Tomato Rice

This rice is common in all kongunadu kitchens. Either the will cook like this way or else they will separately cook the tomaotes and rice and will mix the two.

Ingredients:

Basmathi rice - 1 cup

Tomato - 3 large - chop fine.

Onions - 2 small - chop lengthwise

Green chillies - 3

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp

Garam masala - 1 tsp

Coconut milk - 1/2 cup(optional) if not available substitute with water.


Salt

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

To temper:

Oil - 2 tbsp

Bay leaf - 1

Star anise - 1


Method:

1. Wash and soak rice in 1 1/2 cup water or in the ratio of 1:1/2 of water and coconut milk for 20 min.

2. Heat a pressure pan and temper with the given ingredients.

3. Add onions and fry till golden brown.

4. Add green chillies and fry.

5. Add ginger garlic paste, garam masala and fry till raw smell goes off.

6. Add tomatoes and cook until mushy.

7. Add rice.

8. Add turmeric powder and salt.

9. When boils close the cooker and keep weight.

10. At once, simmer the flame and cook for 15 minutes.

11. Cool, Open and then serve.

          

Coconut milk Pulao

Coconut milk Pulao is a  high calorie pulao and it can be given to kids as it has no cholesterol and it contains high saturated fat.
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Ingredients:

Basmathi rice -  1 cup

Coconut milk - 1 cup

Pudhina leaves - handful (optional)

Water - 1/2 cup

To temper:

Ghee - 2 tbsp ( I used oil)

Bay leaf - 1

Star anise - 1

Cardamom - 1

Onion - 2 small - chop fine lengthwise

Green chillies - 3

Curry leaves - few

Garlic - 10 flakes - chop fine

Ginger - 1" - chop fine


Method:

1. Take coconut milk and water in the ratio 1: 1/2 for 1 cup rice.

2. Wash and soak basmathi rice in the above mixture.

3. In a pressure cooker, Heat ghee and temper with the given ingredients in the order of bay leaf, star anise, cardamom, onion, green chillies, garlic and ginger. Fry each one of these and add one by one to fry.

4. Add rice along with the coconut milk mixture.

5. Add salt.

6. Close the cooker and keep weight.

7. At once, lower the flame and cook for 10 minutes.

8. Cool, open and then serve.