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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.

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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.

 

Nov30

Corn and Spinach Rice

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Usually when it comes to spinach, it would be a great challenge for me to make my kids consume it. So I do combine the spinach with rice with spices too enhance the taste and flavor of the rice. Already have updated on such recipe – Spinach Rice, which I have roasted the spices and grounded the masala to enhance the flavor.

This Corn and Spinach rice is very easy, simple, delicious, and healthy and takes just 5 to 10 minutes to prepare. A best lunch box recipe, also I have been sharing my daily lunch box in instagram – do follow and stay connected with our instastories.  Also this requires very few ingredients that are available in all the kitchens. Let me share the recipe…

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Corn and Spinach Rice

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Ingredients:

  • Sweet Corn – ¼ cup
  • Spinach – ½ cup
  • Rice – 1 cup
  • Garlic – 3 cloves
  • Cumin powder – 1 tsp
  • Black pepper powder – ½ tsp
  • Green chilli – 1 no
  • Flavored spices (Cinnamon – 1, Cloves – 3 nos, Star Anise – 1 no, Bay leaf – 1 no)
  • Salt to taste
  • Olive oil or Coconut oil – 2 tsp
Onions, garlic and green chillies getting cooked along with flavored spices
With spinach and corn
with black pepper powder, cumin powder and salt
With rice
with water
Cooked
Corn and Spinach Rice

Preparation:

  • Clean and separate the spinach from the stalk and roughly chop them to small pieces.
  • Peel and finely chop the onions and garlic to small pieces. Slit the green chilli to equal halves.
  • Heat oil in the pressure cooker, pour the oil, add the flavored spices and wait until they splutter.
  • Add the finely chopped onions and garlic, cook in medium flame for few mins or until they trun golden brown in color.
  • Add the green chilli, corn and spinach, followed by salt, cumin powder, black pepper powder and cook for few mins or until the spinach shrinks in size.
  • Add the rice and pour water, cook until the rice is steamed, if you are using pressure cooker, pressure cook for 3 whistles.
  • Transfer the rice to a bowl.

Serve hot with any veg or non-veg gravy along with pappad/appalam.

Note: If you are using frozen corn you can use it directly, else steam the corn, separate the corn kernels from the corn and use them.

 

Sep15

Prawn Rice

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Prawn Rice is one of the most special rice from my Home Town – Thoothukudi. Being a coastal region, we prepare this type of dishes. This prawn rice has wonderful aroma, fantastic flavor and attractive color, as we roast and ground the spices and prepare a fresh masala for the rice. Also this rice is packed with health benefits, as we add Moringa Leaves or Drumstick spinach because they perfectly go well with prawns and has iron content which helps in increasing the hemoglobin content and iron content.

This goes out well with Rice crackers, Omelette and Coriander Thuvaiyal. Let me share the recipe…

Prawn Rice / Yera Sadham

Ingredients:

  • Prawns – 500 gm
  • Prawn heads – 250 gm
  • Rice – 2 ½ cups
  • Moringa leaves (murungaikeerai) or Amaranthus Artis (Arakeerai) – 200 gm (only leaves)
  • Onions – 200 gm
  • Tomato – 150 gm
  • Garlic – 5 cloves
  • Dry red chillies – 8 nos
  • Coriander seeds – 3 tbsp
  • Cumin seeds – 2 tbsp
  • Fenugreek/Vendhayam/Methi seeds – ¾ tsp
  • Grated Coconut – 50 gm
  • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
  • Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
  • Split Black gram – ¼ tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Sesame oil / Gingelly oil / Nallennai – 2 tbsp.
Red chillies, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and fenugreek seeds getting roasted for masala
About to grind for masala
Ground masala
Prawn head about to grind with water
Grounded prawn head
Getting strained
Temperd with mustard seeds, split black gram and a pinch of cumin seeds, onions getting cooked
With Moringa leaves / Murunga Keerai
With finely chopped prawns
with rice, salt
About to pressure-cook
Pressure-cooked rice
With masala and prawns
About to pressure-cook
Pressure-cooked rice
Prawn Rice / Yera Sadham

Preparation:

  • Clean the Prawns and Prawn Head.
  • Finely chop 6 to 7 pieces of prawns.
  • Wash, clean and chop the moringa leaves or amaranthus artis, keep it aside.
  • Peel and finely chop the onions and garlic, keep it aside.
  • Roughly chop tomatoes into pieces and keep it aside.
  • Grind the prawns head with a cup of water, strain the water and keep it aside.
  • Heat a tsp of oil in a tawa and roast red chillies, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds and coconut until the raw smell goes off. Make sure that coconut should be roasted in a way as they should not be burnt or turn golden brown in color.
  • Transfer them to a plate, bring them to room temperature and grind them to a fine paste by adding water.
  • Heat the leftover oil in a pressure cooker, add mustard seeds, split black gram, ¼ tsp of fenugreek seeds and curry leaves, wait until they crackle.
  • Add in the onions and garlic, cook until they get glassy appearance.
  • Add in the tomatoes and cook until they turn mushy.
  • Add the spinach and cook for 2 mins.
  • Add in the chopped prawns followed by salt and turmeric powder, cook for 3 mins.
  • Add in the rice, pour water along with prawn water (for 1 cup of rice, pour 2 cups of water).
  • Pressure-cook for 2 whistles. Remove the lid when the pressure subsides, gently stir in.
  • Pour the ground masala along with prawns and 2 ½ cups of water, pressure-cook for 2 whistles.
  • Remove the lid when the pressure subsides, give a stir and transfer it to plate.

Serve hot with Rice crackers, Omelette and Coriander Thuvaiyal (thick chutney).

Making of Prawn rice: