This is the very basic kind of Pulao recipe which I’m making since almost 29 years and the noticeable part is I’m making it in these particular method only since all these years. I haven’t even done a small change and can never even think of doing so Here are the two methods – So
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Few days back, came across someone’s recipe which looked like a make over to our own Karnataka’s age old, traditional, authentic rice dish called Puliyogare (tamarind rice) by adding a vegetable to it. So even I felt like trying it out right away and made this Vegetable Puliyogare by adding brinjal and surprisingly it tastes
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We tasted this tarakari anna recently in a south Indian restaurant called Naivedyam (Vipul Square). I and Mukund (my second Son) got attracted by this dish’s name ‘Tarakari anna’, which translates to ‘vegetable rice’ and we wanted to try and know about its taste. We definitely liked this simple recipe … no doubt. By smelling
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This one is my most favourite rice preparation. I’m ready to relish this favourite rice dish any day any time and if needed all the three time of the day !! sounds crazy… isn’t it !! I’m preparing this dish in this same procedure since many years, say for around twenty six (26) years and
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Sharing the recipe of one of our most favorite rice dish, Mumbai famous tawa Pulao. I regularly make this particular pulao since last few years now. Initially followed the recipe of Chef Sanjyot Keer, but gradually made modifications as per our requirement to suit our taste and preference. This chili weather and hot tawa Pulao
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Any kind of red coloured vegetarian rice dish fascinates me little more, than green and yellow coloured ones, no doubt I love those both colours as well …. but still I do prefer red !! And My children, when they were young used to call all the red coloured rice dishes like Puliyogare , gojjina
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Wow !!!! this is my 78th rice preparation post ….. just can’t believe till now I have posted 77 types of various dishes using rice as the main ingredient. Today’s recipe is one more tasty Pulao made using cabbage as main ingredient. Actually I had prepared a masala powder to use in a (dry) fruits
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A no onion garlic recipe, one of the flavourful, aromatic rice preparation which can be made also on the days of festivals, functions etc. One more addition to my rice dishes list. Till now I have posted several sweet & spicy rice dishes recipes here, of which the latest ones are red lemon rice ,
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I wanted to try out this recipe, since the day I saw Sihi Kahi Chandru Sir’s recipe on one of the food recipes group – Bombat Bhojana and I’m glad today I could do so. Moderated the recipe a little and the outcome I got is an awesome rice dish/ one pot meal. Now this
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Aromatic, flavorful one pot meal herbal rice recipe, which uses very few ingredients but turns out to be mouth watering dish ! The awesome ginger flavor gets infused into the rice and tastes superb. Found this recipe in one of my written recipe book and as usual don’t remember the source but I have made
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Is there any hard & fast rule that lemon rice should be of yellow color always! No I think ! So changed its color – haha. Yes this time it is red colored lemon rice, super colorful, super yummy, little spicy and really tangy and also with the additional goodness of raw turmeric in it.
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Recently I had shared the recipe of/how to make kayi sasive chitranna/coconut mustard seeds rice in an authentic way, ie… using tamarind to get the sourness. Today I’m here to show one more method ie… using lemon juice to get the sourness. In type 1, I have put different kind of whole red chilies and
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One of the protein rich and fibre rich dal recipe which includes seven types of lentils/dal. I have put almost all the lentils which I use regularly, but you can make any combination of lentils of your choice. I made mixed vegetable plain (ie without any spice) Pulao to combine with the dal and it
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Chitranna is almost everyone’s favorite in Karnataka. We can never have enough of it. Be it any kind of chitranna like eerulli(onion) chitranna, lemon chitranna, mango chitranna, gojjina chitranna, chitranna made using chitrannada pudi, capsicum chitranna, kayi sasive chitranna and Indian gooseberry/bettada nellikayi chitranna – we like to relish this rice dish any day, any
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One of the very healthy, filling, nutritious rice bath/chitranna. The word chitranna translates to ‘masala rice’. Had lot of fresh curry leaves, so thought of making this rice dish which contains more amount of this herb in it. Basically a dry powder is prepared using curry leaves along with few spices and we can mix
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The platter consists of sesame seeds/yellina chutney , instant amla pickle , Onion tangy curry/eerulli gojju, Carrot salad/kosambari , Fenugreek leaves huli/sambar , Rice, Pomegranate bread rice and radish/mooli paratha

Huli nuchhu is a kannada word which translates to ‘sour broken rice’. That is broken rice is cooked very softly along with few spices and herbs and very sour curd is added to that cooked mixture and this is served in small quantity at the beginning of the meal. Actually this tastes superb when still
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As I said earlier in one of my post ie sprouted fenugreek seeds tambuli, I’m very fond of this particular sprouted seed. So today tried making pulao using the sprouted fenugreek seeds/ankurit methi/molake menthyada kalu. It’s just the basic pulao recipe, easy and quick but yummy to taste. Apart from menthya, I have also used
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A very simple, easy pulao recipe which includes whole gram/lentil in it. This is one of my favorite rice dish. This is a kind of basic recipe, but you can also use some other vegetables also like french beans, carrot, fresh green peas etc along with below mentioned veggies and some other preferred spices of
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Today made our own karnataka breakfast special and one of my most favorite rice dish, onion/eerulli chitranna with a healthy twist using Spinach/Palak paste/puree And named it as Palak eerulli chitranna (palak onion rice)…. but originally this dish has been innovated by Manoj – my first son – what a healthy innovation -I must say
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Check the updated version of this dish, below at the end. Till now made this dish for numerous number of times, but sharing it here on my blog today. Just made it in the same method as Puliyogare, by replacing tamarind juice with sour tomatoes/desi tomatoes/nati tomato. Once I had even made this tomatogare using
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One of the different kind of flavorful rice dish specially made using pickle masala powder. This dish tastes better when made little more spicy. Very nutritious, protein rich rice preparation. I also have earlier posted recipes like Peas cashew almond yakhni pulao , Jack fruit vegetable pulao , Kashmiri pulao , onion/eerulli pulao , Palak
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Normally this rice is prepared to go with dal fry, dal tadka, dal makhni, chole, rajma etc in North India whereas different kinds of vegetable kurma, some non veg curries etc in South India. This can be called in two ways ie ghee rice or Peas pulao. It is very mildly spiced by using whole
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One of the flavorful, aromatic rice dish using cauliflower. Very easy and simple and quick recipe to make with very few condiments and veggies. We can put more kinds of vegetables along with cauliflower, but I use only fresh green peas, tomato and onion only. Today I served this pulao along with dal raita/bele raita
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As I have explained in my earlier post raw mango Puliyogare ,  this is the signature dish of a particular community in namma Bengaluru called Iyengars community. The classic Puliyogare is spicy yet tangy and it always tastes better a few hours after it is being mixed with the cooked rice. Though tamarind is the main
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Here in More supermarket we get the mixture of whole green gram and basmati rice mixed together. Very often I buy that and make plain khichdi/huggi, dosa/dosay , sweet pongal etc using that mixture, and sometimes I use whole green gram and sona masoori rice too (separately) to make these dishes. But this time when
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A seasonal special dish using a sour fruit juice. Recently I did try two new dishes, in my own idea using sour fruits – Orange & fresh green grapes. Both the oranges and green grapes (made pickle, chutney), which I bought were sour. Earlier many a times I have made chitranna using sour sweet lime/mosambi
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A flavorful, aromatic rice preparation which goes very well with curry’s like dal, rajma masala, chole masala, dal makhani, paneer makhani, kadhi etc is this jeera rice. It is very easy to prepare and tastes superb when made using long grain basmati rice. Here in this recipe instead of adding whole spices, I have added
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Quick, simple, easy one pot meal idea, prepared with very few basic ingredients which are easily available at home. I have prepared this rice dish using regular sona masoori rice, but it can be replaced by any kind of rice of your choice. My mom used to put Palyada pudi /home made subji masala so
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One of the winter special rice dish – we can say, which is made necessarily on the day of makara shankranti festival (Pongal/sankranti). Sweet pongal and yellupudi chitranna are the two main dishes prepared on that day in Bengaluru brahmin households. So today I’m going to share my method of making yellupudi chitranna. Basically a
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Today it’s absolutely winter special dishes for brunch at our place. A very soulful food which is healthy, therapeutic and very much suitable for this cold weather. The platter consists of Plain rice, menasina saaru (black pepper rasam), hesarukalu huggi (green gram khichdi), Gujarati sweet kadhi and mavina midi (vadu/tender mango pickle)

An absolute winter special dish or I can say a suitable dish for this cold weather. A very healthy, easy, yummy dish made using very few ingredients, which is also considerably quick to make. Today I served this dish with Gujarati sweet kadhi and both together goes very well and tasted heavenly. Ingredients : measuring
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A spicy rice preparation using carrot which is very aromatic, flavorful, yummy, tasty one pot meal/lunch box idea, also which is a quick, easy and healthy recipe as well. The freshly made masala powder which we add to this rice makes all the difference. It can be consumed as such or with any raita, both
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Today I’m here to share one of the rarest dish made using one of the least liked vegetable ie… bitter gourd yet a very healthy preparation. I’m sure not many people like this vegetable, but we (I, Suresh & my in-law’s) are the exception. We like to have it in any form. There are so
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Yet another vegetable Pulao recipe from one of my old recipes book. I have not noted any body’s name in that book to their respective recipes, there are so many recipes, but I’m not aware of the exact source. It didn’t strike my mind then and I was so young also when I noted those
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Yet another simple and easy, healthy, quick recipe for bachelors, the quantity of which is sufficient for one person – two times or two persons – one time. Again it is the recipe drafted particularly for Manoj, so officially this is the second dish which he tried making, so I’m going to post his pic
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Very much suitable Lunch box idea ie…….. one of the oldest, authentic, simple, flavorful, colorful one pot meal, which is an all time favorite among many people is Lemon rice. It tastes heavenly when we add the correct proportion of spiciness+sourness+salt into it !! This is a very easy and quick to make rice preparation
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It is fondly called as “Iyengar biryani” by Keshava (Keshava Nuggehalli)…our friend, and my brother…… And he is absolutely right as it is a meal in itself like the Biryani. Yes, this is the signature dish of a particular community in namma Bengaluru called Iyengar.  The classic Puliyogare is spicy yet tangy and it always tastes better
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Recipe for an easy one-pot meal ie… cooked in QCM (quicker cooking method) method. Long back I learnt this recipe from one of Nita Mehta’s cookbook …ie … say almost 10 years back, since then I’m doing this pulao.  During winter I make it repeatedly as we get plenty of fresh green peas and fenugreek leaves here in
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A yummy, tasty, flavorful spicy rice preparation using cluster beans/gorikayi/gwarphali. The same masala powder, which we use while making vangibath (brinjal rice) is used to make this spicy rice. Cluster beans is full of proteins and soluble fibre along with important vitamins like …Vitamin K, vitamin C & vitamin A. It contains minerals, it has
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During summer or for Ugadi festival or for Rama navami in Karnataka we make mavina chitranna (mango rice) without fail. There are many versions in preparing this tangy, spicy rice, and I know/like some of them. So this time, during summer you can make this yummy chutney chitranna, in which the chutney is made mainly
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The Tamilnadu special dish which I have tasted many a times in one of the famous south Indian restaurant “Saravana bhavan” in Delhi (connaught Place) and have recreated/made for numerous number of times at home till now. They basically make it using rice and lentil (pigeon peas), and I have tried it with different combinations
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A healthy one pot meal that can be packed for lunch box too for people of any age. I just prepare this following the procedure which we follow for making any regular pulao. It was a spicy, yummy and filling dish. I have used chitra rajma (light coloured one) which is said to be of
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The ‘yellu’ translates to sesame seeds and ‘anna’ translates to cooked rice, ie… yellanna/yellina anna translates to cooked rice tempered with roasted and ground sesame seeds along with few other spices. This is a very easy rice preparation, which is comfortably hot because of red chilies used in this and is prepared mostly during winter
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This is one of the quick fix for any day any time. The word ‘tuppa’ translates to ghee and ‘anna’ translates to rice. A very simple rice preparation, where basic, simple tempering is prepared using ghee and mixed with rice, and lot of grated fresh coconut is added to the rice. Both ghee and coconut
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A yummy rice preparation using the Iron rich, super leafy vegetable also comprising of vitamin B C & E, Potassium, calcium, magnesium and omega 3 fatty acids which are all needed for the overall good health. It can prepared in two ways ie… sauteed palak puree along with spices can be added to the cooked
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Now a days plenty of good quality tomatoes are available in the market, so trying to make use of it to the maximum. I personally like this kadhi very much. It goes very well with our own Karnataka special ‘akki rotti’ (rice roti) as well, other than roti, phulka, chapati, paratha and rice. I have
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My own created recipe, but in the regular concept of making Kalasida anna ie… subji masala mixed rice. I prepare it for quite some years during every winter, but never has posted it in the blog. So I guess this is the right time to share the recipe with you all, as we get plenty
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The best sweet relished during the harvest festival…shankranthi, one of the winter special jaggery infused sweet dish as well, though made through out the year for breakfast or lunch. There are many variations in making Pongal though everybody use the same set of ingredients. The pongal which we get as Prasada in temples is the
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One of our most favourite, one pot meal, which is very filling as well as healthy too. We … the people of Karnataka probably prepare this awesome dish at least once or twice a month I guess. And as I said earlier, during winter we get plenty of hyacinth beans/avarekalu and it is being used
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My own version of amla rice, though made using the regular set of ingredients (I also make using raw mango in the same way) It was awesome and we all liked and enjoyed it thoroughly. Here in Gurgaon we get very good quality amla during winter and they are very big in size and they
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Simple yet flavorful rice dish with minimum vegetables and and less time consumption. You can make this pulao when you are not in mood to cook, when you are running out of time, there are no many vegetables in stock etc etc. Today I served this pulao with unde huli/sandige huli/dumplings curry.     Ingredients :
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Today I definitely wanted to make these dishes, so had made some pre preparations yesterday itself. All the dishes were superb tasty, turned out very yummy. I have posted the recipes of  individual dishes like  cornflakes mixture , haalu holige , rave gulab jamun , bisibelebath  and below are the links for the same, Please click on the link/Photo to read
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Bisibelebath….like made in marriages/functions Very glad to say that I could make it. It turned out exactly how it did taste in functions/marriages etc. We all at home liked it very much. The specialty of this particular dish is that it does not contain any aromatic spices and in spite of that it tastes heavenly,
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Very gladly sharing the recipe of Kashmiri pulao…. one of my most favourite dish ! It was there in my to do list since long time and tried it out in my own way…and it’s a big hit. Already made it repeatedly for many times. The simple yellow dal goes very well with this Pulao.
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Today I was planning to make any type of spicy rice dish and I had only one big capsicum left in my refrigerator and around about 1/2 cup of grated raw mango !! So immediately decided to make capsicum rice, but using raw mango in place of lemon juice (making capsicum rice using lemon juice
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One of the traditional dish, which I enjoy relishing on since my childhood is this gojjina chitranna. Just prepare this gojju and store in a dry container in the refrigerator and use as and when needed by just mixing it with the cooked rice and your one time meal is sorted !! So easy ….
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ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನದ ಪುಡಿ | ಗೊಜ್ಜಿನ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನದ ಪುಡಿ Chitrannada Pudi, the word ‘chitranna’ translates to the tempered spicy rice dish which we prepare using home made masala powder called chitrannada pudi…..my mom’s one more signature rice dish, prepared by using this particular powder. No vegetables are used in this recipe. It almost tastes like the south Indian
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Yes… as the name itself suggests, this kind of chitranna is made in temples for naivedya and distribute among devotees as Prasada. Last week my sis-in-law was here and we all visited few temples and there when I received this prasada, it suddenly strike my mind that I haven’t yet posted this recipe in my
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We… the people of south India, that too specially the people of Bengaluru-Mysuru region, are always ready to relish our own bisibelebath in any combination ie… rice-dal, beaten rice-dal, millet-dal or broken wheat dal !! for it is a yummy, healthy, filling dish. I have shared my recipe of bisibelebath (rice-dal) , beaten rice bisibelebath , vermicelli bisibelebath , semolina bisibelebath , Little millet
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On Sunday’s we normally have brunch. And One by one I shall post all the brunch combinations. Today it was bisibelebath, mosaranna (curd rice), aloo chips (store bought), southekayi sasive and mango semolina sheera or mango rave kesaribath. Please the check the recipes here ⇒  mosaranna , southekayi sasive , mango sheera Click  here for  Bisibelebath Pudi/Powder You may also like
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The basic ingredients used to prepare mosaranna/curd rice is the same ie…… softly cooked white rice, curd and milk. But the tempering we put differs from place to place and person to person. Tempering can be made in the following combinations. Ghee + mustard seeds + green chilli + curry leaves OR Ghee + mustard
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Millets are gluten free grains and hence it is called as diabetic friendly grains. We south Indians use Ragi mainly in our diet since ages, which is again a wonder millet. They are very rich in dietary fiber and has a very high content of nutrients. And also contains impressive starch levels and a healthy
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Wow!!!!! Today I’m here to share the recipe of one of our most favourite, a malenadu (shimoga – Shikaripura) special dish called as “Kaayganji” (fresh coconut + rice bath), which is necessarily made on the day of dwadashi parane (a very next day of Ekadashi) This is one of the summer season special dish, so
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A yummy, simple, easy and quick raw mango rice/chitranna. It is the basic recipe which can be made very easily even by the beginners. The main time consumption in this recipe is the time taken for cooking rice, once rice is ready it hardly takes less than five minutes to prepare this yummy rice dish.
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This is one of our most favorite one pot meal. Very tasty, healthy, yummy, flavor full rice dish made with very few ingredients. Actually personally I & children like corn in any form, so this is one of our favorite regular rice dish at our place. It can be eaten as such, no accompaniment like
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Another recreated recipe with coarsely ground fresh corn kernels, which I tasted in one of the restaurant in Delhi (Sharavana Bhavan). It is accompanied with banana raita/sasive. Somehow I have not posted the recipe of banana raita or sasive till now on my blog, however…… I usually prepare it, as an accompaniment with spicy dishes
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One more… our most favourite….spicy rice preparation with the taste of sweet pomegranate, spices, crispy bread cubes along with vegetables. Though made some changes, Mainly followed Mrs. Nita Mehta’s recipe.  I make this masala rice for quite sometime now, since I bought her cook book few years back. In the original recipe she has mentioned
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As the name itself says the main ingredients in this dish are Potato & Rice. In the same procedure you can prepare this rice with French beans , Cluster beans, cabbage, Capsicum, Brinjal etc individually OR by using more than one vegetable or mixed vegetable. This is one of the best one pot meal which
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One more yummy , simple, healthy recipe from my book, In which I have noted many yummy recipes since years. Since many days I wanted to try this rice recipe which uses pineapple and finally it happened today. So easy, quick recipe which everyone will enjoy relishing. As such this rice dish is full of
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A rice preparation which is most favourite to my both sons. While preparing fried rice I transform it according to our tastes and preferences, So only product which is used similar to Chinese is soya sauce. Otherwise I use home made green chilli paste in place of green chilli sauce & use ginger for that
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Pulao is one of the most common rice preparation that is often made at home. I don’t think anyone has used raw Jackfruit while making Pulao, It just strike my mind and thought why don’t I try making it … and it was a huge hit. Believe me Jackfruit tastes awesome as it absorbs all
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My Mom’s most favorite sweet dish, rice Kesaribath and now it is my eldest son’s favorite too. It is very easy to prepare with few handy ingredients. This can be prepared with any kind of rice like sona masoori or ponni or jeera etc but becomes aromatic if prepared with Basmati rice. It can be
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Bisibelebath is a signature dish of Karnataka. There are many methods of making both Bisibelebath and its spice powder/masala powder, with various combinations of vegetables or sometimes Plain bisibelebath without even putting single vegetable. Today I’m going to share with you all hyacinth beans/field beans (avarekayi) Bisibelebath. Normally we Use Cashew nuts for tempering, but
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Vangi is a Tamil word, meaning brinjal. A particular type of  masala powder is made to prepare this rice & it is called  ‘vangi bath powder’.  Vangi bath ( Brinjal Rice) is a nice aromatic, spicy rice preparation, which is one of the authentic dishes. In this rice preparation, we have to prepare brinjal curry
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Huggi – Gojju, the pair made in heaven to relish during chili weather. Huggi is a savoury dish prepared using the combination of rice and yellow lentil/split green gram, cooked together until soft and tempered with some spices and herbs. This is the authentic method of making Huggi – gojju. This is a regular dish
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Batani – godambi or batani – badami yakhni pulao/ kaju – matar or badam – matar yakhni pulao is a delightful dish to have. Yakhni means stock or soup. As this is a veg recipe, here I have taken the stock obtained from soaked bengal gram. When I was searching for some rare recipe in
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A very easy to make  and tasty rice dish with lot of health benefits. I prefer to cook this dish specially during winters as we get fresh & good quality cabbage here in Gurgaon at that time. Half – cup of cooked cabbage would provide 47 % of your vitamin C needs for the day.
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Palak/ Spinach is one of the wonderful green leafy vegetables which contains Iron and many other nutrients, recognised for its wholesome nutritional, anti-oxidants and anti cancer composition. It has many health promotional and disease prevention properties. Spinach leaves are an excellent source of Vitamin K. Maize also known as corn is a cereal grain, also
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Broccoli….Corn….Beetroot…. masala rice with the goodness of Almonds too !! Combination of broccoli, sweet corn and beetroot definitely makes it a healthy one pot meal. Broccoli is a very good source of dietary fiber, Vitamin B6,Vitamin E, manganese, copper, potassium, magnesium, Vitamin B1, Omega – 3 fatty acids, Protein, Zinc, Calcium, Iron…..OMG! still many many
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This is an amazing recipe made by using lots of fresh coriander leaves. It is simple yet a healthy one pot meal which can be packed for school/Office as well. Coriander has multiple health benefits such as, it is a wonderful source of dietary fiber, Iron , manganese etc. It is rich in Vitamin C,
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