Main meals & Grains
Biriyani Rice
Serves 2 persons
Ready in 20 minutes
Ingredients
- Basmati rice – 1 cup (250 ml)
- Ghee/Butter – 1tbs
- Cloves – 4
- Cardamom – 3 pods
- Bay leaves – 1
- Cinnamon stick – 1 medium size
- Water – 2 cups
- Lemonjuice-1/2 tbsp.
- Salt- ½ tbsp.
10. Ghee/Butter – 2 tbsp.
11. Vegetables – Cabbage, Carrot, Beans, Spinach, Onion – 2 tbsp. each
12. Ginger garlic paste- 1 tbsp.`
13. Salt-1/4 tsp
14. Coriander leaves- 1 tbsp.
15. Mint leaves- 1 tbsp.7.Sesame oil- 2 tsp
16. Brown sugar- 1tsp
Method of preparation
- Take 1 – 9 ingredients in a pressure cooker and cook until one whistle sound in medium flame. Or cook it in the rice cooker . If you are using sauce pan it may take 8-10 minutes to cook ¾th and filter it and keep aside to cool down.
- Meanwhile heat a pan and add ghee and when it gets warm, add ginger garlic paste. Sauté it until the raw smell goes.
- Now add all the vegetables, salt, brown sugar and Sauté it in medium flame for 2 minutes.
- Mix cooked rice with along with it and Sauté for 1 minute.
- Finally garnish with chopped mint leaves and coriander leaves and sprinkle with sesame oil.
Notes: You may add cashews, raisins along with veggies.
Oats Uppma
Uppumav is a classic dish for south Indian breakfast or a snack
Serves 2 persons
Ready in 20 minutes
Ingredients
- Oats (dry roasted) – 1 & 1/2 cup
- Hot water – 1 & 1/2 cup
- Oil – 1 tbsp.
- Black mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Green beans – ½ cup
- Carrot – ¼ cup
7. Ginger – small piece (finely chopped)
8. Onion – ½ (finely chopped)
9. Curry leaves – 1 string
10. Grated Coconut – ½ cup
11. Green chili (optional)
12. Salt
Method of preparation
- Heat a pan. Add oil and wait until it get hot. Then add black mustard seeds, curry leaves, ginger and green chili, saute for 1 minute.
- Add all the vegetables and salt, saute for 2 minutes.
- Add oats and water into it and mix well. Close with a lid and keep it in low flame for 5 minutes.
- Now add coconut and mix well. Here you done with healthy and tasty oats upmav.
Notes:
According to different brands of oats, the cooking time and amount of water may differ.
Tomato Dosa
A yummy South Indian pancake
Serves 2 persons
Ready in 20 minutes
Ingredients
- Whole wheat floor- ½ cup
- Semolina – 1/2 cup
- Tomato – 1
- Ginger – small piece
- Curryleaves – 4 leaves
- Salt
7. Water – ½ cup & 1 tbsb.
8. Spring onion (optional)
9. Capsicum (optional)
Method of preparation
- Add 1- 7 ingredients into a blender and blend it into a smooth dough
- Now heat a pan and pour 3 tbs of dough and spread it to thin, round dosa/ pancake
- Spread some capsicum and spring onion over the pancake
- Close it with a lid until it cooks and then take it out from the pan. Dosa is ready to serve.
Notes: Carefully add appropriate amount of water to make a medium loose dough.
Oats Chappati
Yummy soft unleavened Indian flatbread
Serves 2 persons
Ready in 20 minutes
Ingredients
- Oats – 1 cup
- Whole wheat floor – ½ cup
- Water – ½ cup + 1 tbsp.
- Salt (to taste)
- Oil – 2 tsp
Method of preparation
- Finely powder the oats and well mix with wheat floor and salt.
- Take water in a wide bowl and add oil and salt into it.
- Now slowly add the powder and mix it. You will get a dough which should not be sticky on your hand.
- Give a resting time of 15 min – 2hour.
- Now make small rolls and spread into a shape of pancake on table top with the help of a roller.
- Heat a pan and cook the chapatti’s by tossing each side
Notes:
- You may use ghee for making the dough or spreading on chapattis
- You can make chapatti with whole wheat floor itself