Chicken briyani

Hope the post heading speaks louder so, this recipe does not need any formal intro. Chicken Briyani  can be prepared in various style. Today let's see the process involved in preparing via electronic rice cooker.

Chicken Briyani

  Ingredients: Serve - 2

• Chicken – 1 kg
• Basmati Rice – 1 & ½ Glass
• Oil – 6tspn
• Red Chilli powder – 1tspn
• Turmeric powder – pinch
• Coriander powder – 1/2tpsn
• Everest Briyani masala – 3tspn
• Salt – 1 & ½tspn (adjust to taste)
• Lemon – ½
• Coriander leaves – as required
• Mint leaves – as required
• Food Color – 1tspn
• Curd – 3tspn
• Ajinamoto – 1/2tspn
• Bay leaf – 2
• Cumin seeds – 1/2tspn
• Fennel seeds – 1/2tspn
• Ginger- garlic paste – 2tspn
• Green chili paste – 1tspn
• Cardamon - 2 
• Onion - 3 (big size)

The following picture shows the step by step process for Chicken Briyani:

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Method:

1. Soak the rice for 1 hour.
2. Cut the Chicken as big size. Clean well with water and 1/4tspn of turmeric powder.
3. Take a big bowl add chicken pieces, red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt, coriander powder, briyani masala, ajinamoto, lemon juice, ginger-garlic paste, curd, green chili paste, coriander leaves, mint leaves, 4tspn oil mix well and soak for 1 hour. (figure 1 & 2)
4. Take a pan, heat 2tspn oil in medium flame add bay leaf, cinnamon, fennel seeds,cardamon and saute for 1 minute. (figure 3)
5. Now add onion & continue sauteing until onion color changes to golden brown. (figure 4 & 5)
6. Add soaked chicken & mix well. Close with lid and cook until chicken gets half boiled. Approximately 3-5 minutes(figure 6, 7 & 8 )
7. After chicken is half cooked switch off stove and transfer into rice cooker.(figure 9 & 10)
8. Now on top of the chicken add soaked rice, food color, mint leafs, water and close the cooker and cook. (figure 11,12,13 & 14)
9. Serve in a bowl. (figure 15)

Spicy Chicken Briyani is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• In step 3, u can taste the masala and If you feel like the taste is not as expected then add necessary ingredients to suit your taste and mix well. Marinate the chicken for at least 1/2 an hour.

Raw Banana Curry

Raw Banana Curry is a simple South Indian recipe which is best enjoyed with plain rice or chapatis. Raw Banana is a good source of fiber, vitamins and minerals.

Raw Banana Curry

Ingredients: Serve - 2

• Raw banana – 2
• Onion – 2 (big size)
• Tomato- 2 (medium size)
• Green chili  - 3
• Ginger- Garlic paste – 1/2tspn
• Mustard seeds – 1/2tspn
• Urad dhal – 1/2tspn
• Cumin seeds – 1/2tspn
• Curry leaves – as required
• Red chili powder – 1/2tspn(adjust to taste)
• Turmeric powder – 1/4tspn
• Coriander powder – 1/4tspn
• Salt – 1 & 1/2 tspn (adjust to taste)
• Water – ½ glass
• Coriander leaves - as required

The following picture shows the step by step process for  Raw Banana Curry:

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Method:

1. Remove the skin and cut the raw banana as small pieces and transfer into bowl. Add 1/2 tspn salt & water to cover the banana pieces and keep aside. (figure 1)
2. Take a pan, heat oil in medium flame, add mustard seeds and wait for crackle then add urad dhal,cumin seeds; saute for 1 minute. (figure 2)
3. Add green chili paste, onions, 1 tspn salt, curry leaf and continue sauteing until onions become soft. (figure 3)
4. Add tomatoes and saute until tomatoes are mashed. (figure 4)
5. Add raw banana pieces saute for 2 minutes and then add red chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder continue sauteing for 3 minutes. (figure 5 & 6)
6. Now add water and mix well. Close with lid and cook until raw banana gets cooked. Approximately 5- 8 minutes.(figure 7 & 8)
7. After raw banana is cooked, open the lid and cook until curry gets thicker.
8. Serve in a bowl. (figure 9)

Raw Banana Curry is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• In step1, apply oil for hands and cut the bananas. So that our hands won’t turns in black color.

Beetroot Halwa

Beetroot Halwa is an delicious Indian sweet recipe. It is very nutritious and healthy. Now a days, beetroot or carrot halwa has become trend in almost all birthday parties and family events.  Beetroot halwa is not as popular as carrot halwa but many people like it. I am sure people who doesn't like to eat beetroot much will definitely like this beetroot halwa. Just try it once and see.

Beetroot Halwa

Ingredients: Serve - 4

• Fresh beetroots- shredded- 2cups
• Milk- 1 & ½ cup
• Sugar- 1cup
• Ghee- 8tbspn
• Cashew nuts - 10
• Kishmish - 10
• Cardamom powder – 1/2tspn

The following picture shows the step by step process for Beetroot Halwa:

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Method:

1. First Wash, peel and grate the beetroots.
2. Take a wide-mouthed vessel, heat 4tbspn ghee in medium flame. 
3. Add grated beetroots and stir continuously until raw smell leaves. That means we will find a kind of sweet smell from beetroots. This process takes around 10 minutes.(figure 1 & 2)
4. Add milk; mix well and boil them for 5 minutes.(figure 3)
5. Now close with lid and cook for 10 to 15 minutes. On frequent intervals open the lid & stir the mixture well so that scorching can be prevented. (figure 4)
6. Open the lid and continue stir until milk is completely evaporated in beetroot. (figure 5)
7. Once the milk is completely evaporated then reduce the flame to low. Add sugar and mix well.(figure 6 )
8. Once sugar is added, the mixture tends to liquefy. Stir well until mixture gets thick. This will take around 10 minutes.
9. Mean while take a pan, heat 4tspn ghee add cashews, khismish, roast until its color changes to golden and switch off the flame. (figure 7)
10. After the beetroot mixture in step 8 gets thick add roasted cashews, kishmish along with ghee. Add cardamom powder and mix them well.(figure 8)
11. Serve the Beetroot Halwa with hot/ cold.(figure 9)

Delicious Beetroot Halwa is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• In step2, taking of wide-mouthed vessel the beetroots get cooked fast and uniform. This way you can save gas, time and energy.

Drumstick Mango Dal

Drumstick Mango Dal is a very simple and tasty curry which goes well with hot rice. This curry is made with raw mango & drumstick. Today let's see how to make this simple recipe.

Drumstick Mango Dal

Ingredients: Serve - 2

• Moong dhal – 1 cup
• Drumsticks – 2 (medium size)
• Mango – 1 (small)
• Onion – 2 (medium size)
• Tomato – 1 (medium size)
• Cumin seeds – 1/4tspn
• Garlic – 4 pieces
• Turmeric powder – 1/4tspn
• Red chilly powder – 1tspn
• Coriander powder – 1/2tspn
• Salt – 1 & ½tspn (adjust to taste)
• Water – 1 & 1/2 glass
• Oil – 3tspn
• Mustard seeds – 1/2tspn
• Urad dhal – 1/2tspn
• Curry Leaves – as required
• Coriander leaves – as required
• Asafoetida - inch

The following picture shows the step by step process for Drumstick Mango Dal:

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Method:

1. Wash & cut the drumstick, mango as small pieces. Keep a side.
2. Wash and soak 1 cup of moong dhal with 1& 1/2 glass of water in cooker for 1/2 an hour.(figure 1)
3. Add 1 onion, tomato, garlic pieces, cumin seeds, turmeric powder. (figure 2)
4. Keep the cooker in medium flame and cook until moong dhal gets half cooked. (figure 3 & 4)
5. Now add drumstick, mango pieces, red chilly powder, salt, coriander powder and mix well. (figure 5)
6. Close the cooker with lid by putting whistle and cook for 1 whistle.(figure 6)
7. Take a pan, heat 3tspn oil in medium flame. Add mustard seeds wait for crackle and then add urad dhal, curry leaves, vadium prepared at home or 1 chopped onion saute for 2 minutes. (figure 7)
8. Now transfer roasted items into dhal. Add asafoetida and cook for 1 more minute.(figure 8)
9. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve in bowl. (figure 9)

Drumstick Mango Dal is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• Collect best mango it should be very sour.

Mushroom Omelet

This recipe is an extremely delicious, simple and healthy omelet using mushrooms. Mushrooms are good source of vitamin B, including riboflavin, niacin and pantothenic acid, which helps to provide energy by breaking down proteins, fats and carbohydrates. Pantothenic acid helps with the production of hormones, riboflavin helps to maintain healthy red blood cells, niacin promotes healthy skin. 

Okey, now lets see the preparation process

Mushroom Omelet

 Ingredients: Serve - 2

• Mushrooms – 8
• Eggs – 6
• Onion – 2 (medium)
• Green Chilly – 2 (big)
• Oil – 5tspn
• Salt – 1/2tspn (adjust to taste)
• Red chili powder -  1tspn
• Pepper Powder – 1tspn
• Coriander powder – 1tspn
• Cumin powder – 1tspn

The following picture shows the step by step process for Mushroom Omelet:

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Method:

1. Clean and cut the mushrooms as small pieces. Boil them in a bowl for 5 minutes in low flame by adding 1/2 tspn salt. 
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2. Remove the mushrooms from bowl and drain the water completely.  
3. Beat the eggs in bowl and keep it aside.
4. Take Red chili powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, salt, Pepper powder in a plate. (figure 2)
5. Take a pan, heat 1tspn oil in medium flame; add onion, green chilly slices and saute for 2 minutes. (figure 3)
6. Add mushrooms and continue sauteing for 2 more minutes. (figure 4)
7. Add half percent of beaten eggs. Sprinkle required amount of red chili powder, pepper powder, cumin powder, salt, coriander powder, oil and cook until egg get boiled. (figure 5,6,7 & 8)
8. After one side is cooked then turn other side and cook for few more minutes. (figure 9)

Spicy & Healthy Mushroom Omelet is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• If you would like to eat egg as half boiled then cook omelet only for one side and serve it.