How to Make Lemon Rice

Learn how to make Lemon Rice. This is a delicious pulao recipe with the tangy taste of lemon. An ideal recipe for summer. It can be served with rasam or salad.  It can be packed for lunch box also. In southern part of India Lemon Rice can be made during the festive occasion of pongal. But here we can prepare this for heavy breakfast or light lunch. So enjoy this quick and easy recipe. Even with left over rice it can be more easy.

Preparation time - 5 minutes
Cooking time  - 10 minutes
Serves - 4 person


Ingredients to make Lemon Rice:


1 1/2 cup basmati rice 
1 tea spoon lemon juice
1 tea spoon oil
1/2 tea spoon mustard seeds
1/2 tea spoon black lentil - urad dal
1/2 tea spoon gram dal - chana dal
4 to 5 pieces dry red chilies
8 to 10 curry leaves
A pinch turmeric powder
Salt to taste
1 tea spoon ginger paste
1/4 cup roasted peanuts
A pinch asafoetida - hing


For garnishing:


Chopped coriander leaves
Lemon slices


Method to make Lemon Rice:

• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds to it. When they crackles add asafoetida, black lentil and gram dal. Let them turn light pink. 
• Add red chilies, turmeric powder and curry leaves.
• Add boiled rice,salt and lemon juice. Mix well.
• Hot and tangy Lemon juice is ready to serve.

How to make Baked Masala Khichdi

Learn how to make Baked Masala Khichdi. This time of year (winter) especially, khichdi serves as an easy and inexpensive, but warming and enriching meal. There are different types of khichdis to make, with almost any ingredient available. One of my favorites is Baked Masala Khichdi. I have tried it at many different restaurants, but prefer to make my own meals from scratch. Below is my recipe for  Baked Masala Khichdi. This is a recipe that serves my creativity well. It can be changed easily to fit dietary needs. It is simple to make and soothing to eat.

So here is a homemade recipe for masala khichdi with lots of vegetables. This recipe is very nutritious because it contains rice, dals, vegetables, curd and maybe sprouts. Means it's full of fibers, calcium, protein and vitamins. So, enjoy testy khichdi recipe this winter.

Preparation time - 15 minutes
Cooking time 25 minutes
Serves - 4 people

Ingredients to make Baked Masala Khichdi:

1 cup rice - basmati
1/2 cup mix dal - toor dal, mung dal, gram dal
2 table spoon ghee
1 tea spoon mustard seeds
1 tea spoon cumin seeds
2 dry red chili
1 tea spoon green chili paste
1/4 tea spoon asafoetida
1/2 tea spoon ginger paste
1/2 tea spoon garlic paste
1/8 cup chopped onion
1/8 cup chopped potatoes
1/8 cup chopped french beans
1/8 cup chopped green peas
1/8 cup chopped carrot
1 table red chili powder
1/4 tea spoon turmeric powder
1 tea spoon garam masalo
1 cup curd
2 1/2 cup water
2 onion slices fried
Salt to taste


For garnishing:


Fried onion


To serve with:


masala curd

Method to make Baked Masala Khichdi:

• Wash rice and dal. Soak for 15 minutes.
• In a pressure cooker heat ghee and add cumin seeds and mustard seeds. When they crackles asafoetida and dry red chili. Now  add chili, ginger and garlic paste.
• Cook for 1 minutes and than add soaked rice, dal and chopped vegetables. 
• Mix properly. Now add salt, red chili powder, turmeric powder and garam masala powder. Mix well.
• Add water and pressure cook for 2 whistles. Let it cool at room temp.
• Transfer khichdi in a microwave proof baking tray and spread whipped curd over it. Spread fried onion slices over it and grill it for 5 minutes in microwave.
• Hot and healthy Baked Masala Khichdi is ready to serve.
• Serve it with masala curd.

Tips to make Baked Masala Khichdi more healthy:

• Sprouts can be used instead of mix dals.

How to make Shahi Dum Biriyani with Cheese Raita

Learn how to make Shahi Dum Biriyani with Cheese Raita. There are various types of wonderful recipes available Worldwide. It is usually found that food lovers want to taste the delicacies around the world but don't have enough options to choose from their favorite recipes. Indian food is known for its good variety of tastes. I always believe that the best things in life are always the simple food. Some simple foods can make a world of difference and spice up entire dish. You can change some of the ingredients to add some variety to this recipe if you serve it often. It is simple to make something to eat.

So, here it is homemade Indian traditional Shahi Dum Biriyani. It is pure vegetarian shahi biriyani, with the richness of cheese, butter and paneer � cottage cheese. It has to be served with rich and creamy Cheese Raita.

Preparation time � 30 minutes

Cooking time � 30 minutes

Serves � 4 people

Ingredients to make Shahi Dum Biriyani:

2 table spoon oil
2 table spoon butter
� tea spoon cumin seeds
2 tea spoon green chilly finely chopped
2 onion finely chopped
� cup tomato puree
� capsicum finely chopped
2 boiled potatoes finely chopped
� cup boiled green peas
1 cup basmati rice
Salt to taste
1 tea spoon boiled green peas
� cup carrot par boiled and finely chopped
2 tea spoon cashew nuts � roasted in butter
2 tea spoon raisins soaked
� tea spoon turmeric powder
� cup cheese � cut in small cubes
� cup paneer � cottage cheese � small cubes
1 tea spoon biriyani masalo
1 tea spoon red chili powder


For garnishing:

Finely chopped coriander leaves
Butter
fried paneer pieces
Roasted cashew nuts
Fried onion slice

Ingredients to make Cheese Raita:

1 � cup curd
2 table spoon full cream
2 table spoon cheese spread
Salt to taste
Finely chopped coriander leaves

Method to make Shahi Dum Biriyani:

1. Soak rice and cook it. When cooked let it cool at room temp.
2. In other pan heat oil and butter and add cumin seeds. When it crackles add onion and fry till light brown in colour.
3. Now add tomato puree and let it cook properly.
4. Add all chopped vegetables and dry spices. Mix well and cook properly.
5. Add boiled rice, cheese cubes and paneer cubes. Mix well. Cook for 2 minutes.
6. Put pan on tavi � griddle and add butter on rice. Now make smoking effect with the help of coal and close the lead. Cook on very slow flame for 5 minutes with griddle.
7. After that remove smoke and garnish with dry fruits, fried onion, paneer and coriander.
8. Hot and smoky Shahi Dum Biriyani is ready to serve. Serve it with Cheese Raita.

Method to make Cheese Raita:

1. Mix all the ingredients of raita in a bowl and serve with shahi dum biriyani.

Tips for cheese raita:

1. You can add grated cucumber, carrot and capsicum to make it more healthy.

How to make Masala Khichdi

Learn how to make Masala Khichdi in microwave.


Khichdi is a special recipe of Indian - Gujarati cuisine.
Normally we are making it by pressure cooking. But here it's a recipe of masala khichdi in microwave. Which is full of vegetable, means full of vitamins. But over all this is a tasty and healthy recipe which is good to digest.

Preparation time - 10 minutes 
Cooking time - 18 minutes
Serves - 8 persons


Ingredients to make Masala Khichdi:


1 cup washed and soaked basmati rice
1/4 cup mung dal - yellow
2 table spoon chana dal - gram dal
1/2 table spoon ghee
1/2 table spoon oil
Salt to taste
1/4 tea spoon turmeric powder
3 to 4 green chilly - crushed
1/4 tea spoon ginger paste
1/2 tea spoon garlic paste
1 big onion - chopped
1 small potato - chopped
1 small carrot - chopped
1/4 cup green peas
1 table spoon garam masalo
8 to 10 curry leaves
3 to 4 cups water 
3 to 4 whole dry red chilly
1/2 tea spoon mustard seeds
1/2 tea spoon cumin seeds
1/4 tea spoon asafoetida


For Garnishing:


Finely chopped coriander


To serve with:


Roasted Papad
Gujarati kadhi
Masala curd

Method to make Masala Khichdi:

• In a microwave proof big bowl mix ghee, oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, dry  masala, green chilly, curry leaves, dry red chilly, onion, garlic, ginger, vegetables and asafoetida. Cook for 2 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Add soaked rice and again cook for 2 minutes.
• Add water and salt and cover half the bowl. Cook for 8 minutes at MICRO HI. Stir.
• Again cook for 4 minutes at MICRO MED. Stir.
• At last cook for 2 minutes at MICRO LOW. And stand for 2 minutes.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Piping hot Masala Khichdi is ready to serve. Serve it with Gujarati Kadhi or Masala curd and papad.

How to make Jeera Rice

Learn how to make Jeera Rice in microwave.


Another kind of rice recipe in Indian cuisine. Jeera rice can be served with curry, dal fry or dal makhani. Here it's a home made recipe for jeera rice in micro wave.

Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 13 minutes
Serves - 6 persons

Ingredients to make Jeera Rice:


1 cup washed and 20 minutes soaked -
Basmati rice
1 piece cinnamon
2 pieces cloves
1 tea spoon ghee
1 tea spoon cumin seeds
4 to 5 cup water
Salt to taste (opt.)


Method to make Jeera rice: 

• In a big microwave safe bowl mix ghee, rice, clove, cinnamon and cumin seeds. 
• Cook for 1 minute at MICRO HI.
• Add salt and water. Cover half of the bowl and than cook for 7 minutes at MICRO HI. Stir.
• Cook for 3 minutes at MICRO MED. stir.
• Again cook for 2 minutes at MICRO LOW. Stand for 2 minutes. 
• Hot and quick Jeera rice is ready to serve with dal fry or dal makhani.

How to make Paneer Biriyani

Learn how to make Paneer Biriyani.


Paneer is a good source of calcium. Here is a home made recipe for special Mughlai recipe - Paneer Biriyani. This recipe is made in microwave so, good in taste and good for health also. 

Preparation time - 15 minutes
Cooking time - 17 minutes
Serves - 6 persons


Ingredients to make Paneer Biriyani: 


for biriyani:


1 cup basmati rice - long grain rice
200 gram paneer pieces
10 - 15 cashew nut 
1 table spoon curd
1/2 tea spoon lemon juice
1/2 tea spoon garam masalo
1 table spoon freshly cut mint leaves
2 cups water
Salt to taste


For tadka:


1 table spoon ghee
1 table spoon oil
1/2 tea spoon cumin seeds
1 1/2 table spoon biriyani masalo


For paste:


1/2 cup chopped onion
1 tea spoon ginger paste
4 to 5 whole dry red chilies
1/2 cup tomato
1 table spoon crushed garlic


Crush all the ingredients and make fine paste.


For garnishing:


Fried onion
Roasted cashew
Fried raisin

Method to make Paneer Biriyani: 

• Wash rice and soak them. Keep a side for at least 15 minutes.
• Mean while mix paneer, curd, salt, lemon juice and other spices in a mixing bowl. Keep a side for at least 30 minutes.
• Mix all the ingredients of tadka in a big microwave proof bowl and cook for 1 minute at MICRO HI.
• Add  paste to it and again cook for 2 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Add rice and paneer and cook for 2 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Add water and salt and stir properly.
• Cover half the bowl and cook for 7 minutes at MICRO HI. Than for 3 minutes at MICRO MED.
• And at last cook for 2 minutes at MICRO LOW. Give standing time of 2 to 4 minutes.
• Hot and delicious Paneer Biriyani is ready to serve.
• Garnish with fried onion, roasted cashew, coriander leaves and fried raisin. 
• You can serve this with whipped curd.

How to make Veg. Pulao with Raita

Learn, how to make home made veg.pulao recipe in microwave with raita

Here is a easy recipe for Veg. pulao with raita in microwave.This home made pulao recipe contains vegetables, milk products and rice also. so, it is full of nutritions, can be act as whole meal also. It's really a very good source of vitamins and calcium also.

Serve - 4

Cooking time - 15 minutes

Preparation time - 10 minutes

Ingredients to make Veg.Pulao with Raita:

Basmati rice	:	1 cup
French beans (finely chopped & boiled)	:	2 table spoon
Carrot (finely chopped & boiled)	:	2 table spoon
Onion (finely chopped)	:	2 table spoon
Green peas (boiled)	:	2 table spoon
Tomato (finely chopped)	:	2 table spoon
Capsicum (finely chopped)	:	2 table spoon
Paneer (finely chopped & fried)	:	100 gram
Pulao masalo	:	1 table spoon
Water	:	2 cups
Butter or ghee	:	1 table spoon
Turmeric powder	:	1 tea spoon
Salt to taste
For garnishing:
Fried cashew nut
Finely chopped coriander
Butter
For raita:
Hung curd (hang for � hour only)	:	1 cup
Cheese spread	:	� cup
Vinegar	:	1 tea spoon
Crushed green chilly	:	1 table spoon
Salt to taste
Chopped mint leaves	:	5 � 6
Chopped coriander	:	1 table spoon
Shredded or very finely chopped cucumber (pressed)	:	� cup
Cumin powder	:	1 tea spoon

Method to make veg. Pulao with Raita:

1. Mix butter, washed n 30 minutes soaked rice and onion in a microwave proof bowl. Cook them for 2 minutes at high temperature.
2. Now add carrot,french beans, green peas, turmeric powder, salt and water to it. And cook for 8 - 9 minutes at high temperature.
3. Now add tomatoes, fried paneer and capsicum and again cook for 2 minutes at high temp.Stand for 2 minutes and garnish with coriander leaves, fried cashew nut and butter.

For Raita:

1. Mix hung curd, cheese spread, vinegar and salt to gather.
2. Now add pressed cucumber,cumin seeds powder,coriander leaves, mint leaves and green chillies to it and mix well.
3. Garnish with coriander leaves and let it chill for at least 1 hour in a refrigerator.

Piping hot veg.pulao and chilled raita is ready to serve.

How To Make Spanish Rice

Learn, How to make delicious,home made Spanish rice recipe. Spanish rice is very delicious and tangy rice. As it contains tomato pure and green vegetables also it is full of protein and vitamins.

Serves - 4

Preparation time - 10 minutes

Cooking time - 20 minutes

Ingredients to make Spanish Rice:

Basmati rice	:	1 cup
Finely chopped onion	:	� cup
Tomato pure	:	750 gram
Chopped capsicum	:	� cup
Chopped French beans(boiled)	:	� cup
Chopped paneer	:	� cup
Chopped carrots(boiled)	:	� cups
Green peas(boiled)	:	� cup
Salt to taste
Red chilly powder	:	2 tea spoon
Black pepper powder	:	1 tea spoon
Oil	:	2 table spoon

For garnishing:
Chopped coriander

Method to make Spanish Rice:

1. Soak rice for half an hour, boil it and keep a side.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add onion and fry for a while, now add tomato pure and let it cook properly.
3. Add salt,pepper powder and red chilly powder in it, let it cook.
4. Now add green peas,carrots,french beans,paneer and capsicum to it. After a minute add boiled rice and mix it very slowly.
5. Garnish with coriander laves. Delicious and tangy Spanish Rice is ready to serve.

How to Make Tomato Rice

Learn, how to make delicious, home made tomato rice recipe in microwave.

Tomato rice is very good option for rice lovers. This recipe contains rice,coconut milk and of course tomatoes so, it is good source of vitamin c and proteins.

Serves - 6

Preparation time - 10 minutes

cooking time - 15 minutes

Ingredients to make Tomato Rice:

Basmati rice	:	1 cup
Tomato pure	:	1 cup
Coconut water	:	1 cup
Finely chopped onions	:	� cup
Ginger garlic pest	:	1 table spoon
Cumin seeds	:	1 tea spoon
Red chilly powder	:	1 tea spoon
Garam masalo	:	1 tea spoon
Curry patta	:	8 � 10
Water	:	1 � cup
Oil	:	2 table spoon
Salt to taste

For garnishing:

Boiled green peas

Sliced tomato

Finely chopped coriander

Method to make Tomato Rice:

1. Mix oil,rice,onion,crushed ginger garlic cumin seeds and curry patta and cook at high temperature in microwave proof bowl for 3 minutes.
2. Add other ingredients and mix well. Cover with clean film, make some small holes on it, so that steam can release.
3. Cook for 7 minutes at micro- hi, than 3 minutes for micro - med and 2 minutes for micro - lo. At last stand for 2 minutes.
4. Garnish with green peas,tomatoes and coriander leaves. Delicious hot Tomato rice is ready to serve.

How To Make Fried Rice

Learn, how to make Chinese Fried Rice recipe.


Chinese fried rice is a very very well known recipe of Chinese cousin. Here is a home made recipe trying to make it simple and fast.


Serves - 4
Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 10 minutes


Ingredients to make Fried rice:

Basmati rice	:	1 � cup
French beans � cut in diamond shape	:	100 gram
Carrot - cut in diamond shape	:	100 gram
Capsicum - cut in diamond shape	:	100 gram
Spring onion - cut in diamond shape	:	1 cup
Ginger pest	:	1 table spoon
Garlic pest	:	1 table spoon
Soya sauce	:	1 table spoon
Chilly sauce	:	2 tea spoon
Vinegar	:	1 tea spoon
Aaji no motto	:	� tea spoon
Oil	:	4 table spoon
Salt to taste

Method to make Fried Rice:

1. Wash and soak the basmati rice for half an hour. Drain the water. Make water to boil and add salt, 1 tea spoon ghee and 1 tea spoon of lemon juice in it,when boil add soaked rice, let it cook. When cooked drain and keep a side.
2. Take oil in a pan, add french beans, carrots and capsicum in hot oil. shallow fry for a minute and add spring onion and aaji no motto to it. Now add spring onion to it and add ginger garlic pest.
3. Add cooked rice and mix chilly sauce,soya sauce and vinegar to it, mix well.
4. Add salt to taste. Mix it and garnish with spring onion. Fried Rice is ready to serve.  

Other Related Recipes:

• How to make Hydarabadi Biriyani
• How to make Vegetable Biriyani
• Spring Rolls
• Hot And Sour Soup
• Chinese Salad
• Chilly Paneer

HOW TO MAKE HYDERABADI BIRYANI

Learn, how to make Hyderabadi  Biriyani. Normally Hyderabadi Biriyani is one of the well known rice recipe.Here is a recipe for dum biriyani. It's a try to make it easier. It contains rice, dry fruits, vegetables and milk products also. So, we can feel it as a whole meal also.

Serves - 5 

Preparation time - 10 minutes

Cooking time - 25 minutes

Ingredients to make Hyderabadi Biriyani:

Basmati rice	:	350 gram
Potatoes	:	200 gram
Carrot	:	100 gram
Onion	:	100 gram
Ginger	:	1 � table spoon
Garlic	:	1 table spoon
Green chilly � crushed	:	1 table spoon
Turmeric powder	:	� tea spoon
Red chilly powder	:	1 tea spoon
Curd	:	1 cup
Saffron	:	1 tea spoon soaked in 2 tea spoon milk
Mint leaves � finely chopped	:	3 table spoon
Coriander � finely chopped	:	3 table spoon
Rose water	:	2 tea spoons
Cashew nut	:	50 grams
Almonds	:	50 grams
Raisins	:	8 � 10
Ghee or butter	:	100 gram
Salt to taste
Fried onion slices	:	For garnishing

Method to make Hyderabadi Biriyani:

1. Wash and soak the basmati rice for half an hour. Drain the water. Make water to boil and add salt, 1 tea spoon ghee and 1 tea spoon of lemon juice in it,when boil add soaked rice, let it cook. When cooked drain and keep a side.
2. Dice the peeled potatoes and carrots and wash them. Slice the onions, make pest of ginger and garlic. Soak the almonds in water for half an hour and keep aside. Beat the curd in a bowl and divide into two equal portions.Dissolve saffron in warm milk and add it to one portion of the curd mixture.
3. Heat ghee, add the remaining garam masala and saut� over medium heat until it begins to crackle.Add onions until golden brown. Then add green chilies, ginger, garlic and stir for a minute.
4. Add turmeric and chili powder, saute for half a minute add the chopped vegetables and stir for a minute.
5. Add the portion of plain curd, stir, add 2/3 cup water, and bring to a boil, then simmer until the vegetables are cooked.
6. Add the dry fruits and nuts when the vegetables are done.
7. Now take a handi and add cooked vegetables, sprinkle little saffron curd, mint and coriander.
8. Then spread half the rice and again sprinkle the remaining saffron-curd, mint and coriander and top it with the remaining rice.
9. Place a moist cloth on top, cover the lid tightly so that it gets sealed.
10. Put the handi on dum in a pre-heated oven for 15-20 minutes. If you don't want to use oven you may put it on very slow fire by putting handi on a thick tava.
11. Serve the hyderabadi biryani hot with mint chutney, raita or vegetables.

Other Related Recipes:

• How To Make Fried Rice
• How To Make Vegetable Biriyani