Chickpeas Pulav

Most of the days, I will be running out of time in the mornings.  Rice being the stable food at home, has its different ways to serve.  To make it more healthy, we try to add vegetables & present it more nutritious.  Addition of chick peas & potato makes the dish really tasty & quick to make.   I like to serve it with onion raita or with pakoda.  Its optional to use pulav masala for this dish.  Fried bread pieces can be used for garnishing.  It taste yum !!!

Ingredients :

1. Basmati Rice - 1 cup
2. Water - 1 cup
3. Chick peas - 1/2 cup (Soaked in water overnight)
4. Oil - 1 tbsp
5. Cinnamon stick - 1 no
6. Cloves - 3 nos
7. Cardamom - 1 no
8. Bay leaf - 1 no
9. Onion (sliced lengthwise) - 1/4 cup
10. Potato - 1 large sized
11. Chilly powder - 1 tsp (to spice)
12. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
13. Salt to taste
14. Lemon juice - 1/4 tsp
15. Pulav masala - 1/4 tsp (optional)
16. Corriander leaves & roasted cashewnuts for garnishing

Direction to Cook :

1.   Heat oil in the pressure cooker, add cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf & sliced onions.  Saute till tender.

2.   Add cubed potatoes, turmeric powder, chilly powder, salt to taste & basmati rice.  Saute it well until aromatic and the rice becomes translucent. 

3.   Drain & add the chick peas, lemon juice, pulav masala, water & little corriander leaves.  Pressure cook it till done.

4.   Garnish it with corriander leaves & roasted cashew nuts.

Serve it warm.

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Vegetable briyani

Vegetable briyani is most popular rice in south India. Though it requires quite a big list of ingredients, its simple to make & taste simply superb.

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In most of my busy days, the first comfort dish which hits my mind is this briyani. Its just assembling all the required ingredients & its ready in no matter of time.

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Best way to serve this with onion raita & a boiled egg. Person like me prefer having this with potato chips too....

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Ingredients :

1. Basmati rice - 1 cup
2. Vegetables - Carrot, beans, capsicum, peas, cauliflower, potato
3. Cinnamon stick - 1
4. Lavang - 3 nos
5. Cardomom - 2 nos
6. Bay leaf - 1 no
7. Ani seed - 1 no
8. Other briyani spices (Ur choice)
9. 1 large sized onion
10. 1 large sized tomato
11. Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
12. Mint leaves - 1 cup
13. Corrainder leaves - 1/2 cup
14. Green chilly - 2 nos
15. Chilly powder - 1 tsp (As per ur spice level)
16. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
17. Corriander powder - 1 tsp
18. Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
19. Salt to taste
20. Oil - 4 tsp
21. Ghee - 2 tsp
22. Cashewnuts - 10 nos
23. Fried onions - 1/4 cup
24. Fried bread pcs

Directions to cook :

• # Clean & fry the basmati rice in the 2 tsp of ghee. Keep it aside.
• # In a heavy bottomed pan (Preferably pressure cooker), heat oil & add all the spices, green chilly & onion. Saute them for 3 min.
• # Add mint leaves, corriander leaves & gingergarlic paste. Saute them for 2 mins.
• # Add the tomatoes & then vegetables. Cook them for 3 mins.
• # Add turmeric powder, chilly powder, corrainder powder & garam masala.
• # Finally add the basmati rice, salt & 1 1/4 cups of water. Cook them till done.
• # Mean while, fry the cashewnuts in the oil or ghee.
• # Cut the bread into small cubes leaving the corner portions & deep fry them in the oil & keep it aside.
• # Once the rice is cooked, mix the cashewnuts, fried onions & bread.

Serve them hot with onion raita.

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