Quick Vegetable Rice

Ingredients

Basmati Rice              : 1 cup
Chopped  onion  ; 1/2 cup
Chopped carrot   : 1/2 cup
Green peas / Butter beans ; 1/4 cup
Tomato puree                    : 1/4 cup
Chopped beans                  : 1/4 cup
Chopped capsicum            : 1/4 cup
Ginger - Garlic paste         : 1/2 tsp
Red chilly powder             : 1/4 tsp
Salt                                     : to taste
Coriander leaves 

Method

Wash and soak the rice with 1 and 1/2 cup water  for 10 minutes .
Heat 2 tbsp oil in a heavy bottomed pan, add onion, ginger garlic paste and fry.
Add chopped carrot,beans,butter beans and cook for few minutes on low flame.
Add salt,red chilly powder, tomato puree, and fry.
Add the soaked rice with the water, capsicum ,mix well ,cover the pan with a lid and cook on low flame till done.
Finally add  coriander leaves and mix .
Serve hot.

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Ingredients

Butter                        : 3 tbsps
Powdered sugar        : 1 1/4 tbsps
Cardamom powder   : a pinch

Method

Mix all the ingredients.
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Puli Pongal / புளி பொங்கல்

Ingredients

Raw rice granules ( Kurunai)   : 1 cup
Tamarind water                         : 3 1/4 - 3 1/2 cups 
Red chilly                                  : 7 - 8
Currry leaves             
Salt
Asafoetida
Mustard seeds 
Chana dal
Gingelly oil
Turmeric powder

Method

Heat  3 tbsps gingelly oil in a thick bottomed pan / kadai , splutter mustard seeds,
Add curry leaves,broken red chillies,asafoetida ,2 tsp chana dal  and fry.
Add tamarind water, turmeric powder,salt and allow it to boil.
Now reduce the fame,slowly add the rice and keep stirring.
Cover it with a lid, cook on low flame till the rice is cooked.
Once done remove from flame.
Serve hot.