Perimma's Kootanchoru / Rice and Dal cooked with Vegetables and Drumstick leaves -Traditional Rice Recipes / Perimma's Recipe

This is a traditional recipe from my perimma..She made this last month and brought this to my home. I tasted it and totally loved it..I asked her the recipe, she gave me without any hesitation..Hope you like it and let me know what you think..

Perimma's Kootanchoru  Recipe

Ingrediants:

Rice - 2 cup

Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu - 1 cup

Murungai keerai / Drumstick Leaves  - 2 cup

Country Vegetables - 2 cups ( I used carrot, potato, cucumber, raw banana, pumpkin)

Sambar Onion / Shallots- 5

Tomato -1  chopped

Turmeric Powder /Majal podi - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Tamarind paste - 2 tblspn

Ghee - 1 tblspn

To Grind:

Coconut - 1 cup

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp

Green Chilli - 4

To temper:

Oil- 2 tblspn

Channa dal - 1 tblspn

Urad dal - 1 tblspn

Curry leaves - 1 spring

Dry Red Chilli - 2

Asafoetida / Hing / kaya Podi - 1/4 tsp

Method:

Grind the ingrediants given in the list. Set this aside.

Take onions, tomatoes and all the vegetables in a pressure cooker. Add salt and turmeric powder and cook for 2 whistles. Let the pressure go all by itself and set aside.

Wash rice and dal together and soak for 30 mins. Take it in pressure cooker add 7 cups of water and cook for 4 whistles.. Let the pressure go all by itself and set aside.

Open the rice and add the vegetables mixture to this and mix well. Add the ground coconut paste and mix well.

Add tamarind and mix well. Adjust salt and mix well. Simmer it for 10 min. Add water accordingly..The mixture should be slightly  runny, because it get thick as it stays..

Now take ghee in a pan and saute the murungai keerai leaves for 3 mins. Add this to the rice mixture and simmer again for 5 mins.

Now temper the ingrediants given in the list and pour it over the rice..Mix well.

Serve hot..

Amma’s Quick Vegetable Briyani – Lunch Box Ideas

Briyani is my favorite..I make it completely in a different way..But amma is a speedy master..She make this in less than 30 mins..This can be put in lunch box for kids..They will love it for sure..Hope you like it..

Amma’s Quick Vegetable Briyani 

Ingrediants:

Rice – 1 cup (any rice of your choice)soaked for 30 min.

Carrot – 1 chopped

Potato – 1 peeled and chopped

Beans -5 chopped

Peas – ½ cup

Green Chilli - 4

Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi -1 tsp

Chilli Powder – 1tsp

Cinnamon / Pattai – 1 small stick

Cardamom / Yelakai – 5

Salt to taste

Oil- 1 tblspn

Ghee – 1 tblspn

Coriander Leaves / Cilantro – for garnishing

Method:

Take a pressure cooker. Add oil and ghee and heat it up. Add cinnamon and cardamom and mix well.

Add all vegetables, green chilli and mix well. Fry for 3 mins.

Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt and mix well.

Add rice and mix well. Pour in 3 cups of water ( if using basmati rice add 2 cups) and bring it to a boil. Simmer the flame and pressure cook it for 15 mins or for 3 whistles. Switch off the flame and allow the steam to escape on its own..

Garnish with cilantro and serve with raita.

Vegetable Cutlet

This is another recipe from my friend who is a expert in making cutlets..You can check her recipe for mutton cutlet and fish cutlet in my blog..So this is for you vegetarians…A wonderful appetizer for kids or for parties…Hope you like it..

Vegetable Cutlet Recipe

Ingrediants:

Carrot  - 1 chopped very finely

Beans - 10 chopped very finely

Cauliflower-5 florets chopped finely

Onion - 1 large chopped finely

Potatoes-2 large cooked and mashed

Green Chilli-1 chopped finely

Ginger Garlic Paste-2  tblspn

Gram Flour / Kadalai Mavu / Besan - 2 tblspn

Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu - 2 tblspn

Chilli powder-1 tsp

Turmeric Powder / Manjal podi -1 tsp

Cilantro / Coriander Leaves - 2 tblspn finely chopped

Breadcrumbs - 1 cup

Egg-2

Salt to taste

Oil - 1tblspn +for shallow frying

Method:

Cook carrot, cauliflower,beans  with salt,turmeric and 1 tblspn of ginger garlic paste untill cooked.

Heat 1 tblspn oil in a kadai. Add onions, green chillies, 1 tblspn of ginger garlic paste, chilli powder in that and saute well.

Take  mashed potatoes, besan, riceflour, cooked vegatbles, sauted onion mixture, salt in a mixing bowl and mix well.

Form small pattice and  dip in egg and then in breadcrumbs and set aside.

Now shallow fry it in oil till golden brown.

Drain in a paper towel and serve hot with ketchup.