Mild Tomato Pulao

Toss basmathi rice with spices, onions, tomatoes and roasted cashews for an aromatic and delicious pulao! This recipe is similar to my Tomato and peas bath except that I have skipped 2-3 ingredients which makes  a big difference in the taste.



Ingredients:

1. Basmati Rice-1 cup
2. Oil-3 tbsp
3. Ghee-1 tbsp
4. Cashews-12
5. Shahi Jeera-1 tsp
6. Cloves-4
7. Cinnamon-2 inch stick
8. Star anise-2
9. Ginger-Garlic paste-1 tbsp
10. Green chillies-2 slit into half(I have used red chillies here)
11. Onion sliced-1 cup
12. Salt
13. Chilli powder-1/4 tsp
14. Tomatoes chopped-1 (large)
15. Coriander leaves-to garnish

Method:
Soak rice for 15 minutes in water. Drain, cook it with 11/2 or 13/4 cups(depends on the rice) of water. Set aside.
Heat oil and ghee in a wide pan. Add ingredients 4 to 8. Saute for 10 seconds. Then add ginger garlic paste, chillies, onions and fry till they turn golden brown. Sprinkle some salt. Add chilli powder and tomato.
Fry till it turns soft. It is optional to add 1 tsp of finely chopped mint leaves and fry for a couple of minutes.
Gently mix cooked rice with the veggies. Add salt.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve with raitha/plain curd/chips.

Oh I found fresh, beautiful red chillies at Farmers market and used them to garnish(just for the sake of making the picture look more colorful).

Another option is to fry the spices, onions and tomatoes till they turn soft and then cook this mixture and rice together in rice cooker till done. 

Whacky Vegan Chocolate Cake - Madhuram's Eggless Cooking

Thursday is my Baking Day. I jus love thursday, Weekends, will be waiting to bake something new.

Thanks to Madhuram's Eggless Cooking Blog, I too Bake Good.

This Weekend i tried this Whacky Choco Cake,Came out good. Followed Madhuji's recipe line by line. The only change i made was the sugar instead of 3/4 cup i made it 1/2 cup and added some walnuts thats it.

For Frosting i used Foster Clarks WonderWhip Powder. Plzzzz, bear with my Frosting, after all i m a Beginner. :)

Click here for the Whacky Vegan Chocolate Cake Recipe

I m posting just the pics.

White Burghol+Puran Payasam/Sweet - Microwave Version

Had Some Leftover Puran in my fridge. Didnt want to waste it. Tried something by mixing it with White Burghol.  Came out Good.

This is how i made it.

Ingredients

White burghol - 3 tbsp
ghee - 2 tsp
Puran - 1 cup
Milk - 1 cup

Roasted Cashewnuts for Garnishing

Method
Take burghol and ghee in a Microwave safe Deep Bowl and Cook @ high for 2 minutes, Stir in between. Add 3 tbsp of milk and cook @ high for 3 minutes, stir in between. Add puran and 3 tbsp of milk and cook @ high for 2 minutes.  Take out and Mix well, add the remaining milk and cook @ high for 2 minutes, Add cashewnuts and cook @ high for a minute.

Thats it, Enjoy. Tasted like Akkaravadisal. I will say it is healthy in a way, It has White Burghol and Puran has Jaggery , Chana dal and only 2 tsp of ghee, sure it is healthy. :)