Coconut Milk Rice

Here is the recipe for the delicious coconut milk rice. My mom makes this excellent n is my favourite n simple 1 too...Here goes the recipe..

All u need...!!!
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1. Basmathi Rice - 2 cups
2. Coconut milk - 2 cups
3. Cinnamon
4. Cloves - 2
5. Bay leaf
6. Oil - 2 tsp
7. Ginger - 4-5 pieces finely chopped lengthwise
8. 1 Big Onion finely chopped lengthwise
9. Curry Leaves
10. Green Chillies - 2-3
11. Salt to taste

How u go on making it...
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1. Wash the Basmathi rice and keep it aside.
2. In a non stick pan add 2 tsps of oil and once it turns hot add cloves, cinamons and bay leaf.
3. Keep the pan in low flame and add onions, Garlic and green chillies.
4. After the raw smell goes add the basmathi rice to this and mix well. Add salt too.
5. Now add all this to the electric cooker and add 2 cups of coconut milk and 2 cups of water and mix well.
6. Once the rice is cooked server hot with spicy curries.

Cabbage Poriyal

There are various dishes that could be done with cabbage...like..cabbage kootu...cabbage poriyal..cabbage soup...
here is the recipe for cabbage poriyal....


All u need...!!!
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1. Cabbage - 1/2 (either grated or cut into small pieces)
2. Grated coconut - 1/4 cup
3. Onion - 1(Cut into small pieces)
4. Mustard - 1/2 tsp
5. Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
6. Hing
7. Red Chillies - 2-3
8. Curry leaves
9. Cilantro
10. Turmeric Powder
11. Oil - 2 tsp
12. Salt to taste


How u go on making it...
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1. Wash and grate the cabbage and keep them aside.
2. Heat a non stick pan. Once it turns hot add 2 tsps of oil.
3. Now add mustard and when it starts to splutter add cumin seeds and hing.
4. Add the cut onions and red chillies and curry levaes and fry them.
5. Once onion turns brown add the grated cabbage and add a pinch a turmeric powder and salt according to ur taste.
6. Sprinkle water and close the lid and cook for sometime till the cabbage becomes soft n the raw smell goes.
7. Then add the grated coconut and mix them well n keep in sim for 5mins.

Cabbage poriyal is ready. Serve hot with any rice varieties.

Cauliflower Peas Kurma

Cauliflower being low in fat, high in fibre, water and Vitamin C, possessing a very high nutritional density. It can be roasted, boiled, fried, steamed or eaten raw by some people.
Here is the recipe for cauliflower peas kurma.

All u need...!!!
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1. Cauliflower - 1
2. Peas - 1/2 cup
3. Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
4. Onion - 1
5. Tomato - 1
6. Ginger Garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp
7. Green Chillies - 3
8. Curry leaves
9. Cloves - 2
10. Cinnamon
11. Bay leaves
12. Turmeric powder
13. Red Chilli powder
14. Oil - 2 tsp
15. Salt to taste

How u go on making it...
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1. Cut the cauliflower into smaller florets , clean n pressure cook them.
2. Also pressure cook the peas (If not use the frozen 1)
3. Heat the non stick pan and add 2 tsp of oil.
4. Once it turns hot add the cloves, cinamon sticks n bay leaves.
5. Add onion and fry them.
6. Add ginger garlic paste and green chillies.
7. Fry them till oinion turns golden brown.
8. Then add tomato and fry till raw smell eases.
9. Add cauliflower and peas n mix them well.
10. Now add a pinch of turmeric and 1-2 spoons of red chilli powder and mix them well along with salt and heat in medium flame for 10mins.
11. Add the coconut milk with little amount of water and mix well. Keep in sim for 5mins.
12. Cauliflower peas kurma is ready. Add cilantro and serve hot.

It goes well with any mixed rices like veg rice..coconut rice..else with rotis n Naans..

Spinach Dhal dish

Spinach as such has a very high nutritive value, especially when fresh, steamed, or quickly boiled.Here is the recipe for Spinach n Moong dhal dish.

All u need...!!!
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1. Spinach - 1 pack
2. Moong dhal - 1/2 cup
3. Mustard - 1/2 tsp
4. Jeera - 1/2 tsp
5. Hing
6. green chilli - 2
7. Curry leaves
8. Onion - 1 chopped
9. Tomato - 1 chopped
10. Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
11. Oil - 2 tsp
12. Salt to taste


How u go on making it...
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1. Pressure cook the Moong dhal with 1 cup of water n keep it aside.
2. Clean n cut the spinach leaves.
3. Heat non stick pan in medium flame. Once it turns hot add 2 tsp of oil.
4. Add mustard. Once it splutters add jeera n hing.
5. Add chilli n curry leaves to them.
6. Add Onions n fry them for sometime.
7. Then add tomato and fry them till raw smell eases.
8. Add cooked Moong dhal to the above.
9. Now add the Spinach leaves with the above contents n mix them well.
10. Add a pinch of turmeric powder and salt according to ur taste.
11. Close the lid and leave it for 15-20mins in medium flame.


Spinach n Moong dhal dish is ready.
Have it with potato , cabbage curry or any side dish. Server hot.