Oats Upma

Oats Upma

 

Ingredients :

• Oats - 1 cup ( dry roast for few minutes & cool )
• Onion - 1 medium size ( finely chopped )
• Green chili - 2 
• Ginger - 1/2 tsp ( grated )
• Mixed vegetables - 1 cup ( carrot, beans, peas and potato )
• Water - 2 cup
• Salt - to taste 
• Oil -1 tbsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Asafoetida powder -a pinch
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Urad Dal - 1/2 tsp
• Channa Dal - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp ( finely chopped )
• Cashew nuts - 8

Method : 

1.Heat a pan roast oats for 2-3 minutes, take care not to burn it, keep aside.

2.In the same pan heat oil add mustard, Channa dal, urad dal and add green chili , curry leaves and cashew saute for few minutes.

3.Add onion saute for 2 minutes and add a mixed vegetables ( carrot, beans, peas and potato ). Saute for a 3 minutes.

4.Add turmeric powder mix it well. Now add a 2 cup of water, salt and bring it boil..

5.Now add roasted oats mix it well. Cover and cook for 4-5 minutes or until all the water is absorbed and oats gets cooked.

6.Finely garnish coriander leaves and switch off the flame. Cover the pan for few minutes.

7.Serve hot with curd or any chutney of your choice.

Mushroom Briyani

Mushroom Briyani

Ingredients:

• Mushroom - 200 grams
• Basmati Rice - 2 cups
• Onion - 2 medium size ( finely chopped )
• Tomato - 2 medium size ( finely chopped )
• Green chili - 3
• Ginger & Garlic crushed - 2 tsp
• Bay leaf - 2
• Cloves - 2
• Cinnamon stick - 2
• Cardamom - 2
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Briyani Masala - 1 tsp
• Red chili powder - 1/2 tsp
• Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp ( finely chopped )
• Mint leaves - 1 tsp
• Curd / Yogurt - 1/2 cup
• Ghee - 3 tsp
• Oil - 2 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Water - 3 1/2 cups

Method:

1.Heat oil & ghee in a pressure cooker and add bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon stick and cardamom. Then add ginger & garlic crushed sauté for a minute.

2.Then add onion and green chili fry for a minute. Add tomato sauté for few minutes.

3.Add coriander leaves and mint leaves. Then add turmeric powder, briyani masala and red chili powder, required add salt to taste. Saute for few minutes.

4.Add the mushroom and cook until the mushroom become soft. Then add curd mix it well. Now add the basmati rice to the pressure cooker mix it well. 

5.Add the 3 1/2 cup of water to the pressure cooker.  To taste and adjust the salt and masalas.Now close the lid and pressure cooker for 2 whistles. Switch off the stove after the pressure releases garnish mint or coriander leaves.

6.Serve this briyani with onion raita.



Sweet Potato Poriyal

Sweet Potato Poriyal

Ingredients:

• Sweet potatoes - 2 pieces (Sakkaravalli Kizhangu)
• Big onion - 1 medium size (finely chopped)
• Sāmbhar powder - 1 tbsp
• Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
• Mustard - 1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves - 5
• Water - 1/4 cup
• Asafoetida powder - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Oil - 2 tbsp

Method:

1.Peel the skin and wash the sweet potatoes. Chop them in round shapes and keep aside. They soon change the color, so you soak them in water, till it is to be added on to the pan.
2.Heat oil in a pan add mustard, then add curry leaves and add asafoetida powder.

3.Add finely chopped onions and fry them. Now add the chopped sweet potatoes and mix it well the onions. Then add salt to taste and sambhar powder, Garam masala powder and mix it well.

4.Now add 1/4 cup of water till the sweet potatoes could immerse in the water on the pan and close it with a lid and lower the flame.

5.Sweet potatoes gets cooked within 5 minutes in the water. Now let the sweet potatoes get roasted in the pan for another 5 minutes.

6.Serve the sweet potato Poriyal with White rice and Moong dal sambhar it will be good combination.

Sweet Potato Poriyal