Capsicum Rice

This is one of my favorite recipe. You can make the same as carrot rice/Egg plant rice instead of capsicum. I have tried my best to give step by step cooking procedure.

INGREDIENTS:

Rice - 1/2 cup
Capsicum- 2 nos(medium size)
Onion - 1/2
Salt-  As required
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon

TO GRIND:
Peanuts - 3 tablespoon
Coriander seeds - 2 tea spoon
Bengal gram(Channa daal) - 1 tablespoon
Urad daal - 1 tablespoon
Dry red chilli- 3 or 4
Cumin seeds - 2 tea spoon

METHOD:
Cook rice in a pressure cooker and allow it to cool. In a pan, dry roast peanuts and set aside. In the same pan, add 2 teaspoon oil, then roast coriander seeds,bengal gram, urad daal,cumin and dry red chillis till they turn to golden brown color.

Now powder them finely.

   

In a pan add 3 teaspoon of oil, then add onion and fry for 2 minutes. Then add capsicum, turmeric powder and salt and stir well. If you want more spicy, you can add 1/2 teaspoon of red chilli powder. Please dont add water to cook  capsicum . Water will make the rice to turn lumps. Just sprinkle little water and stir well, until the capsicum get cooked well. stir continuously, and dont let the capsicum to get burnt.

Once, the capsicum cooked well and soft, add the peanut powder, which you have prepared..Now , reduce the flame to very well and mix the powder well with capsicum and switch off the flame.If the flame is high, the powder would get burnt. 

Now add the cooked rice and mix well, using a rice cooker spoon .

COOKING TIP:
1. When you cook rice in pressure cooker, add 3 to 4 drops of oil, so that rice dont get sticked to each other. The rice should not be over cooked and should not be too soft.  I used basmati rice. For 1/2 cup rice  , I added 1 cup of water and few drops of oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt( Remaining salt , you can adjust , when you fry capsicum and onion). Keep flame in high for 1 whistle. Then keep it in full sim for 9 minutes and then switch off the flame. Once cooked, transfer the rice to another vessel and keep it open, so that it gets cools down.

2. The rice will be easier to mix, only when it has cool down.

Maida Biscuits(Spicy)

Another favorite snack , that goes well with tea .. Spicy maida biscuits!

Preparation time : Under 10 minutes
Cooking time - Under 20 minutes

INGREDIENTS:

All purpose flour/maida - 2 cups ( I used a 240 ml cup)
White sesame seeds - 2 tablespoon
Cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Red chilli powder - 3/4 teaspoon
Black pepper powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Butter - 2 tablespoon
Salt- As required (Approx. 1 teaspoon should be fine)
Water - As required
Oil - For deep frying

METHOD:

1. In a vessel, add maida,salt,sesame seeds,cumin seeds,chilli powder,pepper powder, melted butter and knead it in to a smooth dough. 

2. The dough should be at the consistency of a rotti dough. Take a  lemon size ball and make it as a thin rotti. Now use a fork and prickle all over the rotti, so that when you cut and put it in the oil, the biscuits wont bulge and break.

3. Now using a sharp knife, cut the rotti in square shapes.

4.  In a heavy pan, heat sufficient oil for deep frying. Once the oil is hot, add the diamond shapes and fry till they turn to golden brown color. 

5. Maida biscuits are ready !.. Have it with a cup of milk tea !.

7 cup cake

7 cup cake is a simple and delicious sweet made out of besan,coconut,milk and sugar...

INGREDIENTS:
Besan - 2 cups
Sugar - 2.5 cups
Milk - 1 cup
Coconut powder - 1/2 cup
Ghee - 3/4th cup

METHOD:

    In a thick pan, add 1 teaspoon ghee and fry the besan flour. Make sure that you don’t burn the
besan and besan color should not turn dark... Just fry for few minutes, until the raw smell goes. You
should keep stirring it continuously. Then transfer the besan to a bowl. In the same pan, now add
coconut powder and fry for few minutes. Don’t let the coconut powder to get burnt. Then transfer it to another bowl.

    Now, in the pan, add milk and sugar . The sugar should be immersed in the milk. Allow it to boil.
Stir it, and allow the sugar gets completely dissolved in the milk. Then add , Besan and coconut powder and keep stirring it continuously. Keep adding the ghee in between. You should leave the mixture without stirring. You need to keep stirring it continuously and keep adding ghee. After a while, in about 15-20 minutes, the mixture gets thicker and will come together without getting sticked to the pan. Also, the ghee will start leaving the sides.

     In a tray, apply ghee and sprinkle some almond flakes. Switch off the gas stove, and immediately
transfer the mixture on to this tray and spread it. Allow it to cool well, for around 3-4 hours. Then using sharp knife, cut that in to desired shape. 7 cup cake is ready !.