Tomato Pulav

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Ingredients
Basmati Rice: 1 cup
Tomato puree: 1 cup (Blanch 3 tomatoes in hot water and grind it)
Onions: 1 small sized
Green chillies: 2
Ginger: a small piece
Coriander leaves: 3 tablespoon
Frozen peas : 1/4 cup (optional)
Salt: 1.5 - 2 tsp
Cashewnuts: 1 tablespoon
Chilli powder: 1/2 tsp
Bay leaf: 1
Cinnamon: 1 small piece
Cloves: 2
Cardomom: 2
Lemon juice: 1/2 tsp(optional)
Oil: 3 tablespoon


Procedure:
Step1:
Wash and soak the rice for 1 hr


Step2:
Grind Coriander and ginger together and keep at aside
Grind the cashewnut to a fine paste separately and keep it aside


Step3:
Heat oil in a pan and fry the onions until translucent.Add bay leaf, cinnamom as well

Step4:
Add tomato puree and cook for a couple of minutes. Add chilli powder, salt, ginger coriander paste,cashew nut paste and cook for another 5 minutes. 

Step5:
Add frozen peas and cook for a couple of minutes


Step6:
Add the rice and cook for 15 minutes

Step7:
Add lemon juice to the cooked rice and mix well and garnish with coriander leaves

Note:
I used 2 cups of water for cooking the rice.
After adding the rice, I transferred everything to the rice cooker and cooked

Alternatively this can also be cooked by closing the lid of the pan

Vella dosai

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A versatile dosa that can be had either as breakfast or evening snack.

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves: 4 medium sized dosa

Ingredients

Wheat flour	1/2 cup
Rice flour	2 tablespoons
Grated jaggery	1/4 cup
Cardomom powder	1 tsp
Grated coconut (optional)	2 tsp
Ghee/Oil	as required

Procedure:
Step1:
Add 1/4 cup of water to the grated jaggery and melt it in a pan.
No need to check for any consistency.Once the jaggery is melted completely switch off the flame

Step2:
Once cooled add wheat flour, cardomom powder and mix well. Add required amount of water and mix to dosa batter consistency. I added approximately 3/4 cup of water.


Step3:
Heat a tawa and pour a laddle of batter and spread well. Add required amount of ghee/oil on the sides

Step4:
Once it is cooked, flip the dosa and cook on both sides


Notes:

1. Slightly fried grated coconut can also be added to the batter
2. This dosa is trypically served with butter.But can be had as such as well

Pal payasam -Pressure cooker method

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Ingredients:
Milk:  4 cups
Basmati Rice: 1/4 cup
Sugar: 1/2 cup
Cardomom powder: a pinch
Cashewnuts: 1 tablespoon
Raisins: 1 tablespoon
Ghee: 1 tsp


Procedure:
Step1:
Wash the basmati rice and keep it aside


Step2:
Boil 2 cups of milk in a pressure cooker.Once the milk comes to a boil add the washed rice.
Close the cooker with the weights on and cook in a very low flame for 20 minutes (on gas mark 2)

Step3:
Switch off the flame after 20 minutes. Once the steam has come out of the cooker open it.The milk would have turned pink by now.Add the sugar and mix well. Add the remaining milk as well and bring it to a boil

Step4:
Close the cooker again with weights on cook for another 20 minutes in low flame

Step5:
Open the cooker after 10 minutes and add cardamom powder.


Step6:
Fry the cashews in little ghee and add it to the payasam


Note:
Basmati rice gives a nice flavour and taste.Raw rice can also be used
I used a 3 liter cooker for the above measurement