My pressure cooker has been on the blink ....and before you ask...yes I have only the one....and next question why have I not rushed out to get another...am still trying to figure that one out...
Sometimes I feel I have some sort of inertia...am intent on following Newton's First Law of motion...and that means no movement until an external force is applied....wondering what will be the stimulating factor for me...anyways I digress.
So how do I manage? What happens to our rounded out meals of chapatis, subzis, rice, dal and salads...well till now no dals have been cooked (since pc malfunction) other than moong dal ( yellow split dal )....which being easy to cook in regular pan on stove top is first in line...and of course the standard khichdi - rice & moong dal ( again the same reason )...curd rice...etc... and at times have also borrowed some cooked tuvar dal ( have a source conveniently situated )...
But today I felt I needed to hunt out something new in rice dish.....otherwise our taste buds might languish in gastronomic purgatory...and had also wanted to make use of some carrots which would soon be meeting it's demise too....and so set out on a internet search for carrot, rice...and somehow in my mind ginger seemed to go with it...so added ginger to the list...
Actually did find quite a few options on the net...was totally surprised....what's with all of these recipes...did all of them also have their pressure cookers on the blink ?....
Not planning to look a gift horse in the mouth...I decided to adapt one of them to suit my ingredients...and so here's how I went about it...
Ingredients :
1 cup of rice
2 medium carrots, grated
1 small onion, chopped
1 green chilli, chopped ( could add more if you like it spicier)
pinch of asafoetida
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 inch piece of ginger, grated or chopped fine
1 tblspn of roughly crushed roasted peanuts
1/2 tsp urad dal
salt to taste
2 tsp butter, 1 tsp olive oil or any other vegetable oil
1/8 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp red chilli powder
Method:
Wash and soak rice for about 20 minutes, then cook till done.
Heat a non-stick pan. Add the butter and olive oil.
Then add mustart seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal
Add onions and fry till it turns translucent.
Then add the ginger and green chilli.
Then adding the crushed peanuts, give it a quick stir and then add carrots.
Add turmeric and chilli powder and salt...cover and let it cook for couple of minutes..till the carrots have softened.
Add the cooked rice and mix it all together gently -taking care not to crush the rice.
Taste and adjust the seasonings.
Add few coriander springs and serve.
Enjoy !!!
For such a simple dish - with just a few basic ingredients - the taste is towering...the peanuts add a dash ....and somehow helps bring out the flavours of the ginger and carrots and makes it special...
Here's hoping you think it is so too.....
Sometimes I feel I have some sort of inertia...am intent on following Newton's First Law of motion...and that means no movement until an external force is applied....wondering what will be the stimulating factor for me...anyways I digress.
So how do I manage? What happens to our rounded out meals of chapatis, subzis, rice, dal and salads...well till now no dals have been cooked (since pc malfunction) other than moong dal ( yellow split dal )....which being easy to cook in regular pan on stove top is first in line...and of course the standard khichdi - rice & moong dal ( again the same reason )...curd rice...etc... and at times have also borrowed some cooked tuvar dal ( have a source conveniently situated )...
But today I felt I needed to hunt out something new in rice dish.....otherwise our taste buds might languish in gastronomic purgatory...and had also wanted to make use of some carrots which would soon be meeting it's demise too....and so set out on a internet search for carrot, rice...and somehow in my mind ginger seemed to go with it...so added ginger to the list...
Actually did find quite a few options on the net...was totally surprised....what's with all of these recipes...did all of them also have their pressure cookers on the blink ?....
Not planning to look a gift horse in the mouth...I decided to adapt one of them to suit my ingredients...and so here's how I went about it...
Ingredients :
1 cup of rice
2 medium carrots, grated
1 small onion, chopped
1 green chilli, chopped ( could add more if you like it spicier)
pinch of asafoetida
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 inch piece of ginger, grated or chopped fine
1 tblspn of roughly crushed roasted peanuts
1/2 tsp urad dal
salt to taste
2 tsp butter, 1 tsp olive oil or any other vegetable oil
1/8 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp red chilli powder
Method:
Wash and soak rice for about 20 minutes, then cook till done.
Heat a non-stick pan. Add the butter and olive oil.
Then add mustart seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal
Add onions and fry till it turns translucent.
Then add the ginger and green chilli.
Then adding the crushed peanuts, give it a quick stir and then add carrots.
Add turmeric and chilli powder and salt...cover and let it cook for couple of minutes..till the carrots have softened.
Add the cooked rice and mix it all together gently -taking care not to crush the rice.
Taste and adjust the seasonings.
Add few coriander springs and serve.
Enjoy !!!
For such a simple dish - with just a few basic ingredients - the taste is towering...the peanuts add a dash ....and somehow helps bring out the flavours of the ginger and carrots and makes it special...
Here's hoping you think it is so too.....
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