Vegetable Fried Rice

Vegetable Fried Rice

Its main ingredients are vegetables and rice.

Ingredients

• Basmati Rice......................2 cups
• Carrot................................1
• Cabbage............................50 gm
• Beans................................50 gm
• Onion................................1
• Capsicum...........................1
• Spring Onion..................... 3
• Green Chilies.....................3
• Pepper Powder..................1 tsp
• Ghee..................................2 tbsp
• Oil......................................1 tbsp
• Soy Sauce..........................1 tbsp
• Cashew...............................6
• Coriander Leaves...............few
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Wash the rice and soak for  10 minutes and drain.
• Fry the rice with ghee for 5 minutes.
• Cook the rice by adding water and salt.The rice should not be over cooked.
• Heat  a pan with oil add all cut vegetables, chilies.
• When the vegetables are tender add vinegar and soy sauce and saute it. 
• Add pepper and salt and cooked rice.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and roasted cashew nuts.

Potato Podimas

Ingredients

Potato Podimas

• Potato..............................4
• Green Chilies....................4
• Coconut...........................1/2 cup
• Curry Leaves.....................few
• Mustard Seeds.................1 tsp
• Chana Dhal..................... 2 tsp
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Boil the potato, peel and mash.grind the coconut, curry leaves and green chilies coarsely.
• Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds and chana dhal.
• When it crackles add the potato and coconut.
• Mix well and serve with sambar rice.
• (You can omit coconut and use this dough for potato vada)

Whole Wheat Pasta With Spinach.

Whole wheat Pasta with Spinach

• Pasta.................1 cup
• Spinach.............2 cups
• Basil..................1 cup
• Walnuts.............1 cup
• Olive Oil............1/2 cup
• Pepper..............1 tsp
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Roast the walnuts for two minutes.
• Boil water with salt and 1tsp oil. Add the pasta when the water boils and cook the pasta.
• Remove the pasta  and filter.
• Blend the spinach, basil and walnuts with olive oil.
• Add this paste to the pasta pepper and  little salt .
• Mix well, add olive oil and  cheese.
• Very tasty and good for health

Diwali Bhakshanams(தீபாவளி பக்ஷணம்)

  Diwali Bhakshanams Click the below recipes

Thattai (Snack),  

Ribbon Pakodas

Diwali Bhakshanams

• Thenkuzhal

• South Indian Spicy Mixture( Chivda)

• Diwali special marundu (Ginger Lehiyum)

• Maladu

• Kaju Burfi(cashew nut Burfi)

• Pal Kova (Milk cake)

• Anjir/Dates Burfi (Figs/Dates Burf

• Bundhi ladu 

  Mysore Pak

• Netrankai Upperi 

• Chakli( Like Murukku)

• Thenkuzhal

• South Indian Spicy Mixture( Chivda)

• Pasi Paruppu payasam

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Milk Shakes for Kids

Banana Strawberry Shake

Banana Strawberry Shake

• Milk........................1cup
• Vanilla Ice Cream.....1 scoop
• Banana....................1
• Strawberry...............3

Blend all together in a blender


Chocolate Milk Shake.

• Milk...................................1 cup
• Vanilla Ice Cream...............1scoop
• Chocolate Syrup.................1tbsp

Add all ingredients together and blend for a minute.

Onion Tomato Raita

Vegetable pulav and  raita is the good combination. Raitas are very easy to prepare. You can make different kinds of raita using. cucumber/dhuthi. spinach. karela, yellow pumpkin, boondhi, and ladyfinger.

Onion Tomato Raita

Onion Tomato Raita

• Yogurt.....................1 cup
• Chopped Onion......1/4 cup
• Chopped Tomato....1/4 cup
• Green Chili..............2
• Mustard Seed.........1 tsp
• Broken Red Chili.....2
• Salt to Taste
• Coriander Leaves

Method

• Churn the yogurt and add the onion, tomato salt and green chili..
• Mix well, Heat a pan with 1tsp oil, add the mustard and red chili.
• When it crackles. add to the raita.
• Sprinkle the chopped coriander leaves.