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BROKEN WHEAT PULAO

 Hi All, It has been so long since i posted a recipe. Once the pandemic started ,entire family stayed in home all day, making my time miserable. Right from morning to night I was busy and no time for blogging. I was unable to manage blogging, photography, household chores etc etc. So I stopped blogging temporarily and now thought of resuming it a little. Made this pulao few days before with broken wheat. In Pollachi we use to buy Samba ravai for making upma, here in Bengalore Iam getting samba rava only in few shops other than that shops sell this broken wheat as rava :). And as usual my husband brought this broken wheat as Samba rava. So instead of wasting it, made this pulao with double beans.  Simple recipe is as below, INGREDIENTS : Broken wheat -1 cup Ginger -1" piece Garlic 10 pods Cinnamon 1 pc Cloves 2 Cardamom 1 no Other briyani spices 1 each (star anise, bay leaf, marati mokku) Onion 1.5 no Mint, coriander leaves 1 handful Lemon juice 1 tsp Salt Ghee ,oil 2 tblsp Bri...
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BEEF BRIYANI

Hi All, I brought this beef from Kochi, There in LULU mall I saw a range of meat varieties and wanted to try something new so brought these beef pieces. This is the first time Im cooking beef and it is similar to goat meat and I don’t even find any difference in taste too. Since im sure Im not going to cook beef much so I thought of making it as briyani. The easy and yummy beef briyani recipe is as below, COOKING TIME : 1 HOUR SERVINGS : 5 members INGREDIENTS : Beef – 500 gms. Zeera samba – 2 cups. Onion – 2 nos (big). Bay leaf – 1 no. Star anise – 1 no. Marati mokku – 2 (small). Cardamom – 3 nos. Stone flower – 1 small piece. Mace – 1 small piece. Pandan leaves – 1 no ( optional). Ghee- 4 tsp. Oil – 2 tsp. Coriander leaves – 2 tblsp. Mint leaves – 2 tblsp. Briyani masala powder – 2 tsp Lemon juice – 1 tsp. TO GRIND : Onion – 1 no ( big). Dry red chillies – 5 nos. Ginger   - 1 ½ “ piece. Garlic – 10 pods. Fennel seed...
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SOUTH INDIAN KUSKA (VIDEO AND TEXT RECIPE) - குஸ்க்கா

Hi All, South Indian Kushka , which we cook often in home when we run out of vegs or for simple parties. I served with Soya fry (r ecipe link here ) The simple trick of the aromatic kushka is soaking the spices. Here is the simple recipe of easy , yummy, flavourful kushka, INGREDIENTS : Zeera rice or Basmathi rice – 1 1/4 cup. Cloves – 2 Star Anise – 1 Marati mokku – 1 Cinnamon – 4 Bay leaf – 1 Onion – 2 nos. Green chillies – 2 nos. Chilli powder – 1 tsp. Garam masala or Briyani Masala – 1 tsp. Salt – as required. Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp. Ghee – 2+ 1 tsp. Lemon juice – 1 tsp. Method : Here is the simple video for your easy ref, Soak 1 bay leaf, cinnamon 2 pcs, cloves 3, star anise 1, marati mokku 1 in 1 cup water and refrigerate overnight or for 6 hours . Next day remove spices from water and keep it aside till use. Don't discard water we need it for soaking rice Wash 1 1/2 cup zeera rice or basmath...
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CHICKEN RAVA/ SOOJI BRIYANI

Hi, CHICKEN RAVA/ SOOJI BRIYANI! Briyani is the name which gives brightness in my family's face but the name rava upma always gives a disgusting reaction in their face😓 So this the twist that I made with rava to make it yummy, and my trial didn't go in vain, upma briyani came out very well and it was too good and yummy. Yummy, spicy, easy chicken sooji briyani recipe is below, COOKING TIME : 20 minutes. SERVINGS : 5 members INGEDIENTS: Chicken- 1/2 kg. Rava- 2 cups. Ghee- 2 tsp + 1 tsp Bay leaf- 1 no Star anise- 1 Marati Mokku- 1 Cinnamon- 2 Cloves- 3 Cardamom- 1 Coriander leaves- 5 tsp Mint leaves- 5 tsp. Onions- 1 no Ginger garlic paste- 1 1/2 tsp. Tomato- 1 no Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp. Chilli powder- 1 tsp. Briyani masala powder- 1 tsp Lemon juice- 1/2 tsp. Salt- as required. TO MARINATE AND FRY CHICKEN: Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp Chilli powder- 1 tsp. Coriander powder- 1 1/2 tsp. Chicken masala- 2 tsp...
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BRINJAL RICE

Hi, BRINJAL RICE! This rice is one of the dish which I make to hide brinjals in our lunch😊 As I told you earlier my husband does  not eat brinjals ,so in order to add brinjals in his diet I often make this rice which is so yummy that he cannot avoid. Simple , yummy brinjal rice recipe is as below, Recipe source : Sailus kitchen. COOKING TIME : 20 mins. SERVINGS : 3 members INGREDIENTS : Brinjals – 10 nos ( small or medium sized). Rice – 1 cup. Oil / ghee – 1 1/2 tsp Mustard – 1/2 tsp. Channa dal – 1 tsp. Curry leaves – a sprig. Turmeric powder – 1/8 tsp. Lemon juice – 1/2 tsp. Salt – as per taste. TO DRY ROAST AND GRIND : Cumin – 1 tsp. Coriander seeds – 1 tsp. Dry red chillies – 3 Poppy seeds – 1/4 tsp. Channa dal – 1/2 tsp Urad dal – 1/2 tsp. Coconut – 1 tsp. Cinnamon – 1” piece – 1 no. Marathi mokku - 1 Cloves – 2 Asafoetida – a pinch Ghee / oil – 1 tsp NEED CLARIFICATION ABOUT MY MEASUREMENTS?...
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WARM WATER CHAPATI / BEGINNER GUIDE FOR SOFT CHAPATI

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