Carrot Halwa Ball

Ingredients:

1. Fresh Carrot- 1
2. Milk- 1/2 cup
3. Sugar- 2 tsp
4. Cashew- 5 no
5. Cardamom- a pinch
6. Ghee- 2 tsp

Preparation:

1. Fry the cashews in ghee and keep it aside.

2. In the remaining ghee fry the grated carrot and keep it aside.

3. Then boil the milk and add the fried carrot keep on stir. Let it cook well in milk for 5 mins.

4. Later add the cardamom powder and fried cashews.

5. Make it as a equal sized ball. Keep it in a fridge for 30 mins and serve chill..

Note:

1.  I just dip the ball in a chocolate sauce. you can skip also.

2. If you wrap it in a paper it will be more attractive.

Vegetable Briyani

Veg briyani is my all time favorite. Its a rich one pot hot meals.Not only me everybody will love this for sure. Especially kids will love this more. This is a perfect lunch box recipes for all. Try it in your home and drop me your feedback.

 Ingredients:                                                                      

1. Mixed Vegetables- 1 cup                                      
2. Peas(frozen)- 1 handfull                                        
3. Onion- 2                                                                        
4. Basmati Rice- 1 cup                    
5. Ginger Garlic paste- 1 sp            
6. Red chilli powder- 1 1/2 sp        
7. Coriander leaves                          
8. Salt
9. Ghee
10. Oil
                 
To grind:   

1. Mint Leaves- 12 no
2. Green Chilli- 5 no
3. Garlic- 4 no
4. Fennel seed- 1/2 sp
5. Cardamom- 2 small
6. Cloves- 1
7. Star anise- 1/2 piece

   To Temper:

1. Oil+ ghee
2. Jeera- 1 tbl
3. Bay Leaves- 1

 1. Soak the rice at least for 30 mins to 45 mins. Chop all the vegetables and keep aside.

        2. Grind the items given below to grind make it as a fine paste.

        3. Fry the onion in ghee for garnish and keep it aside.

      
         
Preparation:
                                                                                                              

                                                                           
                                                   
    Step 1: Heat a oil + ghee.

    Step 2: Temper the item given below to temper.

    Step 3: Add onion and saute for few mins.

    Step 4: Add 1 sp ginger garlic paste.

    Step 5: Now add the ground paste. Saute for few mins.

    Step 6: Add all the vegetables.

    Step 7: Mix the vegetables and paste well and saute for few mins.

    Step 8: Add chilli powder ans salt.

    Step 9: Mix everything well. saute for few secs.

    Step 10: Drain the water from rice and add to it.

    Step 11: Add 1 1/2 cup of water for 1 cup of rice. Once the water gets boil close
                   the cooker and pressure cook it for 2 whistles under low flame.

    Step 12: Off the flame and open the cooker and check whether it gets cooked.

    Step 13: Don't mix using big ladle immediately mix using fork. This prevents rice from broken.

    Step 14: At this stage add the fried onions.

    Step 15: Mix it gently. Server hot with onion raita.

                           

               
Note:

1. You can skip ginger garlic paste. its an optional only. If you add taste will be good.
2. Measurement of water for rice is an important think. You must be careful in that.
    For 1 cup of basmati you can keep 1 1/2 cup of water. That's enough.
3. Skip red chilli powder and add sambar powder also. If you like more spicy means
    you can add red chilli powder itself.
4. Instead of water you can add coconut milk also.                                                                                                    

Onion Uttapam

Onion Uttapam is always special in our house.. Will do this often normally on weekends. Try it in your house and drop me your feedback down at comment box.

 Ingredients:

1. Idly batter- 1 bowl
2. Onion- 2 big+1 small
3. Tomato- 1 big
4. Green Chilli- 2 no
5. Carrot- 1
6. Mustard seed- 1 sp
7. Bengal Gram(Kadalai paruppu)- 2 sp
8. Coriander leaves
9. Salt
10.Oil

Preparation:

1. Heat a kadai with little oil, add mustard seed, bengal gram once it burst it out add finely
    chopped 1 small onion and green chilli, salt and saute it well.

2. Add this mixture to idly batter and mix the batter gently.

3. Now heat the iron dosa pan and grease a pan with little oil and the pour one ladle of batter
    spread it as a thick size don't over spread it.

4. Sprinkle the chopped onion, tomato and grated carrot, coriander leaves.

5. Drizzle some oil if needed. Cook it in a low flame.

6. Once it cooked in one side flip it to other side and cook on low flame.

7. When it turned into brown color serve hot with any chutney's or sambar.

Paneer Mutter masala

Paneer Mutter Masala is one of my favorite side dish for roti. I use to do this without adding curd and lemon juice but after i saw this from Rak's Kitchen tried with curd and lemon juice.. woww amazing its taste was truly tongue tickling gravy it was. Try it in your home and drop me your feedback down at comment box.   

Ingredients:

1. Paneer- 10 to 12 pieces
2. Tomato- 2 small
3. Peas(frozen)- 1 handful
4. Green Chilli- 2 no
5. Curd- 2 tsp
6. Ginger Garlic Paste- 1 tsp
7. Garam masala powder- 1 sp
8. Coriander leaves
9. Lemon juice- 1 tsp
10. Jeera- 1 sp
11. Oil
12. Salt

To Fry and Grind:

1. Cardamom- 1
2. Cinnamon-  1 inch
3. Onion- 2 no
4. Cloves- 1 no
5. Jeera- 1 tsp
6. Pepper- 1 sp
7. Chilli Powder- 1 sp
8. Turmeric Powder- 1 sp
9. Coriander Powder- 1sp
10. Oil

Preparation:

Step 1:  Fry onion,cardamom,cinnamon,cloves,jeera and pepper with little oil.

Step 2:  Add Turmeric powder, Chilli Powder and Coriander Powder.

Step 3: Mix it well and grind as smooth paste.

Step 4:  Now add little oil and add jeera once it burst it out add green chilli.

Step 5:  Add Tomato and saute for few mins.

Step 6: Add Ginger Garlic paste and saute for few mins.

Step 7: Now add that ground Paste.

Step 8: Mix everything well and add salt.

Step 9:  Add beaten curd at this stage

Step 10: Add Cooked Peas.

Step 11: Before adding paneer to gravy allow it to soak in hot water at least for 10 mins.

Step 12: Now add paneer to gravy.

Step 13: At last add garam masala. Then switch off the flame and add 1 tsp of lemon juice. Garnish with                     fried cashew's.