Simple Vegetable Pulao | Veg Pulao Recipe

This pulao doesn't need much time; it can be done in a jiffy. I made palak paneer with the extra bunch of spinach I had at home and served it with this simple Veg pulao. It was delicious and TH liked this combo of quick lunch. This can even be packed in lunch box for kids and this turns to be a healthy version of pulao, since it has almost all veggies. You can turn the same recipe into a non-veg dish by adding chicken chunks. Keep this as a base and make ur own variation of pulao. Share ur views and ideas of what all can be added in this pulao.  

Preparation time 5-8 minutes
Cooking time: 10-15 minutes

Palak Paneer Recipe

Palak Paneer is basically a North-Indian Side dish which is majorly accompanied with chapathi or roti. Spinach leaves which are pureed and cooked with Indian Cottage cheese give an extraordinary flavor when cooked with the Indian spices. Trust me; I haven’t tried with Palak Paneer in any of the restaurants before I make it myself. I was lighter, since I dint use cream in my dish. Even cashew paste can also be added instead of cream. We had it for our dinner on a busy day with a Simple Vegetable Pulao (Recipe Coming soon). 

Preparation time: 5-8 mins 

Cooking time: 15-20 mins

Egg Masala Podimas | Egg Bhurji

This podimas is a slight variation of Egg podimas recipe which I had posted before. In that I just added onions and green chillies which suits rice with spicy gravy. Whereas this podimas is for rice along with sambar or rasam which are less spiced. This podimas even taste better when done in Iron skillet rather the non-stick wok.

You can directly break the eggs on to the masalas or you can whisk the eggs separately in a bowl and then add to the masalas. In either way it tastes the same, I believe. The best combo for this podimas is Sambar. This will be a sure shot winner if u don’t have any veggies at home, but still wanted to have a perfect meal.

Preparation time: 3-5minutes

Cooking time: 7-10 minutes

Aval Upma | Poha Upma | Flattened Rice Upma with Vegetables

Whenever I run out of time for making breakfast or even for dinner, the first thing comes to my mind is aval upma. Instead going for Maggie, we make this for dinner some times. Since it is rice flakes it gives u tummy full feeling when had a little and they are rich in nutrition. Adding roasted peanuts gives a crunchy effect to the soft poha. You can even try adding roasted cashews.

Aval will swell after adding any type of liquids, either water or milk. But too much of soaking in water may give a soggy texture. So just give a quick soaking time in water before starting up with the recipe. Check outanother recipe for aval here. 

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 10-15 minutes

Fried Prawn Biryani | Shrimp Biryani | Prawn 65 Biryani

Making prawn biryani is very easy when compared to the mutton biryani and chicken biryani. Since prawns are lighter than the others it never gives a tummy-full feel. I already made prawn biryani and this time wanted to try with something new with prawns. So I tried frying the prawns separately and adding it to the biryani as like chicken 65 biryani.

You can shallow fry the prawns slowly till perfection or else u can even deep fry the prawns. I don’t want to use too much of oil, hence I shallow fried it in a tawa. If you don’t want the fried prawns, I do have another recipe for prawn biryani. Check here for the recipe.

Preparation time: 30mins

Cooking time: 20-30 mins

Karamani Kuzhambu | Thatta Payir Kara Kuzhambu | Spicy Black-eyed Peas Gravy

Preparation time: 5 hours (for soaking karamani)

Cooking time: 20-30 mins 

Fish Tawa Fry | Simple Fish Fry

After coming to California I tried many varieties of fish as like we get in India. In a way am happy for the switching from Minnesota. I tried King Fish (vanjaram), Pomfret (vavval) and also Golden thread (sankara) fish fries. As I already told u, am a great great fan of fish… and sankara (golden thread) is one of my favorite. I love to have fish with the bones. Actually the bones enhance the tastes. TH really gets irritated to eat the fish along with the bones.

This recipe was tried long before when I was in Minnesota. I tried it with Catfish. Amma always makes this masala for Sankara meen and it melts in mouth… whenever we buy fish, my work is to clean and doing the marinating. TH does the frying part for me patiently. I must say he is an expert in doing that. I really like the way he fries the fish for me. Even this fry was done by him and I simply ate it once they are piping hot.

Try this recipe with any variety of fish and let me know ur reviews. Don’t forget to check out other recipes of Fish. Click here for the recipe. 

Preparation time: 30-45 mins

Cooking time: 15-20 mins