Veg Pulav

Today I felt tempted to eat Mummy's Veg Pulav. It is so tasty and she makes it for special occasions. I finally got the recipe from her and tried it:

Ingredients:

1. 1 Chakke(cinnamon), 3 Lavanga, 3 Elakki, 1 Bay Leaf

2. Onion - 1 (chopped finely)

3. Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tsp

4. 1 Tomato (diced)

5. Vegetables - Potato, Carrot, Peas, Beans

6. Salt (to taste)

7, Green Chillies - 5 (I used 2 tsp red chilly powder)

8. Turmeric powder (optional)

9. Rice ( 1 cup)

10. Water - 1 cup

11. Coconut milk (1 cup)

12. Coriander leaves (handful)

13. Pudina leaves (handful)

14. Oil

Method:

1. Heat oil in cooker, add chakke, lavanga, elakki and bayleaf and wait till it splutters.

2. Add chopped onions and saute it till its golden brown in colour.

3. Add ginger garlic paste and saute for 2minutes.

4. Add the tomatoes and saute till it becomes tender

5. Add chillies and turmeric powder and saute it.

6. Add the vegetables, rice, water, coconut milk and salt.

7. At the end add pudina and coriander leaves and close the lid.

8. Wait for 1 whistle and check if the rice is cooked.

9. If not, cook till you get a second whistle.

10. Pulav is ready.

Benne Biscuit Finally!

Staying so far off from Bangalore and being inaccessible to the bakery products makes it very hard to not miss them. Yesterday was one such day when I wanted to eat the benne biscuit.

I searched for many recipes and finally figured out that it can be made using four ingredients only. And it was not time consuming also. But it is not good to eat more of these biscuits as these are made of maida. I made around ten biscuits yesterday using this recipe:

Ingredients:

1. Maida ( 1 and half cup)

2. Powdered Suger ( half cup)

3. Ghee ( 4 tablespoons)

4. Baking powder ( 1/4 teaspoon)

Method:

1. Mix the maida, sugar and the baking powder.

2. Add the ghee slowly and mix it to form a dough.

3. Make small round balls using your palm.

4. Arrange the biscuits on a baking tray lined with baking sheet.

5. Keep it in the oven for 15 minutes at 180 degrees.

6. Cool it after removing from the oven and store in airtight container.