Quick Rice Dishes : Easy To Make Tomato Rice | South Indian Tomato Bhath Recipe

Tomato Bhath is one of the best dish one can make with Tomatoes. The recipe for very easy and tasty dish of tomato, tomato bhath goes here… Preparation Time: 30 minutes Servings: 4 Ingredients: 2 cups of Rice 3 medium size Tomatoes 2 medium size Onions 1 ½  table spoon Ghee 7 to 8 Garlic pods A small piece crushed Ginger 5 to 6 Black Peppercorns 4 cloves A small bunch of Coriander leaves. Salt as per taste Method: Take water in vessel and cook Tomatoes till it becomes soft. Grind Tomatoes in a mixer, along with ginger and garlic, to get a thick puree. Keep it aside. Put ghee in a thick bottomed kadai...

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Tea Time Snacks : Simple And Easy Vatanyachi Usal / Missal / White Dried Peas Snack

Vatanyachi Usal is a traditional maharastrian dish, that is popular among local mumbai people.  Preparation Time: 20 minutes Servings: 2 Ingredients: 1 cup dried white peas, soaked overnight 2 table spoon oil 1 table spoon mustard seeds 1 strand of bay leaf A pich of asafoetida 1 table spoon red chilli powder ½  table spoon turmeric powder 1 cup grated coconut Salt as per taste  Method: Wash and soak white peas over night and drain. cook the dried peas along with a little salt to 4 whistles and keep it aside Heat 2 table spoon oil in a thick bottomed pan. Add mustard seeds, bay leaf and...

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Healthy Breakfast Recipe : Kanda Pohe | Batata Poha | Phanna Phovu | Seasoned Beaten Rice

Beaten Rice is called as Poha in Marathi. Kanda Poha or Batata Poha is a very famous Maharashrian breakfast dish. In Konkani, this dish is called as Phanna Phovu. Here is the recipe. Preparation Time: 20 minutes Servings: 4 Ingredients: 2 cups Beaten/Flattened Rice Flakes/Poha/Avalakki, of medium thickness. 1 large Potato, scrubbed and cut into thin cubs. 1 large Onion cut lengthwise. A pinch of Turmeric powder 1 table spoon oil/ghee Small piece of finely chopped ginger 1 strand Curry leaves 2 medium size finely chopped Green chilli ½ table spoon Mustard seeds ½ table spoon Urad daal 2 strands finely chopped Coriander...

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Quick Rice Dishes : Methi Pulao | Methi Rice | Fenugreek Rice Recipe

Methi is a very popular green herb which is also commonly known as fenugreek leaves in English, menthe soppu in Kannada, menthe akulu in Telugu. The leaves have a strong flavor and slightly bitter taste. They are used in making a lot of dishes in India. Fenugreek leaves add a lot of nutrition and is rich source of protein, iron, calcium, vitamins and potassium. Here is a quick recipe of Methi Rice. Servings: 4 Ingredients: 1 cup Basmathi rice 1 table spoon Fennel seeds 2 medium size finely chopped Onion 2 medium size finely chopped Tomato 1 cup finely chopped Methi leaves 1/3 rd peeled Green peas 1 inch long piece finely...

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Kannadiga Havyaka Recipes : Appe HuLi | Raw Mango Rasam | Sweet And Spicy Mango Drink

A typical Havyaka dish. Recipe goes here… Preparation Time: 10 minutes Servings: 2 Ingredients: 2 Raw mangoes 2 table spoon Jaggery ½ table spoon Mustard seeds ½ table spoon Cumin seeds 2 Green chilies 2 Red chilies A pinch Asafoetida 1 strand curry leaves Oil for seasoning Salt as per taste Method: Wash the raw mangoes and cut them in to small pieces. Cook it in water as shown in picture for around 10 minutes till it becomes soft. Grind it to a paste and keep it aside. Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. When mustard start sputtering, add curry leaves, green chilies, red chilies and...

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Spicy And Tasty South Indian Style Crab Curry | Crab Gravy With Coconut | Konkani Kurle Ambat

Here is a step by step preparation of South Indian Crab Curry. Preparation Time: 60 minutes Servings: 4 Ingredients: Crabs 8 Around 50 Prawns 2 big Onions 1 and ½ cup of grated Coconut 1 table spoon Coriander seeds 5 – 6 Red chillies ½ table spoon Tamarind ½ table spoon Turmeric powder 2 table spoon Oil Salt as per taste Method: Clean the crab with water first, separate the legs and break and take out the outer shell as shown in picture. If the crab is big, cut them into 2 pieces. Fry coriander seeds on a tawa for a while, and grind coconut, red chillies, tamarind, Turmeric powder to a smooth...

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Masala Bhindi Fry | Stir-Fried Lad'y Finger - A Side Dish For Roti

Preparation Time: 30 minutes Servings: 4 Ingredients: 1/2 kg Bhindi 1 big Onion 1 tea spoon Mustard 1 tea spoon Methi seeds 1 table spoon Chilli powder 1 tea spoon Pepper powder A pinch of Turmeric powder little Tamarind Juice Oil Salt as per taste Method: Wash and cut the bhindi lengthwise as shown in picture. Put oil in a non stick pan. Add mustard and methi seeds. When mustard start sputtering, add chopped onion. Fry till onion turns light pink. Now add bhindi, salt, tamarind juice and cover it. When bhindi is half done add chilli powder, pepper powder and turmeric powder one by one. Let it cook for 10...

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Quick Easy And Tasty Kannadiga Dish : Avarekai Palya | Avrekalu Saaru | Surti Beans Gravy For Dosa or Chapati

This is a traditional Kannadiga dish. Avarekalu available mostly in winter season in Karnataka. There are lot of delicious dishes one can make with Avarekalu. Here is the quick recipe of Curry. Preparation Time: 50 minutes Servings: 4 Ingredients: 2 cubs Avarekalu Roughly chopped 2 medium Onions Roughly chopped 1 medium Tomato (optional) Roughly chopped 1 medium bunch coriander leaves 1 table spoon Ginger Garlic paste 1 table spoon Chilli powder 1 table spoon Garam masala 2 table spoon oil A pinch of Turmeric powder Salt as per taste  Method: The whole beans(avarekalu) look almost like green peas with shells...

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