 inch piece Cardamom - 2 pods (whole) Bay Leaves - 2 Shahi Jeera (black thin Fennel Seeds) - 1/4 tsp Hmm... I know what all of you are thinking... TOO many ingredients .. Trust me .. it looks like that , but the recipe is very simple . First , boil 2 quarts o...

COCONUT MILK PORRIDGE   Coconut Milk Porridge is a dish of Medicinal Value. There a very few ingredients for this dish. They contain medicinal qualities. The ingredients are:     Coconut - one 1/2 of a coconut   Raw rice/ Boiled Rice - 1/2 cup Fenugreek Seeds - 1tbsp     Garlic Cloves - 10 small (or) 6-7 large Procedure to prepare porridge 1. In a mixie, add the rice and the fenugreek seeds and grind for 1/2 a sec. the rice will broken , but not powdered. 2. In a pressure cooker or an electric rice cooker, add all other ingredients except coconut.   3. Add 3 cups of water and cook.   4. Take 1 cup of thick coconut milk from the coconut pieces. Alternatively, you can also use tinned coconut milk, available in the market. But, I strongly recommend only homemade .  5. Once the rice is cooked, and is hot, add the coconut milk and stir well. Add salt to taste. 6. This porridge will be ...

This Sambhar Rice can be a very healthy meal for kids, who are picky. In this dish we can add any kind of vegetable except beetroot. If you can add green pepper or red pepper, it will definitely add a good taste to the dish. I have used carrot, peas, radish and potato. Let us see the method of preparation. Ingredients: 1/2 cup - Rice  1/2 cup - Toor dal 1 cup - chopped vegetables   Onion - 1 large chopped Tomato - 2 large chopped Curry leaves - few Mustard seeds - 1 tsp Hing (asafoetida) - 1/2 tsp Ingredients to make a fine Sambhar powder: Channa Dal - 4 tbsp Urad Dal - 3 tbsp Dhania (Coriander)Seeds - 2 tbsp Red Chillies - 5 nos. Jeera - 1 tbsp Fenugreek seeds - 1 tbsp Cloves - 3 nos. Cinnamon Bark - 1 inch piece Fry all these ingredients in 1 tsp oil, cool it down and grind into a fine powder. Method of Rice preparation: 1. In a pressure cooker, or an electric rice cooker, add the washed rice and washed toor dal.   2. Ad...