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Ghee Rice -Neychoru

Posted by veeenajan on June 9, 2008
Posted in: kerala ruchi, Kids Special, Mother`s Special, rice, Taste of Kerala, vegetable dishes. Tagged: , , , . 6 Comments

 Ingredients

 

Basmati Rice/Jeerakasala Rice-2cups

Big Onion-1/2 sliced

Green chilli-1/2 of 1 (slit)

Fennel seeds-2pinch

Cardamom-2

Cinnamon-1 small stick

Cloves-2

Water-3 1/4cup

Salt-

Ghee-2 tbsp or ghee plus oil

Raisins-20

Cashew nuts-10

Pineapple chopped- 2tbsp(opt)

Yellow colour(opt)

Onion-1 for frying

 

Ghee Rice

Ghee Rice

Method

Wash rice thoroughly and soak for 30 minutes.

Then drain the rice and keep aside..

Heat  ghee and roast raisins ,cashews and 1 onion separately  till light golden brown ,keep aside..

Heat ghee in a medium size cooker.. I don’t like ghee smell overpowering ..so I always use ghee and oil combination ..

Now add cinnamon,cardamom ,fennel seeds , cloves and saute for a minute .

Then add sliced onion and green chilli slit .. Saute till the onion become translucent ..

Then add rice and stir for 3 minutes in medium flame.

Now add boiling  water and salt .. Salt should be bit higher so when cooked it will be fine (don’t add too much ok 😉 ) mix well

Now close the cooker  with out putting weight ..

When u see steam coming out put the weight and cook for 1 whistle in high flame .

Then switch off the flame and allow the pressure to settle down.Open after 20-25 minutes ..

When done open the cooker and with the help of a fork fluff the rice ..

 

Ghee Rice

Ghee Rice

Finally garnish with fried raisins, cashew nuts and onion ..If u want u can add yellow colour mixed with essence and sprinkle ..

can add pineapple too 🙂 ..Personally i love that flavour ..

So serve the yummy ghee rice with chicken curry or ur personal favourite dish …

Hope u will enjoy this easy ghee rice …

Ghee Rice

Ghee Rice

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Traditional Vishu Katta Recipe with Video -Thrissur Style

Posted by veeenajan on April 13, 2008
Posted in: Bachelors Recipes, Breakfast, kerala ruchi, Kids Special, Mother`s Special, rice, sadya special, Taste of Kerala, vegetable dishes. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , . 11 Comments

Wish u all a very Happy and prosperous Vishu ….

 

Here I am sharing the recipe of our traditional vishu katta…In thrissur we make this as a thick form ,thats why its called Vishnu katta .. But in some places like cochin and palakkad ,they make in the form of kanji ..  .We cant celebrate vishu without vishu katta and vishu kani…In the day of vishu after seeing the vishu kani early in the morning ,we used to have vishu katta as breakfast ….So Enjoy a great vishu …..

Vishukani

Vishukani

 

Ingredients

 

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Vishu Katta 

Raw Rice -2  1/2cup( unakkalari,the rice which we use to make palpayasam) if u don’t get unakkalari u can use raw rice (pacha ari which we used to make idly)

Grated Coconut-5

Salt-to taste

Cumin seeds-3/4 tsp

Cooking Time-1 hour

 

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Vishu katta

Method

 

Extract thick  coconut milk( onnam pall) and filter it (3 cup).

Lightly crush cumin seeds  and add this to the coconut milk and keep it aside …

Now add some more water and grind again and extract thin coconut milk(8 1/2cup).

Soak rice of 20 minutes and wash properly drain and keep it aside..Heat the uruli or big thick bottomed vessel(if u have nonstick kadai its the best) ….Then add the 2nd coconut milk and bring it to boil in medium flame.Stir occasionally for not to curdling the milk .

 

When it began to boil, add the rice into it,close the vessel with a lid and cook..

 

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When its 1/2 cooked add the salt …Don`t forget to stir occasionally. ..So when the rice is 3/4th cooked then add the 1st extract of milk with cumin seeds ..

..Stir continuously till the rice is cooked and become a thick gravy .Stir carefully coz the water in the milk will began to splutter .When done  the oil is begin to come out from vishu katta ….

 

So when its done take it from the kadai or uruli and pour into a steel plate or banana leaves and fill it fully (if u have banana leaves use that only ..(the vishu katta will be more tastier )…With a banana leaf or a spatula wipe the top portion and make it even..

.When cool cut into pieces..

Serve it with cashew nut curry

Andiparippu Curry

 

or jaggery syrup(sharkara paani)

 

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Vishu Katta

 

Note

Here I  wrote the exact amount of ingredients of vishu katta …So if u follow the same amount of ingredients u will definitely get a nice vishu katta..

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Veena

Curd Rice /Thairu Sadam

Posted by veeenajan on March 24, 2008
Posted in: Bachelors Recipes, Mother`s Special, rice. Tagged: , , , , . 3 Comments

Ingredients

Curd -5 big spoon
Rice-1/2cup
Oil-2tbsp
Mustard seeds-1/2tsp
Urad dal-1/4tsp
Cashewnuts-5
Kismiss-10
Green Chilli-1
Ginger-1tsp
Asafoetida Powder-one pinch
Salt-
Dry Red Chilli-2
Curryleaves -1string

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Method

Wash and soak rice for 10 minutes
Cook for 3 whistle in medium flame by adding 2 glass of water ..
Allow cooked rice to cool
Then heat sesame oil and fry cashew nuts and raisins
Remove them and keep aside
Then saute ginger and green chilli .. keep them aside .
Then splutter mustard seeds ,urad dal ,dry red chilli and curryleaves .
Sprinkle some asafoetida powder too..
Add this to the cooled rice
.To that add curd and salt ..mix well ..
So the tasty Curd rice is Ready to serve ..
With this pickle or koottu ..

Watch the video to know the recipe more clear 🙂

 

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Chicken Biriyani Kerala Style

Posted by veeenajan on March 19, 2008
Posted in: chicken, kerala ruchi, Mother`s Special, Non Vegetarian Dishes, rice, Taste of Kerala. Tagged: , , , , . 31 Comments

Ingredients

Chicken -1 1/2kg

Basmati Rice-1kg

Curd – 2tbsp

Onion (medium) – 3/4kg(sliced lengthwise)

Onion (medium) – 3 nos for frying(sliced lengthwise)

Small onion-15

Tomato (medium) – 3 nos(chopped)

Ginger-big piece

Garlic-10pods

Coriander leaves – 1 cup(chopped)

Mint leaves (Pudhina) – 1/2 cup(chopped)

Garam masala – 2 tsp

Turmeric powder-1tsp

Pepper powder (black)-1tsp

Red chilly powder – 2 tsp

Green chilli-4

Salt – As reqd

Pineapple-small piece( finely chopped)

Yellow colour-one pinch

Pine apple essence-2drops

Lemon juice -1tsp

Cinnamon-4

Cloves-5

Cardamom-10

Ghee

Oil

Dalda

Cashew Nuts-handful

Raisins(unakka munthiri)-10

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For Marinade

Chilli powder-1tsp

Turmeric powder-1tsp

Pepper powder-1/2tsp

Egg-1

Curd-1tbsp

Salt-to taste

Garam masala powder-1tsp

 

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Method

1)Mix all the ingredients for marination along with chicken in a bowl.Keep aside for 1 hour.

2)Wash the rice ..

3) Add salt ,cloves,cinnamon,and cardamom  to the water and boil it.. 

4) To the boiling water add rice and allow it to cook(until 3/4 cooked)

6)When rice is ¾ th cooked, add ½ tsp ghee and lemon juice into it.Mix well ..

7)Switch off the gas and drain the rice and keep aside.

8)Fry cashew nuts ,raisins and keep that also aside.

9) In a kadai heat oil and add sliced big onion(3) and fry till it become golden colour..Drain and keep aside (If u want to increase the speed of frying then fry in good amount of oil)

10) Mix all the fried items( cashew nuts, raisins, onion fry ) together .keep aside 

11) Heat dalda or oil in a pan.Fry the marinated chicken pieces ( till 3/4th ) drain and keep aside .

12) Crush small onion,green chilly ,ginger ,garlic together . In a big kadai heat dalda and add this mix and fry it till light brown

13) Then add sliced big onion and sauté till onion turn light brown .Add tomato , chilly powder, garam masala, turmeric powder one by one and sauté well.Then add 1/2cup of mint leaves +coriander leaves +2tsp curd.Stir well.Add pineapple pieces+salt .Add handful of cashew nuts mix (11)..Stir well.

 

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Add fried chicken and small amount of water to this.Mix well and cook till the chicken gets soften . When the gravy appears to be dark brown colour and the chicken get soften turn off the gas …

14) Now have to bake the rice and chicken

Take a big vessel and grease it with ghee..Then in one side of the vessel add the whole chicken and gravy and in the other side pour one layer of rice and to top of that layer add both leaves ,pineapple essence +yellow colour mix(take 1/4cup of water and add pineapple essence and yellow colour and mix),cashew nut mix(11)

Then add another layer of rice..Repeat the process until the rice is finish.In the top layer chicken should be covered by rice and garnish well…Then close the vessel with a tight lid.

Switch on the gas..Take a dosa thattu and place the biriyani vessel on top of that dosa thattu and keep that till 1/2 hours in a very low flame..By that time biriyani will be baked …..Or u can set the oven to 350 degree Celsius and bake for 10 min..If u want u can add boiled egg b4 serving ..

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Serve with salad and pickle

 

Note : The amount of water for cooking rice should be in good quantity and the vessel also should be big ..Other wise sometime there is a chance of messing up the rice … (once i had the same issue 😉 )

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Veena