Red Kidney Beans & Corn Salad With Rice

This is a great salad recipe , have the salad as it is if you don't want to mix it with rice or you can put big scoop of salad over the rice..enjoy anyway you want

For Salad
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Rajma/ Red Kidney beans:- 2 Cups (cooked)
Corn:-1 Cup
Tomato:-1( chopped)
Onion:- 1/2 chopped
Capsicum:- 1/2 chopped
Olive Oil:- 1 Tbsp

For Tempering
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Oil:- 1 Tbsp
Cumin seeds:- 1/2 Tsp
Mustard Seeds:- 1/2 Tsp
Salt as per taste
cooked Rice:- 3 Cups (white or brown rice)
Lemon Juice:- 1/2 lemon
Garam Masala:- 1/2 Tsp

Procedure:-

1) In a medium bowl combine together beans, corn, tomato, capsicum & oilive oil, mix everything well and set aside.

2)Heat oil in a non stick pan on medium heat, when hot add cumin and mustard seeds, when they start to crackle add cooked rice, salt and beans mixture ( from step one), mix everything well..cook for 2-3 minutes.

3)Take the pan off the heat and mix lemon juice and garam masala.

Serve hot or at room temperature..Enjoy:)


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Healthy Spinach Carrot Pulao / Palak Gajar Pulav

Spinach offers twice as much fiber as other greens. It is a good source of iron & loaded with vitamins and minerals, some of which are hard to find in other foods. For more info click here

I love making rice pulao with different combination of veggies..Here is the recipe of one of my favorite veggie combination in pulao..

Ingredients:-

Ghee or oil:- 2 tbsp
Cinnamon stick:- 1 inch
Black cardamom :- 2
Cloves:- 4
Cumin seeds/Jeera:- 1tsp
Carom seeds/Ajwain:- 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds:- 1/2 tsp
Ginger (chopped):- 1 tbsp
Onions ( Chopped):- 1/4 cup
Potato:- 1/2 cup (cut into small cubes)
Carrot (Grated):- 1/2 cup
Spinach:- 1 bunch (chopped roughly )
Salt as per taste
Red chilli powder:- 1/2 tsp
Garam masala:- 1 tsp
Rice:- 2 cups
Water :- 4 cups


Procedure:-

Wash the rice and set it aside.

1)Heat the ghee/oil in a pan, add Cinnamon, cardamom, cloves.
2) Add cumin, mustard and let it splutter.
3)Add ginger & onions , cook till onions are transparent.
4) Add potato and saute it for 2-3 minutes
5) Add carrot and spinach & cook for couple of minutes..
6)Add salt, red chilli powder & garam masala , mix it will.
7) Add rice and water and stir everything well..
8) Let it cook on high till water starts to bubble.
9) Simmer the heat and cook the rice till all the water is evaporated..

Serve hot with your favorite curry & curd








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Carrot Fried Rice

Here is my version of Carrot Fried rice..These rice are not only appealing to eyes because of beautiful orange color of carrots but also to the stomach..It has the perfect balance of salt & sweetness..This is my entry for JFI:Carrots

"A carrot a day provides a hefty dose of vitamin A" a nutrient that fights infection, allows you to see well at night, and helps maintain healthy skin, hair and bones.DO YOU KNOW carrot come in a variety of colors like white, yellow , purple & red.

Carrot is most popular & versatile vegetable used for not only to make sabjis(savory dishes) but also to make different kinds of sweets/desserts.Carrots contain more sugar than any other vegetable but they are natural sugar which are easily assimilated.

It not only tastes good, it has so many health benefits and is highly cleansing.it is an excellent source of pro-vitamin A, vitamins C, D, E, K, B1 and B6.It is rich with biotin,potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus organic sodium, and some trace minerals.

To store carrots put it in a plastic storage bag and keep them in the coldest part of the refrigerator with the highest humidity. They should keep fresh up to two weeks.

Ingredients:-

Carrots( Grated):- 1 cup + 1/4 cup
Cooked Rice:- 5 cups
Onion:- 1/3 cup
Peas:- 1/2 cup
Almonds(chopped):- 1/4 cup
Garam Masala:- 1 tsp
Salt as per taste
Ghee:- 2 1/2 tbsp (Or vegetable oil)
Cumin seeds:- 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds:- 1/2 tsp
Dried Cranberries:- 2 tbsp
Lemon juice of half lemon
Green cardamom:- 3
Cinnamon stick:- 1 inch
Bay leaf:- 1
Cloves:- 3

Procedure:-

1)Cook the rice and cool it completely.
2) Heat ghee in a pan. Add Cumin, mustard, Bay leaf, Cloves, cinnamon & cardamom.
3) When seeds starts spluttering add almonds and fry until light brown.
4) Add cranberries and saute for a minute.
5) Add Onion and fry until onions are translucent.Don't brown the onions.
6) Add carrot, peas & salt ,cook for 3-4 minutes.
7) Add cooked rice, garam masala ,lemon juice & mix well.

Serve hot or at room temperature..Enjoy:)

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