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Thursday, February 8, 2018

SIMPLE BRINJI RICE

This receipe can be prepared with limited ingredients and it comes under cook and serve category.  In this receipe, we wont use tomato and garam masala powder.

SIMPLE BRINJI RICE







INGREDIENTS:-
Basmati rice / Seeraga samba rice = 1 cup
Coconut milk = 1 cup (i used 1/4 coconut)
Ginger = 1/2 inch
Garlic = 6
Green chilly = 3 to 4 nos
Mixed vegetables = 1/2 cup (carrot, peas, cauliflower, beans, sweet corn)
Big onion = 1
Curd = 4 tbsp
Water = 3/4 to 1 cup
Salt = to taste

For seasoning:-
Cumin seeds -1/4 tsp
Fennel seeds - 1/4 tsp
Bay leaf - 3
Cardomom - 2
Cinnomon - 1/2 inch
Black stone flower /kalpasu - 1/2 inch
Oil - 2 tbsp
Ghee - 2bsp
Cashews & Raisins - 10 each

METHOD:-
Wash & soak the rice for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a pressure cooker,  heat a tablespoon of ghee & fry cashews & raisins. Set aside. We will mix this, in the final stage.
Make a coarse paste of Ginger-Garlic-Green chilly.
Heat the remaining oil & ghee and fry the ingredients given under seasoning in low flame to avoid burnt.
Now, add the coarse paste and saute for a minute. Add onions , little salt and saute till it turns transculent. Then add mixed vegetables. Mix well. Sprinkle salt as required to enhance cooking.
Add 3/4 cup ( in case of basmati rice) or 1 cup ( in case of seeraga samba rice ) & coconut milk. Allow it to boil. Check for taste.
Add the soaked basmati rice & curd. Mix gently. Cover the cooker with lid  & gasket only. 
Keep it in low/sim mode, for 15 minutes. Now put weight/whistle for 2 minutes.
No whistles are taken into account. Switch off the flame. Let it rest in burner for 10 minutes.
Remove the whistle. Gently mix the rice and add the fried cashews & raisins.




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