Kitchen and Home Making

I can’t believe till now that I have tried Rava Kichadi in my kitchen. Because, when I hear, Rava Kichadi, I simply say “No” and I don’t like it most. But, it is my SH’s favorite dish. He use to ask me to prepare kichadi for him, most of the times. But, I haven’t tried for him. And he use to have it restaurants we go for. After and almost 8 years of my marriage life, I prepared Rava Kichadi for him and he was so amazed of it, not b’coz f my preparation but because of its taste. It came out too good and I too tried it and wondered why I have said NO to this recipe without even tasting once itself. I promise everyone will like this simple dish. It was really too good and so light. Hereafter, I will try it in my kitchen frequently. And, will not say no to any dish without tasting it.

Peas Pulao is an easy-to-do recipe but a flavorful and tasty one. Pulao’s, generally, will be mild and delicious. Similarly, Green Peas Pulao, can be done in minutes, tastefully. It’s an easy meal to pack for lunchbox. When I prepared Peas Pulao, this time, especially, my Kiddo Amii loved it much.

Jeera Rice is a simple and a flavorful rice, which is easy to cook and tastes awesome with simple ingredients in it. When I run out of vegetables in refrigerator, I simply cook it and we can pack for lunch too. Any gravy will match with Jeera Rice. I use to make tiffin sambhar along with Jeera Rice. Everyone can think sambhar with Jeera rice? But you will accept that it’s a great combo, when you give a try. I use to prepare it regularly in my home and especially during Pongal festival, along with lemon rice , curd rice and sweet jaggery rice.

Idly or Idli and Dosa’s are the most common breakfast / dinner items for people in South India. Dosas will however turn good, in most of the times we prepare it. But, preparing soft Idly, is a little tricky job, where the secret lies behind the batter we prepare for it. Most of us know how to prepare idly batter and soft idlis. But, few may not know how to prepare the idli batter. And few, know how to make idli batter but it will not yield soft idly’s. For the beginners and for who think why the batter is not yielding soft idli, the post comes here.

Ingredients: Basmati Rice - 1/4 kg Chicken – 150 gms Egg – 2 (beat it well with enough salt) Onion – 1 should be big in size (finely chopped) Beans – 100 gms (finely chopped) Carrot – 100 gms (finely chopped) Cabbage – 100 gms (finely chopped) Spring Onion – ½ bunch (finely chopped) Pepper Powder – 1 or 2 tbsp (according to your taste) Chilly Powder – ½ tbsp Rice Flour – 1 tbsp Salt – to taste Cooking Oil Service For: 2 People Cooking Time: 30 minutes Cooking Instructions: Measure the rice in a cup. For 1 cup of rice, take 1 ¾ cups of water. Wash the rice well and drain the excess water. Soak the rice in measured cup of water for 15 minutes. If the rice is soaked like this, it will look become lengthier in size and when cooked it gives a good look for basmati rice. After 15 minutes of soaking, add the rice along with soaked water in a pressure cooker and bring them to boil. When it starts to boil, add required salt and close the lid of the cooker and wait for about 9 minutes. Open the ...

Ingredients: Red Rice / Pacharisi – 1 cup Water – 3 cups Boiled Milk – 1 ½ cups Salt – to taste Cooking Oil Cooking Time: 7 minutes Service For: 2 people Cooking Instructions: Wash and clean the rice and drain the excess water. Add rice and water in the pressure cooker and stir it well. Add enough salt and bring it boil. Once it starts to boil, close the lid and let it cook for 7 whistles (depends upon the cooker) or until the rice is well cooked. Open the lid and add milk to it and mix well. Dish is ready to serve. You don’t need any side dish for this and who want to have side dish can use mango pickle or lemon pickle or any pickle according to their taste. Otherwise we don’t need any side dish for this. Children will surely love this dish. I like to send this recipe for One Dish Meal Event hosted by ArchanasKitchen

Vegetable noodles is very easy to cook and children will love this dish more. Protein content in this dish is also mush since it contains more vegetables. And it requires no side dish at all. This entry goes for WBB#23 Express Breakfasts Event by Singing Chef . Ingredients: Noodles – 1 small packet (break it into pieces) Carrot – 2 (peel off the skin and finely chop it) French Beans – 2 0 pieces (finely chopped) Cabbage – small piece (finely grate it) Onion – 1 (finely chopped) Finely Chopped Spring Onion – 3 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste – ½ tbsp Pepper Power – 1 tsp Salt – to taste Cooking Oil Cooking Time: 12 minutes Service for: 2 People Cooking Instructions: Add water required to cook noodles in a deep pan and bring it to boil. When the water starts to boil, add noodles and a tsp of cooking oil to it. Let it to cook for 3 minutes and not more than it. Now drain the excess water completely from the noodles. Heat oil in a pan and add onions, chopped vegetables and stir fry it for 5 min...