Fruit pulao after a little break

A very Big Haiii to all of you .Hope you all had a wonderful time.We celebrated our mom's 60th b'day and have really enjoyed a lot.... Its been almost 2 weeks since i came here and thanks for all the comments.  So after a little break here we go with simple and really a royal rice becoz it has got all rich ingredients in it like fruits , nuts ,saffron .sounds interesting ..right.? lets go.

Ingredients

Cooked rice   : 1 cup
Fruits             : 1 cup ( apple, pomogranate, pineapple, grapes)
Chopped onion   : 1/4 cup
Pepper powder    : 1 tsp
Cashewnuts         : 1/4 cup
Raisins                : 1 tsp
Saffron                : few strands
Milk                     ; 2 tbsps
Cinnamon
Cardamom
Cloves
Bayleaves
Ghee
Salt

Method

Soak saffron in milk and keep aside.
Heat Ghee in a kadai, add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and bayleaves one by one.
Then add chopped onion and fry well .
Add chopped or cubed fruits and mix well .
Then put cooked rice, pepper powder , salt and saute well.
Pour the saffron milk over the pulao and mix again.
Garnish with fried cashewnuts and raisins.

Sending this to
1. priti's Festive food event 
2. Kid's menu event by Neha

Wheat Rava Salad with Moong sprouts ( Tabbouleh salad)

Ingredients

Wheat rava  : 1 cup
Moong sprouts : 3/4 cup
Chopped onion : 1/4 cup
Chopped cariander leaves + chopped mint leaves : 1/2 cup
Pepper powder    : 1 tsp
Lemon juice         : 1 tsp
Salt


Method

Rinse wheat rava several times and soak in water for 1/2 an hour.
Put the rava in sieve to drain.
In a bowl put the rava, moongsprouts, onion, coriander + mint leaves, peeper powder, lemon juice, salt and mix well.
Serve .

Sending this to
priya's lets sprout event

Murungakkai Kara Kuzhambu (Drumstick spicy curry)

Ingredients

Drumsticks chopped  : 1 cup
Small onion               : 3/4 cup
Garlic                       : 1/4 cup
Chopped tomato       : 1/4 cup
Tamarind water         : 2 cups
Red chilly powder     : 2 tbsp
Coriander powder     : 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder      : 1/2 tsp
Mustard
fenugreek seeds
Curry leaves
Oil
Salt

Method

Heat oil in a kadai ,add mustard, feugreek seeds , curry leaves one by one.
Add onions, garlic and chopped tomatoes.
Put drumstick pieces and saute it.
Put red chilly powder, coriander powder , turmeric powder and mix well .
Add tamrind water, salt and allow it to cook.
When the drumstick pieces are almost cooked swich off the flame and garnish with more curry leaves.
Serve hot with plain rice.

Sending this to Ruchikacook's Vegetable marathan - Drumstick event  started by Anitha

Barley Payasam

Ingredients

Soaked Barley  : 1 cup
Milk                 : 2 cups
Grated jaggery  : 3/4 cup
Cardamaom
Cashewnuts
Saffron

Method

Cook overnight soaked barley in pressure cooker and keep aside.
Boil milk in a pan , add barley and let it cook till the milk thickens and reduces a bit.
Switch off the flame and add grated jaggery and mix well.
Add cardamom powder and roasted cashewnuts.
Garnish with saffron.