Jeera rice
Ingredients:
Basmati rice-1 cup
Cumin seeds-1 table spoon
Ginger garlic paste- 1 tea spoon
Onion-1 sliced thin
Green chilly-3
Salt
Corriander leaves- a few
Water-4 cups
Oil-1 to 2 table spoon
Method:
1.Wash the rice and keep aside.
2.Heat oil in a pan on the stove and when hot, add cumin seeds.Fry for a minute.Then add sliced onions,green chillies and ginger garlic paste and fry till onion turns light brown.
3.Add the washed rice and fry for a few minutes till the rice becomes crisp.
4.Add salt,water and cover with a lid till the rice is cooked.
5.Garnish with corriander leaves.
Serves:2
Aloo Matar
Ingredients:
Potato-2
Onion-1
Tomatoes-2, pureed
Green peas- 1 cup
Ginger garlic paste- 1 tea spoon
Chilli powder-1 tea spoon
Dhaniya powder-1/2 tea spoon
Jeera powder-1/2 tea spoon
Turmeric powder-1 tea spoon
Garam masala-1 tea spoon
Oil-1 table spoon
Salt
Fresh cream/ milk-1/2 cup
Corriander leaves- for garnishing
Method:
1.Boil the peas and potatoes.Chop the onion.Blanch the tomatoes and puree them.
2.In a kadai, pour oil add onion and fry until light brown.
3.Add ginger garlic paste, fry for a minute, add the tomato puree and fry for a few minutes.
4.Add the boiled peas and potatoes. Then add turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala,jeera powder and dhaniya powder and fry until raw smell goes away.
5.Add salt and add water if necessary.When everything blends well, add the cream/ milk ( I opted for milk) and garnish with corriander leaves.
Serves:2
wow jeera rice and aloo matar is exoctic combo.. love the color of the gravy.. tempting too.
thanks Pavithra
Fantastic!! Love the Aloo matar…Looks so perfect and ideal with jeera rice!
🙂
Lovely post Shubha (munchy)
Hi , the Aloo Mutter looks absolutely Yummy!!Beautiful combo..
thank u Meena
Nice combo. Looks great and delicious.
Thank u
Super combo … aloo matar looks so delicious 🙂
thanks padma
Upload the channa pulao recipe. ipdi pottu oora emathathe
By the way junta she makes the best channa pulao
vanthuttiya..en imagea damage pannrathukku..I havent made chana pulao in a while.will go shoppin today and do the honours.
Jeera rice and aloo matar is a cool combination for lunch! BTW, I checked your version of capsicum chutney. I loved it! It was colorful! I’d like to try it for sure! Can’t resist that aloo matar! 🙂 I’ll visit again soon!
Thanks Usha,for all the nice words you have for me.I am sure to keep visiting u too.And I will try r version of the capsicum chutney soon.