Corn Rava Kesari

In stores here, we get corn rava. while shopping i will pass by it and never think of doing any recipe from it. My MIL told me that she will that in wheat upma. So i decided to do a sweet with this and the result was fabulous and healthy too. No need of color as it is in orange color itself.

Ingredients:

Corn rava - 1 cup - Roasted

Sugar - 2 cup

Water - 1 1/2 cup

Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Cashews - 10 - broken

Raisins - few

Ghee - 2 tbsp - for frying

         - 1/2 cup for kesari

Preparation:

1. In a nonstick or hard bottomed pan, heat ghee and fry cashews and raisins. Remove.

2. In the same kadai, add water and let it to boil.

3. Add rava and stir it continuously.

4. Add sugar and fold in continuously to remove lumps.

5. When very well cooked, add ghee and stir till ghee floats on top.

6. Add fried cashews and raisins and remove.

7. Garnish and then serve.

Note:

1. If served hot, it tastes great. When cold, it was not that much tastier.

2. I make bars. After removing from the stove, I transferred it to a greased plate. Cool and then cut into diamonds or whatever shape you want and then serve.

Potato Rice - Yummy Rice

I came across this potato-rice-pulao from Vardhini blog. I wondered how can a rice be done with potatoes. Really superb and quick jiffy rice and delicious too. Thanks Vardhini for this delicious rice.

I cooked it as a one pot meal. Here comes the recipe. I didn't made any alterations to the recipe.

Ingredients

Basmati rice - 1 1/2 cups

Oil - 1 tbsp

Cloves - 2

Cinnamon - 1"

Onion - 2 medium - chop fine

Green chillies - 4 - slit into 2

Ginger  - 1/2" piece or 1 tsp ginger paste

Potatoes - 2 large - sliced fine

Salt

Cilantro - 1 bunch - cleaned and chopped

Method:

1. Wash and drain rice. Soak rice in water for about 20 min.

2. Heat Oil in a pressure cooker and temper with cloves and cinnamon. 

3. Add onions and green chillies followed by chopped ginger. Saute until onions are pinkish.

4. Next add the potatoes and salt.Saute well for 2 min.

5. Add the key ingredient which is the coriander leaves and mix well. 

6. Add rice and required amount of water. 

7. Pressure cook for 2 whistles.

8. Cool, open and then serve.

Variations:

Vardhini has told that it can be done with eggplant. Want to try with eggplant and post it here.