Gajar Bhath (Carrot Fried Rice)

Rice is a very common item for most of us. Sometime I feel very boaring having same rice every day. So I have done some experiment with carrot and rice and found carrot fried rice. It turns very tasty and also added a lot nutritious value as well.

Preparation Time: 40 min

Ingredients:

2 cup rice

2 onions chopped finely

1/2 carrot finely chopped

1 capsicum finely chopped

2 green chillis finely chopped

1 tbsp sauf (Misti jeera)

1/2 tbsp turmeric powder

Salt

1 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

1 tbsp soya sauce

How to cook:

This recipe is a very healthy one as I have not added any masala. Just simple vegetables and little bit spices.

First of all wash the rice properly and cook for boil. Add chopped carrot also into the rice. You can add little bit of salt to that.

Now in a separate pan add refined oil and heat it. Add jeera to sit and wait for 1-2 min. Add chopped onions, chilis and capsicums to it. Add little salt as well. Add turmeric powder. Now fry them till they turn brown.

By the time the rice gets cooked. Be careful about the rice. It should not be overcooked. You can cook 80% as we will fry the rice later.

Drain the water from the rice and carrot mixture and keep them under fan to get cool down. Now take a look at the pan. Add ginger garlic paste to the fried onion and capsicum and fry for few more minute.

Now add rice to this fried mixture and mix them with the rice. Add little more salt and sugar to the rice. Stir regularly to mix the rice with all the fried vegetables. Finally add soya sauce to it and finish cooking.

Serve hot with any curry. Better to go for a thick gravy paneer or chicken item.

You can add lot of vegetables to this rice. My family liked it very much and due to less masala and oil, it actually increases taste and health value.

Try this once, your family will like it.

Shahi Veg Pulao

Shahi Vegitable pulao is a sweet rice recipe with lot of veg & other ingredients.Its really tasty with some other spicy dish.Generally this recipe is prepared from basmati rice everywhere. But I ll prepare this with Jeera Rice.Its actually typical bengali style. You can try as per your choise.

Preparation Time: 40 min

Ingredients:
2 cup jeera rice
1 Onion finely chopped
1 Tomato finely chopped
1/2 cup carrot finely chopped
1/2 cup potato finely chopped
2 Green chillis slit
1 tbsp termeric powder
Ginger Paste 1/2 tbsp
Garlic paste 1/2 tbsp
2 cinamon sticks
2-3 cardamon
2-3 cloves
1 bay leaf
Cashew nuts & other dry fruits you like
Ghee 4-5 tbsp(You can take more)
Pinch of sugar
Salt to taste

How to cook:
First of all wash the rice properly and drain out the water.Keep this aside. Wash the chopped vegetables.
We will use lots of Ghee in this recipe. Now we will take the cooker. We will cook the rice in pressure cooker. So everything will be done in that only. No other utensil required.

So Add ghee to the cooker. And now add cinamon,cardamom,bay leaf and cloves.Fry them till feel the aroma. Now add all the chopped vegetables.Add termeric powder and salt.

Now in a high flame, fry the vegutables. Its not required to fry the vegetables completely. Add ginger & garlic paste.We will saute them till the ghee is there, as we have added lots of ghee.

The speciality of this pulao is lots of ghee. Thsi ll really increase the flavour.

Now when the vegetables are properly sauted, now add the rice.Add sugar & salt if required.Add all the dry fruits & cashews.

Now mix everything properly and stir for 2-3 min.Now we will add water to it.The water proportion is the most important thing, as we have to add enough water so that the rice can cook properly,not overcooked.

Water content should be little equalt to rice.Here we took 2 cup rice, so I took 2 & 1/2 cup of water.

Now cover the lid and cook for 20-25 min in lowest flame. It could be 20-25 min or 2 whistle whichever come first.

After that cool down the cooker and explore your pulao.

The flavour is really really awsome.

We had it with Beguni, chicken curry and onions.

Its really tasty.

Payesh or Kheer

We will find out a very popular sweet dish of Bengal as well as North india. That one is KHEER or PAYESH. I think in south also its equally famous with name PAYASAM.

In Bengal we generally have it during puja or as a sweet item after meal.In north india kheer puri very popular. 

Lets see how quickly and easily we can prepare this dish at home and enjoy.

Preparation Time: 30 min

Ingredients:

100 gm Gobindobhog rice (if not available, you can use Jeera Rice also)

1 lt cow milk

Sugar around 150 gm or as per taste

1 Bay Leaf

2 Cardamoms (crushed)

½ cup Kaju, kismis, almonds (half broken)

½ tsp ghee

How to cook:

First of all take the milk in a heavy bottom vessel & bring it to boil. Reduce the flame & simmer until the milk is reduced by 2/3^rd. Wash the rice grains properly & add them to the boiling milk. Stir every 3-4 min. 

When the rice is half done add the bay leaf & sugar & stir on continuous basis. Add the kaju, kismis, almonds & cardamom seeds. Stir well & check whether it’s done. You can spread  ½ tsp ghee to enhance the flavour. Your payesh is ready to serve.

Biriyani with left over Rice

Many times we feel confuse with the left over rice. I am feeling the same tonight as I have not had lunch at home today. Got some idea which I want to share with you.

Preparation Time: 15 min

Ingredients:
Left Over Rice
1 Onion finely chopped
1 Tomato finely chopped
1/2 cup carrot finely chopped
1/2 cup potato finely chopped
2 Green chillis slit
2 Eggs
Ginger Paste 1/2 tsp
Cumin Powder 1/2 tsp
Corriander Powder 1/2 tsp
Chicken Masala 1 tsp
Oil 1 tbsp
Pinch of sugar
Salt to taste

Procedure:
Heat the oil in a pan. Put the onion & fry till it get brown. Add tomato, carrot, potato, chillis & fry for 2-3 min. Now add the masalas & stir for 1-2 min & add the rice into it. Most of the times we keep the rice in the refrigerator & thats why lump may get formed. To overcome this problem keep out the rice from fridge atleast before 1 hour & spread it in a dish. Put the salt & sugar & fry for 2-3 min & keep aside in a dish. Now pour a little bit of oil & fry the eggs like egg bhurji. Add the rice into it & stir for 1-2 min. Your Biriyani is ready. Serve with onion & lemon slices. The Biriyani with tangri kebab or Tandoori Chicken is a great combination.