JEERA RICE

Ingredients:

Basmati rice /long grain rice - 1 cup
cumin seeds - 1tsp
butter/ghee - 1tbsp
oil - 1tbsp
salt to taste
water - 1 and 1/2 cup

Method:

Soak the rice for 30 minutes and drain the rice and set aside.
Heat the oil and ghee over medium heat and fry the cumin seeds until they are brown. Add the rice and salt, stir and fry for 2-3 minutes. Add the water and bring to the boil. Cover the pan and cook for 20 minutes. Serve with any masala gravies and raita.

BISI BELE BATH - B CUBE

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 1 cup
toor dal - 1 cup
chopped mixed vegetables,(potatoes,carrots,beans)- 1cup
fresh peas - 1/2 cup
few small onions
oil - 1tbsp
turmeric powder
tamarind pulp-1tbsp
jaggery ,grated or crushed - 1tbsp
salt to taste

Fry and Grind the following all ingredients in a mixie.:

red chillies to taste
coriander seeds-1tbsp
fenugreek seeds-1tsp
cuminseeds - 1tbsp
poppy seeds- 1/2tsp
cardamoms-2
cloves-4
cinnamon-1 stick
pepper corns - 7-8
coconut powder-1/2 cup

For seasoning:
oil
ghee
mustard
hing
cashewnuts
curry leaves
red chillies

Preparation Method:

Cook the dal and rice with chopped mixed vegetables and turmericpowder, small onion, fresh peas and little oil and water. keep it aside.
Heat the oil in a sauce pan and add mustard, hing,cashewnuts, curryleaves and redchillies and fry for 1 minute. Add ground masala paste and fry for 2 minutes. Add tamarind pulp, jaggery and salt and cooked rice and dal and vegetable mixture and add 1 cup water and stir well and cook for few minutes. And stirring occasionally.Remove from fire. Add chopped coriander leaves and fried cashewnuts and 2 tbsps of ghee and mix well.
Serve hot with potato chips or pappad or menasinakaayi bajji. This is one of the very popular dish in the Karnataka.

TOMATO RICE / TOMATO PALAV

Ingredients:

Basmati rice- 2 cups( washed and soaked for 30 minutes)
Finely chopped tomatoes - 2 or 3 large
finely chopped 2 onions
finely chopped green chillies to taste
whole masala (bayleaves,cloves,cardamoms,cinnamon)
turmeric - 1/2tsp
chilli powder to taste
garam masala - 1 tsp
coriander - 1/4 tsp
oil
salt to taste
jeera
chopped coriander leaves
fried cashewnuts (optional)

Method:

Heat oil/ghee in a heavy bottom vessel or pressure cooker and add whole masala,jeera, green chillies, onions and fry for until onions are light brown. Add chopped tomatoes and fry until they are soft. Add the turmeric, chillipowder,coriander powder, garam masala and salt and mix well. Now add the water, bring to the boil.Add the rice and cover the pan and cook. Remove from heat. Garnish with corianderleaves and cashewnuts. Serve with raita and cucumber.

LEMON RICE

Ingredients:

Onion - finely chopped
green chillies - finely chopped
mustard
jeera/cumin seeds
bengal gram - 1tsp
urad dal - 1tsp
ground nuts - 2 tbsps
cashewnuts (optional)
curry leaves
coriander leaves - finely chopped
grated coconut
Cooked Rice - 3-4 cups

Method:

Heat oil in a kadai / pan. Add mustard and cumin seeds, when the seeds splutter add bengal gram, urad dal, curry leaves, greenchillies and fry for a minute. Add onions and fry for 4-5 minutes. Add salt and turmeric powder. stir well and remove from the heat.

Pour this seasoning over the cooked rice and add lemonjuice and mix well. Add coriander leaves, grated coconut and fried groundnuts and cashew nuts and mix throughly. Garnish with coriander leaves.