Tindoora pickle

 

 

  This instant pickle can be prepared in 5 min and tastes great with rice!!!

Ingredients:

1. Tindoora/Dondakyalu  - 10 count
2. Garlic - 4 cloves
3. Red chilli powder - 2tsp
4. Salt to taste
5. Mustard seeds - 1tsp
6. Curry leaves - 4
7. Tamarind pulp - 1tsp
8. Oil - 2 to 4 tsp 

Method:

• Cut Dondakaya and garlic into very tiny pieces.
• Mix dondakaya,garlic,salt,redchilli powder,tamarind pulp and oil in a bowl.
•  Heat 1 tsp of oil  in a pan ,add mustard seeds and curry leaves and to this add the above dondakaya/Tindoora pieces and cook for 5min.
• (The dondakaya pieces  need not be too softly cooked.)
• Leave for atleast 1 hr and serve with rice.

Mushroom Fried Rice

 

  A tasty rice variety made of vegetables and mushrooms.

  

Ingredients:

1.  1 pk button mushrooms
2. 1 large onion
3. 1 cup beans
4. 10 carrots
5. 5 medium potatoes
6. 5 green chillies
7. cumin corainder powder - 1/4 tsp
8. clove-cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp
9. 1/2 cup ghee
10. 2 cups basmati rice
11. 1 tsp chopped coriander leaves
12. salt to taste
13. 1/2 tsp turmeric
14. 1 cup coconut milk
15. 2 tsp Lemon juice

Method:

Heat oil/ghee in a deep sauce pan and fry onions and all the vegetables along with green chillies together till soft.

• Boil the mushrooms separately and add to the above vegetables.
• Stir in cumin-coriander pwd,clove-cinnamon pwd ,salt and fry for 5 minutes.
• Add pre-cooked rice and stir slowly and carefully for 2minutes.
  Sprinkle coconut milk and lemon juice at the end over it.
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.