Gooseberry Rice

Gooseberry are also known as Amla. Amla has many healthy benefits like control hair fall,  prevent cold and cough. So friends ensure you take Amla frequently. Today lets see the steps involved in preparing Gooseberry rice. 

Gooseberry Rice

Ingredients: Serve - 2

• Amla – 3 big size
• Boiled rice  - 2 cups
• Coconut – small piece
• Green chilly – 3
• Red chilly – 2
• Mustard seeds – 1/2tspn
• Urad dhal  - 12tspn
• Channa dhal – 1tspn
• Peanuts – 2tspn
• Cumin seeds – 1/2tspn
• Salt – 1tspn (adjust to taste)
• Turmeric powder – 1/4tspn
• Oil – 3tspn
• Curry leaves – as required

The following picture shows the step by step process for Gooseberry Rice:

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Method: 

1. First cool the boiled rice in a plate. (figure 1)
2. Wash the amla, coconut and cut them in small pieces. (figure 2)
3. In a mixer, add amla, coconut pieces, green chilly and make a smooth paste by adding little water. (figure 3)
4. Take a pan, heat oil in medium flame add mustard seeds wait for crackle then add urad dhal, channa dhal, peanuts, red chilly, curry leaves and saute for 2 minutes. (figure 4)
5. Now add grinded amla paste and saute for 1 minute. (figure 5)
6. Add turmeric powder, salt and saute for 5 minutes. (figure 6)
7. Add cooked rice, mix well slowly and saute for 3 more minutes. (figure 7 & 8)
8. Serve in a bowl. (figure 9)

Tasty and yummy Gooseberry Rice is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• In step 2, do not add more water  while making the paste.  Let the paste be thick.
• If do not have coconut then we can make this recipe in another method  i.e, grate the amla and add to the step 5, saute for 5 minutes then add rice, mix well. For more spicy add grated ginger. This method is similar to Lemon rice.

Coconut Milk Rice

Coconuts have many healthy benefits like improving our immune system by acting as an anti-viral, anti-bacterial. It improves digestion and absorption of nutrients, vitamins & minerals. So friends please ensure any coconut-derived ingredients like coconut water, milk, flour, oil is present in your diet chart.

Today lets see how to make coconut milk rice. Its very simple and easy main course recipe.

Coconut Milk Rice

Ingredients: Serve - 2

• Rice – 1 glass
• Oil – 2spn
• Bay leaf – 1
• Cinnamon – 1 small inch
• Cloves – 3
• Fennel seeds – ½spn
• Garlic – 6 pieces
• Green chilies – 3 (cut as length wise)
• Onion – 1 (big)
• Coconut milk – 2 glass (which has measured for rice)
• Salt - 1tspn (adjust to taste)

The following picture shows the step by step process for Coconut Milk Rice:

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Method:

1. Wash and  soak rice for 20 minutes.
2. Take a cooker, heat oil in medium flame add bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, fennel seeds and saute for 1 minute. (figure 1)
3. Add green chilies, garlic, onions, salt and saute until onion become soft.(figure 2 & 3)
4. Next add coconut milk and cook until milk gets boil by closing with lid. (figure 4 & 5)
5. After milk getting boiled, add rice and mix well.  Close the pressure cooker with weight and cook for 3 whistles in medium flame. (figure 6,7 & 8)
6. Serve in plate. (figure 9)

Additional Tips:-

• In step3 , don't fry the onions deep or else Coconut milk rice color changes.
• In step 4, to prepare coconut milk take 1 full coconut, cut into pieces and grind them in mixer softly by adding 2 glass of water and then filter the mixture in a bowl.
• While preparing coconut milk, first add 1 glass of water along with coconut pieces, grind them and filter it. Then once again grind the mixture with another glass of water, filter it.

Veg Fried Rice

Hope Vegetable Fried Rice doesn't need much introduction so lets directly jump into the preparation process. 

Veg Fried Rice

Ingredients: Serve- 2

• Basmati Rice – 2 cup (cooked rice)
• Oil – 3tspn
• Cumin seeds – ½tspn
• Onion – 1(big)
• Carrot – 1(small)
• Beans – 8
• Peas –as required
• Pepper powder – 1tspn
• Green chilly – 2
• Coriander leaves - as required
• Salt - 1tspn (adjust to taste)

The following picture shows the step by step process for Veg Fried Rice:

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Method:

1. Cook the rice and transfer into plate. keep aside and let it cool.(figure 1)
2. Take a pan, heat oil in medium flame add cumin seeds wait for crackle. Then add thin slices onion and saute for 5 minutes.(figure 2 & 3)
3. Add green chillies, vegetables and saute for 1 more minute. (figure 4)
4. Add salt, pepper powder and continue sauteing for 1 minute.(figure 5 & 6)
5. Close the pan with lid and cook for 5 minutes in a medium flame.(figure 7)
6. Open the lid, add cooked rice and mix well. (figure 8)
7. Finally garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve in bowl.(figure 9)

 Veg Fried Rice is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:- 

• Cut the vegetables in small pieces so that it will get cooked faster. 

Coconut Rice

Coconut rice is a popular traditional south Indian dish. Coconut rice can be made in various style like using grated coconut or using coconut milk and we have many more style. Today lets see the process involved in preparing coconut rice using grated coconut. Its a preferred option for lunch and light dinner. Okay, lets proceed to the steps

Coconut Rice

Ingredients: Serve -1

• Coconut - 1 cup (grated)
• Cooked Rice - 2 cups
• Oil - 2tspn
• Mustard seeds - 1/2tspn
• Urad dhal - 1tspn
• Channa dhal - 1tspn
• Kaju - 4 pieces
• Curry leaf - as required
• Green chilly - 3
• Ginger - small piece (optional)
• Salt - 1tspn (adjust to taste)

The following picture shows the step by step process for Coconut Rice:

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 Method:

1. First grate the coconut, ginger and cut the green chilly as lengthwise.
2. Take a pan, heat oil in medium flame add mustard seeds, wait for crackle and then add urad dhal, Channa dhal, kaju, green chili, grated ginger, curry leaf & continue sauteing for 3 more seconds. (figure 1)
3. Add grated coconut and saute for 1 minute. (figure 2)
4. Add salt and continue sauteing for 2 more seconds (figure 3)
5. Add cooked rice and saute for 2 minutes. (figure 4 & 5)
6. Serve in a bowl. (figure 6)

Coconut Rice is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• In step 5, add cool rice or else rice will stick together will not come separate grains.

Mango Rice

Hope every one like mango and more over we are in current season to taste Kesar mango varieties.Our today's recipe is green mango rice which is very easy to make and good option for lunch box meal.

Mango Rice

Ingredients: Serve -2

• Green Mango - 1 cup (grated)
• Cooked Rice - 3 cups
• Oil - 2tspn
• Mustard seeds - 1/2tspn
• Urad dhal - 1tspn
• Channa dhal - 1tspn
• Kaju - 4 pieces
• Curry leaf - as required
• Coriander leaves - as required
• Green chili - 3
• Salt - 1tspn (adjust to taste)

The following picture shows the step by step process for Mango Rice:

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Method:

1. First grate the mango and cut the green chili as lengthwise.
2. Take a pan, heat oil in medium flame add mustered seeds and wait for crackle and then add urad dhal, Channa dhal, kaju, green chili, curry leaf & continue sauteing for 5 seconds.(figure 1)
3. Add grated Mango and saute for 1 minute. (figure 2)
4. Add salt and saute for 5 more seconds . (figure 3)
5. Add cooked rice mix softly and continue sauteing for 1 minute. (figure 4 )
6. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve in a bowl. (figure 5 & 6) 

Mango rice is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• In step 3, add cool rice or else rice will stick together won't come separate grains.