Aval Uppuma, Poha Uppuma

Ingredients :

Aval/ Poha - 1 Cup                                                         Cooking Time : 10 Minutes
Onions - 1 Cup
Green Chilly - 2                                                              Aval Soaking Time : 30 Minutes
Mustard seeds - 1/2 Tsp
Urad/Channa Dal - 1 Tsp                                               Serves : 2 People
Peanuts - 2 Tbsp
Curry/coriander leaf
Turmeric - 1/2 Tsp
Salt - 1 Tsp
Oil - 3 Tsp

Aval Uppuma

Method :

Wash and soak the Poha in water. Add water measuring the same quantity of aval( Rather low nor high). Leave it for minimum 30 Minutes to get soaked well. Add Turmeric and salt to poha water and mix it well while soaking. Heat a pan with oil and add mustard seeds, urad/channa dal. 

                           

Once it splutters add Peanuts,Onions, curry leaf and green chilly. You'll note the poha/aval increased in quantity twice the level after soaking and became more fluffy. Add the soaked aval to the onions.

                         

Stir all the ingredients well, until it gets mixed. Switch off the stove and transfer to a serving bowl.
Garnish with coriander leaf.

                          

Enjoy Aval with coconut chutney or raita.

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Instant Mutton Briyani, Mutton Dum Briyani

Ingredients :

Mutton / Goat - 1/2 Kg                                                       Preparation Time : 45 Minutes
Basmati Rice - 2 cups
Onions - 1 cup                                                                    Serves : 4 - 5 people
Tomato - 2 large
Mint leaf - 1 bunch
Curry leaf
Cilantro leaf
Turmeric - 1/2 Tsp
Ghee - 2 Tbsp
Oil - 4 Tbsp
Salt
Sakthi  Biryani Masala - 2 Tbsp

Method :

          Wash and clean the mutton. Drain the water completely. Add 1 tbsp Sakthi Briyani masala to the mutton and marinate it for 30 min.
         Heat oil in the pressure cooker and add chopped onions. Saute until slight golden brown. Add tomatoes, mint leaf, curry leaf.

                              

Add 1 tbsp sakthi briyani masala, Turmeric powder and mix it well. Add coriander leaf.

                                          

 Add the marinated mutton in the pressure cooker. Mix it well. Add 1 cup water and pressure cook the mutton for 3 whistles.

                             

Once the mutton gets cooked add 3 cups water,once the water boils add basmati rice. Add 2 Tbsp ghee. Stir occasionally until water gets almost dried.

                             

 Close the pressure cooker and simmer the stove to lowest temperature for 15 minutes. You can also place the cooker on a dosa tava if your pan is sensitive to extreme heat. Once the pressure is released completely Mix the briyani. Add some more ghee if needed..

                            

Enjoy mutton briyani with boiled egg.

Have a nice lunch.

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Vegetable Fried Rice

Ingredients :

Cooked Basmati Rice - 2 Cups                                              Preparation Time : 15 Min

Carrot - 1/2 Cup

Peas - 1/2 Cup                                                                        Serves : 2 People

Cabbage - 1 Cup

Mushroom - 1/4 Cup

Onions - 1 Cup

Green Chilly - 2

Pepper Powder - 1 Tbsp

Fennel Seeds - 1 Tsp

Ginger/Garlic - 1/2 Tsp

Salt

Oil

Coriander Leaf 

Method :

Heat oil in a pan, add fennel seeds, Ginger/Garlic Paste , saute it for a while until raw smell reduces. Then add Onions and Green Chilly. Fry until it gets cooked well.

Cook the carrots, cabbage, and peas prior. Add Mushroom, Carrot, cabbage and peas. Spread some salt and pepper powder. 

Finally add the cooked basmati rice to the vegetables. Sprinkle some more salt to your taste. Mix everything together.

Cover the pan with a lid and simmer the stove for 5 minutes. Transfer it to a serving bowl.

Nice yummy Vegetable fried rice is ready. Serve with Tomato Ketchup.

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Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani

                  I love trying varieties of biryani receipes. Here we'll go with Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani, a most popular Biryani of Andhra. This is the second time i cooked this biryani. It will look like a time consuming process but practice makes it less complicate. Come lets try.

Onions - 2 Cups

Ingredients :
To Marinade
Chicken - 1/2 Kg                                                             Marinade time : 30 Min
Ginger/garlic paste - 2 Tbsp                                           To Cook Rice : 10 Min
Chilly Powder - 1 Tbp                                                    To cook chicken : 15 min
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 Tsp                                             Final Process : 20-30 Min
Coriander Powder - 1 Tbsp

Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani

Garam Masala Powder - 1 Tsp
Pepper Powder - 1/2 Tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 Tsp
Cardamom - 3
Cinnamon - 2''
Aniseed - 3
Green Chilly - 2
Coriander Leaf - 1 cup
Mint Leaf - 1 Cup
Bay Leaf - 1
Fried Onions - 1/2 Cup
Yogurt - 1 Cup
Lime Juice - 1 Tbsp
Salt
Oil - 4 Tbsp

Basmati Rice - 1 1/2 Cup
Saffron - A pinch soaked in water
Salt
Onions
Extra Mint leaf + Coriander leaf Chopped

Method :
             Mariande all the ingredients together for 30 minutes. Soak the rice too. Heat the pressure cooker or a large pan with 1/4 cup oil. Golden fry all the onions well.

                                

Add the marinated chicken mix to the onions in the cooker. Let the chicken cook until half way. Until no water is left in the chicken. We'll have to prepare rice beside this.

                                

Boil water in a vessel and add the soaked rice to it. Add 1 Tsp cumin seeds to it. Cooking rice to its right consistency is the main process here. The rice has to been 80 percent cooked. 

                                

  Once done filter the water from the rice to a separate vessel. The chicken is also half done. Transfer 2/3 of the chicken gravy to a separate bowl.

                                

     Here you have to make layers with the cooked rice and chicken gravy. Three layers of Chicken gravy and two layers of rice. So split both chicken gravy and rice accordingly. 

                                

Once you are done with the layer of rice, add chopped mint/ coriander leaf, sprinkle few drops of Saffron. Then proceed with chicken gravy. Finally you'll get filled up with five layers totally.

                                

Cover the pressure cooker with the lid and simmer the stove. If you are using a pan cover with foil sheets and place it on a tava. It take approx 20 -30 minutes for the rice to be ready. You don't have to stir it. 

Serve hot with chicken curry and raita. 

Thank You,

Dhamaya.

Mushroom Briyani

              Here's the Mushroom briyani recipe.

Ingredients :
Basmati Rice - 1 Cup
Mushroom - 3 Cups                                                 Preparation Time : 30 Min
Onions - 1 Cup
Tomato - 2    
Ginger/Garlic paste - 1 Tbsp                                     Serves : 4
Green Chilly - 4

Bay Leaf - 2
Cardamom - 3
Cinnamon - 1'' size
Cloves - 3
Star Anise - 2
Mint leaf - 1 Bunch
Coriander leaf / Curry Leaf
Turmeric -1/2 Tsp
Coconut milk - 1 Cup
Water - 1 Cup
Salt - 1 Tbsp
Ghee
Oil

Method :

Chop tomatoes and onions. Clean and cut mushroom.

                                

Heat a pan with 4 Tbsp oil, add Bay leaf, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Cloves, Star Anise , Saute it for few seconds. Then add Green Chilly and Ginger garlic paste. Saute it until raw smell goes off.

                               

Add onion and tomatoes. Cook until tomatoes softens. Then add Mushroom,Mint leaf, salt and Turmeric.

                              

Stir all the ingredients well. Add coconut milk and water (1:2 Ratio). Add 2 Tbsp ghee to it.

                              

Once the water gets to boil well, add the soaked basmati rice. 

                             

Check salt and close the pressure cooker lid. Simmer the stove to low flame. Switch off the stove in 12 Minutes. Open the lid and and stir the rice carefully.

                             

You''ll get nice aroma. Coconut milk gives nice flavor to the rice. Serve hot with Pachidi.

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