Purple Cabbage Rice - Blogging Marathon Day 4

I have always used Cabbage to make Kootu or plain curry with Grated Coconut and green chillies. Never tried them as Rice Mix.  Once Saw Nithya's Purple Cabbage Rice and Fell in love with that Color. Came across a Cabbage Rice (Normal Green Cabbage)recipe in Mallika Badrinath's CookBook, made it using Purple Cabbage for today's Lunch!!! Tasted so Good and though I didnt get the color like Nithya, it was fine.  Surprise your fellow's with this Delicious, Colorful Rice, if they don't find this Nutritious Veggie Interesting!!!!

Ingredients
1 cup Rice, Cooked
1 cup Purple Cabbage, Shredded/Finely Chopped (Green Cabbage can also be used)
2 Medium Onions
3 tbsp Oil
Salt to taste

Grind Together
1/4 Cup freshly grated Coconut
2 tbsp Roasted Gram dal
8 - 10nos  Green Chillies
1/2 inch Ginger
1 bunch Coriander leaves

For Seasoning
1/2 tsp Mustard
1/2 tsp cumin Seeds
2 nos Red Chillies
1 tsp Gram dal (Optional)
4-5 nos Cashews (optional)

Method

Grind the Masala to a fine paste using minimum water.  Heat Oil, add the seasoning ingredients one by one.  Add finely chopped onions and fry till crisp. Add Shredded/Finely Chopped Cabbage and fry till cooked.  Add the grounded masala and fry till nice aroma arises.  Add Rice and Salt and fry in a high flame for few minutes.  Garnish with Coriander leaves. 

Check out the bloggers doing the Blogging Marathon, along with me.. 
Group 1 
30 Minutes Meals: Gayathri Anand 
Baked Goods: Monika
For On Going Events: Gayathri Kumar, Usha   
Kids Friendly: PJ, Savitha, Smitha, Veena Aravind, Srivalli
Rice Varieties: Champa, Divya, Padma


Group 2 
30 Minutes Meals:Priya Mahadavan, Pavani, 
Seven Days of Salad: lla, Divya Vikram, 
For Ongoing 7 Events: Priya Suresh, Suma Gandlur, Harini,   
Kids Friendly: Vatsala, Jay, Kamalika 
Seven Days of Rice: Veena Krishnakumar,  Padma Rekha and Myself

Thai Infused Spicy Curry Fish

Today I am going to make fish curry in a different way but make it spicy. I wanted to use this Jamaican curry powder, but wanted to make it spicy too, so added these frozen Thai red chilies. It was very spicy and yet simple so I named it Thai infused Spicy Curry Fish. It made my eyes water because of the spiciness but still could not stop eating. :-)

This fish curry can be serve with hot steamed rice.

Ingredients:

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1 lb Cat Fish fillets cut into cubes

2 tbsp Jamaican Curry powder (This can also be found in Oriental Market or Oriental stores)

8-10 Thai Red Chilies (I used the frozen ones which I got from Oriental Market), cut diagonally

1 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste

salt to taste

1 tbsp Cumin Powder

1/2 tsp White Pepper powder

1/4 cup Coconut mix

1 sprig Curry leaves

1 medium Onion sliced

1 tbsp Oil

Method:

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1. In a deep sauce pan, add oil,  when it's hot add ginger-garlic paste and saute it for about 2 mins until it turns golden brown.

2. Add Curry leaves, Thai red chillies and onions.

3. Saute the onions until it turns transparent.

Jamaican Curry Powder

4. Now add all the spice powders (Jamaican curry powder, cumin powder, pepper powder, salt and white pepper powder), saute it until the raw spice smell is gone, now add enough water and bring it to a boil.

5. Now add the fish and cook for about 8-10 mins or until the fish is cooked.

6. Now simmer the flame to medium low and add the coconut milk and serve this hot with steamed rice.

Sweet Potato Orzo Pasta Casserole

I tried giving sweet potato to Anush (my son) in many ways but he never liked it, so I came up with this recipe. As I already told you that I am going to cheat my son Anush with the sweet potato with cheddar cheese. You can look at my Sweet Potato Cups filled with Orzo pasta recipe for initial preparation for this recipe and I will continue this recipe from there. He loved this recipe and I won in making him eat sweet potato.

Extra Ingredients:
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1/2 cup Sharp Cheddar Cheese grated

Method:
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1. Pre-heat the oven to 350F.
2. Follow the steps of this Sweet Potato Cups filled with Orzo pasta recipe except the last step (step no. 7).
3. Now place the sweet potato and orzo mixture in a baking dish and sprinkle with cheese on top.

4. Bake this for about 10-15 mins or until the cheese melts. Don't over cook as all the ingredients are already cooked.