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Feb21

Carrot Rice/ Carrot Pulav / How to make Carrot Rice

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Carrot is one of the vegetable which kids love to eat. When it comes for eating rice, they make lot of fuss. Considering they getting leaned towards carrot thought of preparing carrot rice or Pulav. This would be a perfect food for lunch box, and thus caters the need of kids and helps moms to cook a healthy food for their kids. Let us see how to prepare this carrot rice…

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Carrot Rice / Carrot Pulao

Ingredients:

  • Grated Carrot – 1 cup
  • Steamed Rice – 2 cups
  • Coconut Oil – 2 tbsp
  • Green Chilli – 1 no
  • Cumin Seeds – ½ tsp
  • Mustard Seeds – ½ tsp
  • Garlic – 6 pods
  • Garam Masala – 1tbsp
  • Cashew Nuts – 10 nos
  • Salt to taste
Making of Carrot Rice / Carrot Pulao –

Preparation
  • Finely chop the garlic into pieces and slit the green chillies to two equal halves.
  • Heat a Kadai and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves and wait until they crackle
  • Add cashew nuts, green chilli, finely chopped garlic and cook for a min.
  • Add the grated carrot, garam masala, salt and cook until they golden yellow in color.
  • Add the steamed rice, stir it well and cook for few mins or until the rice becomes dry.
  • Remove from fire.
Spices getting sauted
with green chillies and cashewnuts
with grated carrot
with garam masala and salt
getting cooked
with Rice
Mixing rice and carrot
Carrot Rice / Carrot Pulao

Serve hot with onion raita or any veg fry. I have served it with spicy green peas fry – Stay tuned for the recipe.

 

Jan17

Broccoli Paneer Rice

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Broccoli Paneer Rice is a healthy, delicious, one pot meal that can be made in minutes and so this would go perfect for lunch box. Usually I have seen most of the people saying no to Broccoli, but when it comes to the health benefits it has loads in it. And so, thought of infusing broccoli with rice as a main ingredient and paneer which my kids like to the core as a secondary ingredient. I was little worried when I prepared this rice, as I gave a try directly for my kid’s lunch box, and I prepared little steamed rice too, so that I can use it as a backup if this Broccoli Paneer rice doesn’t work. But the rice was yum and unimaginable.

I have induced coconut oil, you can substitute it with ghee/clarified butter or any cooking oil.

CLICK HERE for variety rice recipes.

Taking this to Fiesta Friday #156 hosted by Angie@thenovicegarderner.

Health Benefits of Broccoli: Broccoli is well known for preventing cancer, it reduces cholesterol as it is packed with soluble fiber, it helps in bone health, good for heart health, also it helps in digestion and prevents constipation.

Let me share the recipe…

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Broccoli Paneer Rice

Ingredients:

  • Broccoli – 1 no (medium size)
  • Paneer – 150 gm
  • Basmati / Long Grain Rice – 2 cups
  • Coriander leaves – a fistful
  • Mint leaves – a fistful
  • Green chilli – 2 nos
  • Garlic – 5 cloves
  • Cloves – 3 nos
  • Cinnamon – 1 stick
  • Star Anise – 1 no
  • Coconut milk – 2 cups
  • Chilli powder – ¾ tsp
  • Coriander powder – 2 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Coconut oil – 1 ½ tbsp.

Making of Broccoli Paneer rice –

Preparation:

  • Wash and separate the florets of broccoli (medium size).
  • Cube the paneer to medium size pieces.
  • Grind coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chillies and garlic to a fine paste by adding little water.
  • Heat oil in a pressure-cooker or heavy bottomed vessel, add the cloves, cinnamon and star anise, wait until they crackle.
  • Add the broccoli followed by chilli powder and coriander powder, cook for few mins.
  • Pour the ground mixture (coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chillies and garlic paste) and cook for few mins or until the raw smell goes off.
  • Add the cleaned rice, followed by salt and cook for few mins.
  • Pour the coconut milk and water (in equal proportion), pressure-cook for 3 whistles or if using a heavy bottomed vessel, cover and cook until the rice is cooked.
  • Meanwhile heat a tsp of oil in pan, add the paneer pieces and cook them on both sides until they turn golden brown in color.
  • Remove the lid when the pressure releases, give a gentile stir and add the roasted paneer, give a gentle stir and serve.

Serve hot with raita and any deep fry. I have accompanied it with Potato chips.

 

Dec27

Green Lentil and Sweet Potato – Protein Rich

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Recently I have been blogging about some protein rich food, I have tried out many breakfast and now to the lunch. As this is rich in protein, its good for weight watchers and body builders. Protein rich Lunch – Green Lentil and sweet potato rice with Sauted Carrots n Beets and Fish Fry.

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Protein Rich Lunch

Let me share the recipe of Green Lentil and Sweet Potato…

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Green Lentil and Sweet Potato

Ingredients:

  • Green Lentil / Mung Bean / Paasipayaru – 1 cup
  • Chilli powder – ½ tsp
  • Cumin powder – ½ tsp
  • Sweet potatoes – half the quantity of the green lentil
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil – 2 tsp
Pressure-cooked green lentil
With sweet potato, chilli powder, cumin powder and salt
Getting cooked
Green Lentil and Sweet Potato

Preparation:

  • Pressure-cook or boil green lentils for 3 whistles (mashing consistency).
  • Pressure-cook sweet potato for 3 whistles (cubes but able to mash).
  • Heat oil in heavy bottom vessel; add the boiled mashed potatoes followed by chilli powder and Cumin powder with little salt.
  • Mash the green lentils and add them to the sweet potatoes, pour ½ cup of water, cook in medium flame by stirring once in a while.
  • Sprinkle salt and remove from fire.

For Sauted Carrot and Beet:

Peel and chop the carrots and beets lengthwise, steam them. Heat a tsp of olive oil in a pan, add the steamed carrots and beets followed by salt and pepper powder, give them a toss and transfer it to a plate.

Pressure cooked green lentil and vegetables
steamed vegetables getting sauted
Fish Fry
Fish getting fried
Fish getting fried
Protein Rich Lunch

For Fish Fry:

Marinate the Fish, with lime juice, salt and pepper powder for 30 mins, shallow fry the fish pieces and serve with onions and lemon wedge.