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Corn Pulav (I)

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Ingredients: Basmati rice                           1 cup  Coconut milk                          2 cup  Sweet corn                              2 numbers  Oil                                             3 tea spoons Salt                                            As per taste   Bay leaf                                    1  Cinnamon stick, clove          As per your taste  To grind :  Green chillies  ...

Tomato fried rice - Recipe

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Ingredients:  Basmati rice                          1 cup  Tomato                                   4  Coconut milk                        1 cup  Water                                     1/2 cup  Onion                                     1  Grated carrot                        1/4 cup  Fresh peas                             1/4 cup  Cashew nuts                    ...

Curd potatoes

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 Ingredients: Potato                                     1/4 kg  Curd                                        1 cup  Chilli powder                        1/2 tea spoon Coriander powder               1/2 tea spoon  Masala powder for curd     3 tea spoons  Turmeric powder                 1/4 tea spoon  Cumin seeds                          1 tea spoon  Oil                                            1 table spoon  Salt    ...

Easy tips to prepare pulav or biryani

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  1) Wash and soak the rice for 20 minutes. 2) In the meantime, chop the vegetables and get it ready. 3) Grind the required masala and be ready with the paste. 4) Cook in medium heat. 5) While sauting vegetables, sprinkle water. Remember that you should not pour water just sprinkle. 6) If you are cooking for more people, use pressure cooker. 7) If the quantity of rice to be cooked is less, use pressure pan. 8) To improve the quality of rice, drain off the rice after soaking for 20 minutes.  9)Then put a tea spoon of ghee in a heated pan and saute the drained rice before cooking. 10) Use a thick vessel for cooking. These are the basic steps you have to follow before preparing pulav or biryani.

Coconut milk biryani - Recipe

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Ingredients :  Basmati rice                       1 cup Onion                                   2 (big sized)  Green chillies                     5 Chopped vegetables          1 1/2 cups  (Potato, capsicum, beans, Cauliflower, carrot, fresh peas) Coconut milk                       2 cups Oil                                          1 1/2 table spoon  Salt                                        As per your taste  Bay leaf                ...

Tomato gravy - Recipe

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Ingredients: Onion                     2 Tomato                  5 Oil                          1 table spoon  Salt                        As per your taste  Ingredients required to grind : Coconut                 1/2 cup  Poppy seeds          1 tea spoon  Dried red chilli    3 Green chilli          2 Coriander seeds   1 tea spoon Garam masala      1/2 tea spoon  Method of cooking : 1) Heat the pan and pour oil. After the oil gets heated, drop a spoon of cumin seeds and let it splutter. 2) Add finely chopped onion and saute it till it turns into golden brown. 3) Add finely chopped tomatoes and stir continuously fo...

Moong daal payasam - a sweet recipe

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Ingredients : Moong daal.                1 cup  Jaggery                         1/2 cup  Boiled milk                  1/2 cup Cashews                       10 Raisins                          10 Ghee                              4 tea spoons  Cardamom powder    A pinch Method of cooking : 1) Boil moong daal until it gets cooked well. If you use pressure cooker, three whistles are sufficient. 2) In a pan, mix cooked daal and jaggery and heat it in medium flame. 3) Stir it continuously until jaggery dissolves and the mixture starts boiling. 4) Add cardamom powder for flavour. 5) Turn off the stove or hob. 6) Fry cashews ...