G RICE / GREEN RICE

G RICE/ Green Rice ...... its a combination of Curry - Mint - Coriander leaves and all 3 Gs (ginger, garlic and green chillies)
Its a easier version of Mint Pulav  (version 1). Click here for another Mint Pulav variety.

 G RICE / GREEN RICE

INGREDIENTS:-

Onions- Finely chopped - 100 gms
Oil - 2 tbsp
Cloves - 2
Cinnamon - 1
Cardamon - 1
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Cooked Rice  or left over rice - as required

For Grinding:-
Coriander leaves -  4 to 5 leaflets
Curry leaves - 4 to 5 leaflets    
Mint leaves - 5 to 7 leaflets                                      

Ginger - 1/2 inch
Garlic pods- 6 nos.
Green chillies - 3 to 4 nos (depends upon the spice level)
Fennel seeds - 1/4 tsp

METHOD:-

Heat oil in a kadai, and add cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, keep it in low flame. Then add cumin seeds, allow it to splutter. Add onions and turmeric powder and saute till onions turns glossy.

Now, Grind all the ingredients given under the section for grinding to a fine paste. (grind just before when it need to be cooked with onions).

Add the grind mixture to onions, required salt and saute well. If required clean the mixer jar with little water and add it to the cooking. Once the mix is ready, add rice. (Rice should not be hot). Mix well.

Spicy G Rice is Ready....

Side Dish :- Onion Raitha or Tomato ketchup ...

MURUNGAI KEERAI PORRIYAL/ DRUMSTICK LEAVES PORRIYAL

Murungai Keerai (or Drumstick  leaves ), a nutritious , purifies the blood and it helps to reduce anaemia. It reduces the side effects of other medicines.

MURUNGAI KEERAI PORRIYAL

Tired of chopping veggies for side dish, Try this recipe, it is easy to prepare.

INGREDIENTS:-

Murungai Keerai leaves - 2 cups (as required)
Salt to Taste
Water - as required
Roasted Ground nuts - 4 tbsp ( or 60 gms)
Red chillies - 3 to 4 (depends upon the spicy level)
Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Urid dal - 1/2 tsp

METHOD:-

Make a coarse powder of roasted groundnut and red chilies and set aside.

Boil water in a kadai and add salt. When the water starts boiling in rolling condition, add the cleaned Murungai keerai leaves to it. Cook until the leaves are tender. It gets cooked quickly. Drain the excess water, if any. ( Clear Keerai Soup -We can drink this water by adding little black pepper powder)

Now, add the coarse powder to the cooked leaves and mix evenly.

In a kadai, heat oil and add mustard seeds. When it splutters add urid dal and add to the porriyal.

Crunchy Chewy Murungai keerai Porriyal is ready to serve.

INSTANT SAMBHAR without dal

INSTANT SAMBHAR

This Instant sambhar doesn't require any cooked dal. But it tastes like regular sambhar.

INGREDIENTS :-
Onion Sliced - 150 gms
Tomato Chopped - 50 to 70 gms
Turmeric powder -  1/2 teaspoon (tsp)
Green chillies  - 4 to 6, chopped
Salt - to taste
Besan flour (Kadalai maavu ) - 2 tablespoon
Water -  2 cups or as required

For Tampering:-
Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin - 1/4 tsp
Fennel seeds - 1/4tsp
Urid dal - 1/4 tsp
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves chopped - 1 leaflet
Coriander leaves chopped, for garnishing

METHOD:-

In a bowl, mix besan flour with little water, in pouring consistency, and set aside.

Heat 1 tsp oil in a kadai, add onions , green chillies and saute till the onions changes its colour.

Now, add the chopped tomato, turmeric powder and cook for two minutes. Add water and allow it to boil. Add salt.

Once the onions are cooked, add the besan flour mix and stir well to avoid lumps. Allow it to boil for 3 minutes.

Instant Sambhar is ready.....

VAZHAIPOO KULAMBU | Vazhaipoo Kulambu Recipe | Gravy Recipe for Rice | Banana Blossom Recipe

VAZHAIPOO KUZHAMBU

HEALTH BENEFITS OF VAZHAIPOO :-

Banana flowers have wonderful medicinal properties and we should include it as often as we can in our diet. Banana flowers are called valaipoo in Tamil, Mocha in Bengali, Kelful in Hindi. Many don't use banana flowers because of the work involved in cleaning the flower, but it is so worth the effort.


These flowers perfectly handle free radicals that cause damages to the body. It treats many health issues, such as premature aging and cancer.

Banana flowers, reduce anxiety and boosts the mood. They are natural anti-depressants without any side effects.

Banana flowers boost the supply of milk that helps the new mothers feed their young better. Also, it treats all uterus related problems.

                                  Using Vazhaipoo (Banana Flower/Banana Blossom), we make Paruppu usli, Vazhaipoo Vadai. But I tried this Vazhaipoo Kulambu. It tasted very well. It is very simple and easy to prepare. For this recipe, I didn't use any dal.

Lets see how to prepare.....

INGREDIENTS:-

Vazhaipoo - 2 handful cleaned ( no need to chop)

Small Onion - 1 handful

Big Onion chopped  - 100 gms

Tomato chopped - 200 gms

Garlic pods sliced - 10 nos.

Tamarind - 1 gooseberry (amla) size

Sambhar powder - 3 heaped tsp

Red Chilli Powder  - 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Water - as required

Coconut paste - 2 tbsp

Jaggery - 1 tsp

For Seasoning:-

Oil - 3 tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Urid dal - 1/2 tsp

Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp

Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp

Curry leaves - 2 leaflet

Green chilly - 2 nos.

Red chilly - 2 nos.

METHOD:-

In a pan, heat 1 tbsp oil and saute Vazhaipoo, till it slightly changes its colour. Remove it in a plate.

In the same pan, heat the remaining oil and add mustard seeds. Let it splutter, and add the remaining ingredients given under seasoning one by one.

Add Garlic, small onion, big onion, and saute it till onion turns transparent. Now add tomatoes, salt and turmeric powder, and saute till tomatoes turn mushy. 

Add Sambhar powder, red chilly powder and saute for 2 minutes. 

Now add tamarind juice and requied water,  vazhaipoo to it and check for salt. Allow it to boil in sim mode for 7 to 10 minutes. Stir occasionnally.

Finally add the coconut paste and jaggery, mix well. If required add water. Let it boil for 2 minutes.

Tasty Vazhaipoo Kulamboo is ready.

Click the link for the video recipe 👉👉👉 VAZHAIPOO KUZHAMBU