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Nov5

Plain Pulao Recipe / Basic Pulao Recipe / How to make Pulao in Pressure Cooker

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Pulao / Pulav is a one pot meal that can be prepared in minutes and there are different varieties of pulao from veg to non-veg. There are sometimes, when we don’t have anything at home, but still need a rich food may be for a party or on the arrival of surprise guest.

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Plain Pulao Recipe / Basic Pulao Recipe / How to make Pulao Recipe

Plain Pulao is very simple, delicious and flavorful but needs only the basic ingredients that we generally have at home and they are nothing other than the flavored spices. Plain pulao goes out well with any gravy or curry. I have accompanied it with Chicken curry, for veg option Dal suits it very well. I have shared few more Pulao like – Chicken Pulao, Soya chunks Pulao, Afghani Lamb Pulao, Prawn and Peas Pulao, Zarda Pulao (Sweet Pulao), Vegetable Pulao. Let me share the recipe…

Making of Plain Pulao / Pulao Video recipe –

Ingredients:

  • Basmathi / Long-grain rice – 2 cups
  • Onion – 1 nos (medium size)
  • Green chilies – 2 nos
  • Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tbsp
  • Bay leaf – 2 nos
  • Star Anise – 2 nos
  • Cinnamon (1 “inch stick) – 1 no
  • Cloves – 4 nos
  • Cardamom – 2 nos
  • Salt – 1 tsp or as per your taste
  • Ghee / Clarified butter – 1 ½ tsp
  • Oil (any cooking oil) – 2 ½ tsp
With flavored spices (at leaf, cinnamon, cardamom, green chilies, star anise)
With onions and ginger-garlic paste
Getting cooked
With basmathi / long grain rice
With salt
With water
Getting boiled
Pulao ready to serve
Plain Pulao Recipe / Basic Pulao Recipe / How to make Pulao Recipe

Preparation:

  • Peel and thinly slice the onions to pieces.
  • Slit the green chilies into two equal halves.
  • Heat both ghee/clarified butter and oil in a pressure cooker or a heavy bottomed vessel, add the flavored spices (bay leaf, star anise, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom) and wait until the spices crackle.
  • Add onions and green chillies, cook for a min and add ginger-garlic paste, cook until the onion turns glassy and the raw smell goes off.
  • Meanwhile clean the rice in running water, drain the water and keep it aside.
  • Add the cleaned rice, followed by salt and cook for a min.
  • Pour water (for one cup of rice pour 1 ½ cups of water, make sure to use the same cup for measurement).
  • Wait until the water boils, for pressure cooker – cover the lid and pressure cook for 2 whistles, for heavy bottom vessel – cover the lid and cook until the rice is perfectly done.
  • Remove the lid, and gently stir the rice and transfer it to a bowl.

Serve hot with any Vegetarian Curries or Gravies or Non-Vegetarian Gravies or Curries.

 

Oct27

Eggless Chocolate Cupcake recipe / Vegan Halloween Cupcake recipe / Basic Chocolate cupcake recipe

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Basic chocolate cupcake in vegan, is very easy and simple to prepare. As of Halloween I have given spooky icing like Spider web, Witches Eye and Devil. Let me share the recipe…

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Vegan Chocolate cupcake
Halloween cupcakes – Spider web, Monster eye and Devil

Ingredients:

  • All-purpose flour – 1 ½ cups
  • Baking soda – 1 tsp
  • Cocoa powder – ½ cup
  • Salt – a pinch
  • Brown sugar – 1 cup
  • Vegetable oil – ¼ cup
  • Water – 1 ¼ cups
  • Vinegar – 1 tsp
  • For Icing – I have used Pillsbury Creamy Vanilla Icing – 1 box
Flour, baking powder, salt all together getting sieved
Getting sieved
Sieved flour
Vinegar
Oil
Water
Getting beaten
Fluffy
Wet ingredients
With flour
Getting folded
Folded
Getting baked
After bake
Vegan chocolate cupcake
Vegan Chocolate cupcake
Halloween cupcakes – Spider web, Monster eye and Devil
Devil’s Eye
Monsters Eye
Spider Web

Preparation:

  • Take a wide mouth bowl, sieve all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt, all together.
  • Take another bowl, add the brown sugar, pour water, vegetable oil, vinegar and beat all these together until the sugar dissolves.
  • Add the sieved ingredients to the wet ingredients, little by little and fold it gently (make sure to fold only in one direction).
  • Meanwhile pre-heat microwave to 180-degree C, place the cupcake liner to the cupcake tray, fill half the cupcake liner with the cupcake batter.
  • Bake at 180-degree C for few mins or until the tooth pick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
  • Remove it from microwave, let it rest until it reaches the room temperature.
  • Open the icing box, mix it well, transfer it to a piping cone using a spoon, and squeeze it over the cake as you desire.
  • Refrigerate the cakes for few mins, once it’s done.
  • For witches’ eye – I squeezed out the icing to a circle at the center of the cake and placed a Choco chip at the center.
  • For Devil – I have squeezed icing all over the circle, placed a red color flavored almond for eyes and then a Choco chip in the center.

 

 

 

Oct24

Lemon Chicken Recipe / Lemon Chicken Fry recipe – Easy Chicken Recipe

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Lemon chicken fry is my most awaited to try recipe, ever since I had Lemon chicken from the Hotel – The Plantain Leaf. The whole family likes this chicken, which is mildy spiced, juicy and tender.

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Lemon Chicken Fry Recipe / Lemon Chicken recipe / Easy chicken recipes

Lemon chicken is prepared by cooking the chicken with spices and lemon juice. Also this consumes very little time to get cooked. I would say it’s one of the finger-licking dish among all of my chicken recipes. Goes out well with any Indian flat bread, as a side dish for briyani or fried rice and also good when paired with steamed rice and sambar. Let me share the recipe…

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Lemon Chicken Fry Recipe / Lemon Chicken recipe / Easy chicken recipes

Ingredients:

  • Chicken – ½ kg
  • Lemon – 3 nos (medium sized)
  • Onions – 3 nos
  • Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
  • Capsicum – 2 no (medium sized)
  • Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tbsp
  • Green chillies – 2 nos
  • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
  • Pepper powder – ½ tsp
  • Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
  • Coconut oil or any cooking oil – 1 ½ tbsp
  • Salt – 1 tsp (to taste)
cumin seeds and curry leaves getting tempered
with onions and giner-garlic paste
with green chillies
chicken marianted in lemon juice, turmeric powder and salt
with capsicum and salt
wtih marinated chicken
little water
Perfectly done
with pepper powder
Lemon chicken ready
Lemon Chicken Fry Recipe / Lemon Chicken recipe / Easy chicken recipes

Preparation:

  • Clean and roughly chop the chicken into medium pieces.
  • Peel and roughly chop the onions to medium cubes, slit green chillies to equal halves.
  • Deseed and chop the capsicum to medium pieces.
  • Cut and squeeze the juice from lemon, remove the seeds and keep it aside.
  • Take chicken, turmeric powder, salt and lemon juice all together in a bowl, mix it well and let it rest for 15 mins.
  • Heat oil in heavy bottomed vessel or kadai, add the cumin seeds and curry leaves, wait until they crackle.
  • Add the onions, ginger-garlic paste and cook until the onion turns golden brown in color.
  • Add the capsicum and cook for few mins or until the capsicum turns light green in color.
  • Add the chicken along with the marinate, cook for 2 mins.
  • Sprinkle little water, stir well, cover and cook for few mins or until the chicken is tender and juicy.
  • Sprinkle the pepper powder, remove the lid and cook for 2 mins or until the chicken becomes dry and the oil separates.
  • Remove from fire and transfer it to a bowl.

Serve hot. Lemon chicken fry can be served as a side dish for briyani, fried rice or steamed rice and sambar. Lemon Chicken is and perfect side dish for lunch or dinner.