Coconut Milk Rice

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 15 mins
Serves 2













Ingredients:

1 cup rice
3/4th cup coconut milk
1 inch cinnamon stick
4 - 6 cloves
1 bay leaf
1 small star anise
1 cup frozen vegables (carrot, peas, beans)
4 - 6 green chillies
1 sprig mint leaves
2 teaspoon ghee
1/2 teaspoon oil
salt to taste

Method:

Wash and soak rice for 10 minutes. Drain the rice and spread it on a plate. Drizzle oil on rice and microwave it for 5 minutes.

Heat ghee in a cooker. Add the whole spices and saute for a minute. Add the vegetable, green chillies, mint leaves and saute for 2 - 3 minutes. Add 1 1/4 cup of water and 3/4 cup of coconut milk. Add rice to it and pressure cook for a whistle.

Lemon Rice

Preparation time: 1o minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 4









Ingredients:

1 cup rice
1 tablespoon lemon juice
salt to taste

To Season:

1/2 teaspoon mustard
1 teaspoon urad dal
1 teaspoon channa dal
1 table spoon peanuts
5 - 7 dried red chillies
1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
1/4 teaspoon tamarind pulp
curry leaves
oil

Method:

Pressure cook rice. Add lemon juice, salt and keep it aside.

Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard, dried chillies and curry leaves. Once the mustard splutters add urad dal, channa dal and peanuts. Once it turns golden add all the spice powders and saute for a minute. Dilute the tamarind paste in 2 tablespoon of water and add it. Let it boil.

Add this mixture to the rice.