Thursday, 23 February 2012

Quick Dal Recipe

Ingredients: Oil, unwashed dal, 7-8 dry red chillies, mustard seeds,cumin seeds,1 spoon fenugreek seeds, tamarind (size of lime), salt, turmeric powder,

--> Firstly add little oil in the cooker, once the oil is heated add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds and 7-8 dry red chillies.
--> Let nice aroma come and only then add 1 cup unwashed dal to it and saute it for a while without adding water.. Let nice aroma come once again.. then add 3 cups of water, tamarind and a pinch of turmeric powder and then give 4-5 whistles.
--> On opening the lid add salt according to your taste.
Serve it with hot steamed rice and clarified butter..

This recipe is simple and quick without the hassle of cutting onions and green chillies.. and also without garnishing at the end, still tastes the best.. Hope you wil like it. :)

Keema Rice

Ingredients: Keema, basmati rice,oil, Salt, red chilly powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder,  crushed cinnamon, crushed cloves, tomatoes onions, green chillies, ginger garlic paste, Lime juice, Coriander leaves for garnishing.


--> Firstly fry ginger garlic paste till it turns golden brown in the oil..
--> Then add crushed cloves and cinnamon followed with chopped onions, tomatoes and green chillies and salt to it..
--> After a 5-7 mins add Keema to it.. Let keema give out the oil and let it cook..
--> After  7-10 mins keema should be cooked then add turmeric, red chilly, coriander, garam masala powder..
--> Now add water according to the measurement of the rice(basmati) you're going to cook (1cup rice:1.5 cup water) and when it starts boiling add washed rice to it.. close the lid.. Thats it once it's cooked garnish it with coriander leaves..