How to prepare Coconut Rice

This is very simple to prepare.Its very tasty.This is my lunch box favorite.

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Ingredients:

• Rice:1 cup.


• Fresh Grated coconut:1/2 cup.


• Urad dal:1/4 cup.


• Ghee:1 tbsp.


• Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp.


• Jeera:1/2 tsp.


• Curry leaves:5-6.


• Coriander(chopped):1 tbsp.


• Cashew:5-6(optional).


• oil:1tbsp.


• Green chillies:5-6(adjust to your spice level).


• Salt:adjut to your taste.


• Water:13/4 cup.


• Chana dal:1 1/2 tbsp.

Procedure:

• Cook the rice for upto 3-4  whistles and add ghee ,required salt and fluff the rice.


• Soak the urad dal just before one hour


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  Dry roast the urad dal just it turns light brown color or until good aroma comes.Roast in a medium to low flame.


• Heat oil in a wok and cracle mustard seeds.


• Add jeera,Curry leave,Chana dal,Green chillies and fry until it turns brown in color.


• Add cashew and fry for less than one minute.


• Now add grated coconut,urad and stir for 1 min.


• Now add it to the rice and stir it well.


• Now add chopped coriander on top of it.

Note:

• Don't over roast the urad dal.


• Fry the cashew with low flame because the cashew will turn black so fastly.

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Idly Upma(From idly leftovers)

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Ingredients:

• Idli  :      5-6(large).


• oil   :     2 tbsp.


• mustard : 1/2 tsp.


• cumin seeds:1/2 tsp.


• Turmeric/haldi: 2 pinches.


• urad and chana dal:1 tsp.


• Green chillies:3


• Curry leaves:4-5.


• Coriander(chopped):1 tbsp.


• salt:adjust to taste.


• Lemon juice:1 tsp.

Procedure:

• Mash the idlis  into fine powder(or if u want into small pieces).


• Slit the green chillies into half.


• Heat the oil in a kadai.


• Cracle the mustard seeds and add cumin seeds.


• Add Urad and chana dal and fry until it turns light brown.


• Add green chillies,curry leaves,salt,haldi and fry for few seconds.


• Now add  the mashed idli powder and fry until it just heats.


• Add the lemon juice on top of it.


• Now turn off the stove and add chopped coriander.

Note:

• Only take the left over idlis(fresh).


• For evening snacks take the morning break fast idlis.


• While mashing the idlis if you feel it is so dry  add very little amount of water.


• Be careful while adding the salt because remember that we already added the salt while preparing the idlis.

 

 

 

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Gongura(Mesta) Chutney

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Ingredients:

• Gongura: 1cup.


• Green chillies:3 -4.


• Roasted groundnuts:1/4 cup.


• salt:adjust to taste.


• Garlic pods:3-4.


• Coriander(chopped):2 tbsp.


• onion:1 small sized.

Procedure:

• Dry roast the ground nuts and remove the skin.


• Cut the onion into small pieces.


• Remove only leaves of gongura ,clean and keep it aside.


• Boil the gongura and green chillies in a bowl in a sufficient water.


• After boiling drain the excess water and let it cool.


• Grind the ground nut seeds ,garlic pods and salt in a mixer.


• Now add boiled gongura leaves and green chillies and grind.


• Now take into clean bowl and add chopped coriander and onion pieces into it.

Your valuable comments will help me in improving my recipes.

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Spicy Upma

 

 

Ingredients:

• sooji(regular)/upma ravva:1 cup.


• Bay leaves:8


• Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp.


• urad dal(split):1 tsp.


• chana dal:1 tsp.


• turmeric powder:a pinch.


• salt:adjust to taste.


• Garam masala powder:1/2 tsp.


• Red chilli powder:1/2 tsp.


• Fresh coconut(grated):2 tbsp.


• lemon:1


• coriander:2 tbsp.


• Ginger garlic paste:1 tsp.


• Green chillies:4(slit).


• Onion:1(medium sized).


• Carrot:1(finely chopped).


• Tamotoes:2(medium sized).


• oil:2 tbsp.


• Ghee:2 tbsp.


• Water:3 cups.

Note:

• Ginger garlic paste is optional.you can use only ginger pieces which is finely chopped into very small pieces.

Procedure:

• Roast the ravva(Dry roast) until it turns golden brown color or otherwise until nice aroma occurs.


• Heat oil in a kadai and cracle mustard seeds and then fry urad dal and chana dal until they turn golden brown.


• Now add bay leaves,green chillies,ginger garlic paste(or)thin ginger pieces as you prefer and fry for half a minute.


• Now add thin sliced onionsuntil they turn golden brown color.


• Now add chopped carrot and tomato pieces(cut the tomato into very small pieces) and cook until the tomato turns into pulp.


• Add red chilli powder,turmeric,garam masala and cook for one minute.


• Now add water and cover the lid and let it boil.


• Add the salt,ghee and add sooji slowly by continuously stirring(so no lumps aer formed) the water in kadai.


• Cover it and cook it in low flame for 5 minutes until it is cooked.


• Now turn off the flame


• Add chopped coriander,lemon juice and give mix it nicely.