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This recipe is something I cook usually when I have to finish all my veggies in the refrigerator or when I am in no mood for an elaborate cook. This dish is mild in flavour and hence perfect for kids. This recipe fits the bill and is perfect for those moody days. So let's see how a quick and tasty vegetable tahiri is made. Ingredients:  See Notes ** Washed and soaked basmati rice - 2 cups  Oil  2 tbsp Cumin seeds  Chopped Garlic - 4-5 pods (optional) Chopped onions -2 Ginger Garlic paste - 1Tbsp Veggies of your choice -handful each ** Tomatoes chopped 2 medium size Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp Kashmiri Chilli powder- 2 tsp Coriander powder - 2 tsp Cumin powder 1/2 tsp Asafoetida (Hing)- a pinch Thick Curd - 2 Tbsp Salt as per taste  Water -4 cups (double the rice) Chopped coriander - for garnish  Method:   Take a pan, add in oil, splutter some cumin seeds add in chopped garlic - you can skip garlic if you would like to.  Add in sliced onions and ...

Mezhukkupuratti, or Stir fry is a typical Kerala Style Stir-Fry and often made with vegetables like Raw Banana, Yam or any other vegetables. This raw banana sir fry is very flavorful side dish which goes very well with rice. Let's see how its done. Quick video below for easy reference Ingredients: Raw banana – 3 medium sized banana/plantain Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp Salt as needed Shallots – 5-6 (optional) Garlic – 5-6 cloves peeled Dried red chilli - 3-4 (or as per spice level) Kashmiri Red Chilli powder – 1-2 (optional -for colour) Coconut oil/ vegetable oil – 2 tsp Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Curry leaves – a sprig Method : Peel the skin of raw banana and cut it lengthwise and keep it in water (to avoid changing colour/ discolouration) Now, take a sauce pan/ pan and add the cut raw banana, to it add just enough water to cover the raw banana, add turmeric powder, salt needed.  Cook the raw banana until soft but not mushy. Take care not to over cook the banana.  Once cooked, stra...

Any type of pulao or pilaf is one pot rice made with aromatic spices and herbs. In India, there are many types of pulao made and relished like vegetable pulao, matar (Peas) pulao, Kashmiri pulao, coconut pulao. Check other quick One pot meals here. Todays dish is quick and easy Coriander Pulao which can also be made with leftover rice as well as like a normal pulao. It goes well with onion or Boondi Raita. I usually add vegetables to this to make it wholesome meal, but you can also make it as a simple plain coriander pulao and it still will be tasty. Lets see how's this done. Step by step images are updated below Updated Recipe on : 22nd May 2022  Serves : 4 Ingredients : ( FOR MASALA PASTE:) 1/2 Onion chopped 1/2 inch ginger  4 garlic pods  4 cloves / lavang  ½ tsp whole pepper  1 inch cinnamon  2 green chilli (split) Handful coriander leaves  Other Ingredients:  1 tbsp ghee or clarified butter / Oil  1 bay leaf / tej patta...

This is the recipe for Tomato Pappu, Andhra’s version of tomato dal. This tomato dal or Tomato Pappu is a comfort food from Andhra Pradesh (State in South India) that has more than one type and makes for a perfect accompaniment with steaming hot rice with ghee. Dal is called Pappu in Telugu language & there are many variations of this dal. Emil (My husband) is a big fan of Andhra Cuisine and always loved it. He keeps telling me to make dishes inspired from the Andhra Cuisine. While reading about the dish and after speaking to few Telugu friends, I got to know that there's more than one type of pappu, like the spinach with dal & tomatoes. And also they are cooked slightly different in each household as well.  While usually most homes use tamarind for this dal along with tomatoes, I made a simpler version of this and avoided the tamarind. Instead I have used more tomatoes along with shallots.  The basic recipe was shared to us by my husband's colleague, and I also have a...