Corn Capsicum (Brown) Rice

I have programmed my mind to have rice only during weekends and that too only Brown rice. I try to make a Veggie Rice every time, so i can have more veggies and less of rice. So, here  Another Delicious Brown Rice Recipe.

Ingredients
Brown Rice Cooked - 2 cups

2 medium-sized Capsicums, thinly sliced

1/4 cup Sweet Corn (i used frozen)

1 large onion, Chopped
2 red chillies, Slited lengthwise
2 pods cardamom crushed

1 tsp ginger-garlic paste (fresh better)

1 tsp Coriander powder
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp curry powder (store bought, Mother's Kitchen)
Salt to taste

Method

Heat 1 or 2 tsp Oil in a Pan, Splutter mustard seeds, add cumin seeds, green chillies, hing and turmeric.  Now add Onion and saute till translucent. Add Capsicum and Corn and  saute for a minute or two. Now add red chilli powder, Crushed cardamom, coriander powder , salt and curry powder and sprinkle some water to avoid burning of masala's. Cover and Cook for 8-10 mins or till the rawness of the masala's escape. Once done, take it off the flame and mix with the Brown rice and serve with any Raita.

Sending this to Show me your Whole Grains, Event hosted by Divya of Dilse and CWS-Cardamom Seeds hosted by Priya

Improve Your Indoor Air Quality with House Plants!

Household Plants Give New Meaning to "Going Green"

Improving indoor air quality is one of the hottest topics for homeowners today...for lots of reasons. These days, we spend more hours indoors than ever before. And as a result, we are subject to a growing array of toxins, pollutants, allergens and irritants...everything from carbon monoxide to pollen to cigarette smoke to chemicals. All of which can be harmful to your health (not to mention your furniture, floors and walls).

Today, our friend Mark Highland of West Chester, PA-based Organic Mechanics Soil appeared on ABC-TV's Good Morning America to talk about how certain indoor plants can not only make your house look great, they can significantly improve your indoor air quality by actually drawing pollutants out of the air and replenishing with fresh, clean, breathable oxygen.








According to Mark, here are some common plants that you can find at your neighborhood florist or home store that are particularly good at improving indoor air quality:

• Peace Lillies: Remove benzene, a chemical found in tobacco smoke.
• Ferns: Removes toulene from the air, a chemical found in printer and copier inks and glues.
• Anthuriums: Help remove the ammonia and other harmful chemicals produced by cleaning products from the air.
• Dieffenbachia: Helps remove formaldehyde from the air. (Be careful -- the leaves from these plants are poisonous to children and pets!).
• Sansevieria: Remove acetone from the air, often found in nail polish, paints and paint removers.

One way that you can be sure that you're getting an indoor-friendly plant is to look for the O2 For You label. These plants have been identified for their IAQ and oxygen-generating abilities.

Filling your house with these plants has other benefits. They're inexpensive. They work better than many commercial air filters and indoor air quality products on the market. And they make your house look fantastic!


Related Information from Horizon Services...

• Horizon Air Conditioning Services
• Horizon Heating Services
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• Indoor Air Quality -- A Major Problem for Homeowners
• Air Conditioning Alternatives

Aloo Methi Cutlet

Inspired by the spinach Cutlets @ aayi's Recipes i tried this aloo-methi cutlet for my kids snack box, yipee!!! it worked, he liked very much. So, i m sure, it will definetly work with kids!!!

Ingredients (approx 8 cutlets)

2 Large potatoes

two tight fist Methi leaves
1 tbsp rice powder
1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
Salt to taste
Sooji/Rawa for coating the cutlets

Method

Wash, peel and Cook the potatoes until soft. Wash the methi leaves. Mash Aloo and mix with all the other given ingredients to form a dough. Make small balls out of it, press it a bit to make it flat, roll it over sooji and shallow fry on a Tawa on a low flame. Enjoy with Tomato Sauce

You can also find this @ LYRO#Potato happening @ Sindhi Rasoi