ABC Juice / Apple Beetroot Carrot Juice

After reading Jay's(Tasty Appetite) miracle drink and its benefits,
immediately I checked my refrigerator and I am sweet enough to get all
the ingredients for the juice she mentioned. Instantly prepared it, yes
it took only 2 minutes and drunk without even adding honey. The juice
itself was sweeter without honey. From then, I have made it for 4 times.
If such a healthy drink is available in simple steps, who wouldn't like
this?

 

When I served this juice to my husband and he asked what juice it is. I replied 'Apple Beetroot and Carrot juice" forgetting the order what Jay mentioned in her post and Instantly he asked with wonder 'ABC juice'? Ade, My husband sometimes smart to give cute names. :-)

Please visit her blog to know its health benefits.



To mention its very significant benefit, It is a good source of vitamin A, manganese and potassium which will boost up our immune system and fight against high blood pressure.



Basic Information:
Preparation Time: <10 minutes
Makes: 2 glasses


Ingredients:



Apple - 1 no, chopped

Beetroot - 1 no, chopped

Carrot - 1 no, chopped

Honey - 1 tablespoon



Method:



1) Pass through all the ingredients given except honey in a juicer.

2) If you are not having juicer, put all chopped ingredients to a mixer with 1/2 cup of water and filter out the juice from it.

3) Stir in a tablespoon of honey and drink immediately.

Basil Mushroom Pilaf

 

 
I love herbs very much and try to add in every recipe I do. If I indian I add a lot of cilanto, mint, methi etc., if Italian I use a lot fo parsely, basil even on any meat dished. I use almost all the varieties of herbs in all the forms fresh or dried. They give a very nice aroma and flavor to the recipe and healthy too. I just feel it freshens our mind. Today Shoj was not coming home for lunch so I decided to do something simple and one pot meal for me and Anush, so made this ....but after I tasted it liked it so much and was sure that Shoj will like it too, so reserved some for him too. He also tasted after he came from office and liked it so much. 


Ingredients:
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2 small bunches Basil stems removed and washed
10 mini Bella Mushrooms sliced
1 small Onion chopped
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 tbsp Butter
1/2 tsp Olive Oil
2 cups Basmati Rice
3 1/2 cups of Water

Method:
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1. In a pan add butter and when it's hot enough, add onions and mushrooms, add salt and pepper, once and saute on medium high flame until the mushrooms are cooked and the water is all evaporated.

 

2. Meanwhile add the basil leaves and olive oil in a mixer and blend it to a paste.
3. Meanwhile cook two cups of rice with 31/2 cups of water in a rice cooker.

4. Add the basil paste to the rice and stir once, then add the cooked rice and mix gently, not breaking the rice.

5. Serve it hot with your choice of sauce or eat it as it is...very tasty and very flavorful pilaf.

 

Sending this recipe to the Event "Herbs and Flowers: Basil" hosted by Reva.

Sending this to Reva of "Kaarasaaram"  - Event: "Royal Feast Biriyani"

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Chicken Biryani using Yogurt

Today's recipe is very straight forward without any blah blah stories.  Here you go with the chicken biryan which is cooked with yogurt. 


This recipe does suite well if you need to prepare it with the less amount of time. I added chicken pieces without marination. If you would like to do so, just marinate them in mixture of yogurt, red chilli powder, 1/2 teaspoon of ginger, garlic paste and turmeric powder.

Basic Information:

Preparation Time: 20minutes
Cooking time : 30 minutes 

Serves : 2-3



Ingredients:



Chicken - 400 grams

Basmathi Rice - 1.5 cups

Onion - 1/2 cup, lengthwise chopped

Tomato - 1 medium size

Red chilli powder - 2 teaspoon / to taste

Salt - to taste

Yogurt - 1 cup

Water - 1.5 cups

Bay leaves - 1 leaf

Cinnamon - 1 inch piece

Fennel seeds - 1/2 teaspoon

Lemon - 1 teaspoon (optional)

Oil - 1.5 tablespoon

Turmeric powder - a pinch



To grind and make a paste:



Onion - 1/4 cup

Tomato - 1/4 cup

Ginger - 1inch piece

Garlic - 2 cloves

Mint leaves - 1/2 cup

Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup

Cardamom - 2

Cloves - 2



Method:



1) Wash chicken pieces and keep it aside.

2) Wash and soak rice for 30 minutes and keep it aside.

3) In a blender, grind the ingredients given for grinding and make a fine paste. Keep it aside.

4) In a cooker/pan, heat oil.

5) Add fennel seeds, bay leaves and cinnamon stick when it is hot.

6) When fennel seeds become brown, add onion and saute till they are translucent.

7) Add tomatoes and saute till they completely mashes.

8) Add ground paste and red chilli powder and salt. Stir fry till the raw smell goes off.

9) Add chicken pieces and cook till the chicken pieces are half cooked. No need to add water. Chicken itself releases water from it and cook well.

10) Lower the flame to low and cook again for few minutes. Now, add rice and mix well.

11) Add yogurt, water. Taste it to salt and spice and adjust accordingly.

12) Close the cooker using lid and cook for 2-3 whistles.(Based on your rice type). If you are using pan, cover using a lid  till the rice cooked well.

13) Wait till the pressure releases from cooker and open the lid. Squeeze out the lemon juice.

14) Mix gently with ladle and garnish with coriander leaves.

15) Serve hot with raitha.

Note:



1) Fresh Yogurt suits well to this recipe well. however, if you are using sour curd/yogurt and very sour tomato, no need to use lemon. This will increase the sourness of the rice. In this case, use lemon based on rice taste.

2) Add little higher than the usual quantity of red chilli powder, because yogurt reduces the spiciness from biryani.