Lemon Rice (Lamon Rise) Recipe

Requirements
  • 1 cup Basmati Rice
  • 4-5 Curry Leaves
  • 1 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp Cumin seeds
  • A pinch of Asafoetida
  • 2 tbsp Chana Dal
  • 2 tbsp Urad Dal
  • 3 Green chillies, chopped
  • ½ inch Ginger, chopped
  • 3-4 tbsp Peanuts, roasted and de-skinned
  • 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  • Oil
  • Salt to taste
  • Juice of 1 big Lemon
  • Few coriander leaves, chopped

How to Make lemon Rice:

  1. Wash and soak the rice for 10 mins.
  2. Boil the rice in 3-4 cups of water and set aside.
  3. In order to obtain separate grains, do not overcook the rice and drain off excess water and leave aside.
  4. Wash chana dal and urad dal and set aside
  5. Heat the oil in a cooking pan, add curry leaves, mustard seeds, asafoetida and cumin seeds.
  6. When mustard seeds splutter, add urad dal, chana dal, chopped green chillies, ginger and peanuts.
  7. Fry till peanuts change color and add turmeric.
  8. Add the rice, mix well and add salt.
  9. Remove from gas, add the lemon juice and garnish with coriander.
  10. Serve hot with yogurt (optional).
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Vegetable Biryani (Vagitable Birani) Recipe

Ingredients:
  • 2 cups Basmati rice
  • 1 cup vegetables (Cauliflower, potato, carrot, French beans)
  • 150 grams Green peas
  • 3 Thinly sliced onion
  • 2 Thin sliced green chilies
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp Red chili powder
  • 2 tsp Cinnamon, caraway seeds
  • 4 Cloves
  • 1 tsp Black pepper powder
  • 4 Tomatoes
  • 1 cup Yogurt (curd)
  • 4 tbsp Vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 3 tbsp Dry fruits (cashew nuts, raisins)
Method:
  1. Wash rice well before cooking.
  2. Then take rice with 3 cup water and a little salt added to it and 2 tbsp of dry fruits.
  3. Cook it in pressure cooker (wait for one whistle and then switch off the gas).
  4. You can also cook it in a pan or microwave it the way you normally cook rice.
  5. Cut all the vegetables into small thin pieces and fry each one of it separately in oil.
  6. Also fry the green peas.
  7. Then fry mustard seeds, green chili, cinnamon and caraway seeds powder, cloves and black pepper powder for about 1 minute and then add onions.
  8. Fry till the color of onion changes to pink.
  9. Add salt and red chili powder and stir it properly.
  10. Add fine chopped tomatoes and fry till they are properly cooked.
  11. Next add yogurt (fine) and stir well.
  12. Heat it for about 10 seconds.
  13. Add all the fried vegetables.
  14. Lastly add the cooked rice and mix well with very light hands so that the rice grain doesn't break.
  15. Cook for about 3 minutes.
  16. Keep the vegetable biryani in a serving dish.
  17. Decorate with dry fruits and green coriander leaves.
  18. Serve with raita
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red bean salad (Red Been Slaad) recipe

Ingredients
  • 6 oz. (175 g) Red Kidney Beans
  • 1 Onion
  • 1 Glove Garlic
  • 1 Tablespoon Red Wine vinegar
  • 5 Tablespoons Olive Oil
  • 1/4 Teaspoon Dry Mustard Powder
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon Tomato Puree
  • Sea Salt to taste
  • Freshly ground black pepper

Directions

  1. Soak Beans overnight in cold water.
  2. Drain
  3. Cook in fresh water in Pan, bring to boil and then simmer until thoroughly cooked.
  4. Check if ready in 45 minutes. Beans vary in the way you like them.
  5. Drain beans
  6. Peel and slice the onion and crush the garlic.
  7. Add to the beans.
  8. Mix together the Vinegar, oil, mustard, sugar, tomato puree and some sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and pour this mixture over the beans stirring well.
  9. As with most bean salads I think this is best served very cold and it is certainly worth making this in advance so that the flavours have time to blend.
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Apple Cake (Aple Kake) Recipe

Ingredients
  • 180g butter
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1½ cups self raising flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ cup milk
  • 2 apples: peeled, cored and sliced
  • 1 tablespoon sugar and ½ teaspoon cinnamon (for sprinkling on top)
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 180°c
  2. Cream butter and sugar
  3. Add eggs one at a time while beating
  4. Sift in ½ the flour and cinnamon
  5. Fold in remaining flour and milk – alternating
  6. Pour mixture into greased pan
  7. Arrange apple slices on top
  8. Bake for about 40 minutes or until cooked
  9. Place on cooling rack and sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top
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Iced Coffee (Ised Coffe) Recipe

Ingredients
  • 4 teaspoons instant coffee granules
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 4 teaspoons sugar substitute equivalent to 4 teaspoons sugar, optional
  • 1 cup fat-free milk
  • 4 teaspoons chocolate syrup
  • 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Ice cubes

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, dissolve coffee in water.
  2. Add sweetener if desired. Stir in the milk, chocolate syrup and vanilla; mix well.
  3. Serve over ice.
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Chocolate Strawberry Banana Milkshake Recipe


Ingredients
  • 1 cup low-fat milk
  • 1/2 cup frozen unsweetened strawberries
  • 1/2 ripe banana
  • 2 tablespoons powdered chocolate drink mix
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons white sugar
Directions
  • In a blender combine milk, frozen strawberries, 1/2 banana, chocolate milk powder, vanilla and sugar. Blend until smooth. If consistency is too runny, you may add more strawberries.
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