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Capsicum Rice

8:40 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:
Rice:
  • Basmati rice - 1 cup
  • Water for cooking rice
  • Lemon juice - 1/2 tsp
  • Ghee - 1 tsp
  • Salt as required
Masala to Grind:
  • Red chilli - 3
  • Grated coconut -2
  • Coriander seed - 1 tsp
  • Urad dal  -  1/2 tsp
  • Channa dal - 1/2 tsp
  • Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
  • Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Other ingredients:
  • Capsicum -2
  • Onion - 1
  • Cinnamon Stick -1
Method:
  • Saute everything given under "Masala to Grind" in 1 tsp oil and grind it nicely.
  • Cook rice with enough water and salt, add lemon juice and ghee while cooking so that rice won't stick.
  • Heat a tsp of oil in a pan, add cinnamon stick and chopped onion, saute till onion becomes translucent, add capsicum and saute till it becomes soft, add ground masala and required salt. Saute and mix everything nicely. Finally add rice, mix rice with capsicum masala, just be careful not to break rice.
  • Capsicum rice taste wonderful, best lunch box recipe, goes very well with papad.

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Oats,

Oats Idli

8:07 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments









Ingredients:
  • Oats - 1 cup (i used quaker oats)
  • Rava - 1/2 cup
  • Curd - 1/2 cup
  • Salt as required
  • Water as required
  • Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
  • Hing - 1/2 tsp
Method:
  • Powder oats and add rava, mix well. 
  • Add curd, salt, baking soda and hing to oats-rava mixture. Give a nice stir. Add water little-by-little till it reaches the right consistency.
  • Grease idli plates with little oil and put the batter on plates. Steam it for 10 minutes.
  • Serve it hot with chutney or sambar.
  • Optional: You can add grated carrot, chopped green chilli, corainder leaves, or any vegetable of your choice.

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