As the name suggests, this is not a spicy baked doi. It just contains some Milk masala i.e. cardamom powder, saffron & dry fruits. Its so tasty, I cant describe it. You must make it now to taste this heavenly dessert.
Sometimes we have a little bit of various veggies. But how about transforming them into a simple flavorful veg pulao. This is my take on veg pulao. Actually its my hubby's idea to make pulao from veg stock. I gave it a try. & Wow, it was just so tasty. The rice was full of flavors. One should definitely try it.
Ingredients:
Rice 2 cups soaked in water
Potato 1 medium - peeled & diced
Cauliflower - cut into small florets 1/4 cup
French beans - cut into inch size pieces 1/4 cup
Peas - 1/3 cup
Carrots - slit & cut into inch size pieces 1/4 cup
Onion 1 large - sliced
Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Turmeric 1/3 tsp
Red Chili powder 1/4 tsp
Green Chilies 4 - Slit
Mustard Seeds 1/3 tsp
Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves few
Ghee 1 tsp
Oil
Bayleaf
Cinnamon stick 1 inch
Method:
Boil 3 cups of water in a vessel. When the water starts boiling, add to it salt to taste, diced potato, cauliflower florets, cut French beans, peas, cut carrots & slit green chilies. Add ghee to it. Boil it for 7 - 8 mins. The vegetables will be almost cooked. Now drain the vegetables. Reserve the vegetable stock for cooking rice.
Cook the soaked & drained rice with the vegetable stock. Add to it salt to taste.
In a nonstick pan, heat oil. Add to it mustard seeds. when they crackle, add cumin seeds, bayleaf, cinnamon stick, sliced onions, turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste & curry leaves. Saute for 2 - 3 minutes. We don't want the onions to be cooked fully. We need a little bit crunch in the veggies. Add red chili powder & the boiled veggies to it. Saute for a minute.
Add the cooked rice to it. Stir well. Cover with a lid & cook on low flame for 7 - 8 minutes. This helps in mixing the flavors of veggies & rice with each other & also if the veggies & rice needs cooking, it will be done.
Once done, don't open the lid immediately. let the pulao rest for 10 minutes.
Garnish with pomegranate seeds or roasted cashewnuts. Serve with pickle or papad or raita.
Fishes are super duper healthy. One should have it more often. They are loaded with essential nutrients. Fishes are world's best source of omega 3 fatty acids which are essential for human body & brain. Salmon is one of the healthy food item. It is a great source of proteins, as said before omega 3, vitamins like vitamin D, vitamin A & some members of vitamin B and also minerals like selenium, zinc, phosphorus, calcium & iron. Anyways enough of health benefits of salmon. This is not a website to provide health benefits of a food item, but recipe providing website. So I will stick to that.
So till now you might have understood, I will be sharing a recipe for salmon today. Salmon itself is so healthy. But I will be also sharing a healthy way of making it. Oven poached technique for salmon. its very tasty. So we are not going to spoil its taste by adding any spices to it. Just some seasoning to it and we are done.
Lets see how to make it.
Ingredients:
Salmon fillet along with its skin to one side 200 gm
Salt to taste
Thin Lemon slices 3
Garlic Clove 1 - sliced thinly
Oregano 1 tsp
Black pepper Crushed 1/3 tsp
Aluminium Foil
Olive oil 1 tsp
Method:
Preheat oven to 200 degree C.
Wash the salmon fillet.
Take a 30 x 30 cm aluminium foil piece.
Place the salmon fillet on the aluminium foil with its skin at the bottom side.
Sprinkle salt to taste, crushed black pepper & oregano evenly over the salmon fillet.
Place thin slices of garlic over it covering almost all the top of the salmon. Place the garlic slices 1 cm apart from each other.
Place lemon slices side by side over the garlic pieces.
Drizzle some olive oil over it.
Now just wrap the salmon in the aluminium foil like a bag creating some space in the foil bag for the steam. That steam will help salmon cook evenly.
Cook it in the oven for 25 minutes.
Remove from oven. Let it rest for 2 - 3 minutes.
Serve hot !!
Tips:
Don't discard the juice created in the aluminium foil. Enjoy it with the salmon. Its super tasty.
This is the best recipe to enjoy salmon.
Don't eat the skin of the salmon.
Don't cover the salmon in aluminium foil tightly. Leave some space above it while packing just like bag.
Its been a long time I posted a recipe. Had taken a break from blogging. & am back. :-) Here is my recipe.
We always have leftover rice at home & we wonder what to make with it. Today I am sharing cabbage rice in which you can use the leftover rice. Its one of the healthy recipes. Try it soon. Me & my husband don't like cabbage sabzi. But this is a much better way to have cabbage.
Ingredients:
Cooked Rice 2 cups
Thinly Sliced Cabbage 1 & 1/2 cup
Cashews few roasted
Oil 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
Asafetida a pinch
Garlic finely chopped 1 tsp
Curry leaves few
Dry Red Chilies 4 - 5
Red Chili Powder 1 & 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder 1 tsp
Garam Masala 1 tsp
Coriander leaves for garnish
Pomegranate Seeds for garnish
Lemon juice while serving
Method:
Heat oil in a pan.
Add mustard seeds. When they crackle, add finaly chopped garlic, dry red chilies, asafetida & curry leaves. Saute for few seconds.
Add cabbage alongwith the spices - red chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala & salt to taste. Cook it covered for 5 - 7 minutes. The cabbage should be cooked but not fully. We need to have a bite in the cabbage.
Now add cooked rice to it. Add salt to taste (little as we added some salt while cooking the cabbage. So add accordingly). Mix well. Cook it covered again for 5 minutes on low heat. Once done don't open the pan. Let it rest for 10 minutes.
While serving garnish it with roasted cashews, pomegaranate seeds, coriander leaves & some lemon juice.
