Chitras Taste Buds

Basmati Rice: 3 cups Potato: One /cut into pieces Sweet Peas: One small cup Carrot: Two small/ cut into pieces Beans:10/ cut into pieces ginger garlic paste: Two tea spoons Priya Biryani Paste: Two full spoons Cilantro:  chopped Mint: chopped green chili: 5/spilt into two In a electric rice cooker add some oil  wait untill it gets little warm. Add cut potatoes,carrotsgreenpeas,beans, green chili , priya biryani paste, ginger garlic paste and mix well.Close the lid for 2 mins and then mix again, Add 5 cups of water , add salt to taste, add chopped cilantro and chopped mint. Add basmati riceand wait until the rice is fully cooked. Serve  hot with some Gravy curry and Raita

Basmathi Rice: Two cups Cilantro: one cup finely chopped Lemon:two/three green chili: 4 Onion: finely chopped ginger garlic paste: two tea spoons In a pan heat some oil, add some cumin seeds,allow it to sputter.Then add green chillies, ginger garlic paste and add onions and stir for some time. when the onions turn light golden yellow add chopped cilantro and mix , after few seconds add 3 cups of water, salt to taste now add basmathi rice. Allow rice to cook completly, when the rice is almost done add some lemon juice to the mixture and stir. This can be eaten with yogurt/ raita.

Spinach Fried rice: By Chitra Spinach: two cups finely chopped Kottimir: one cup finely chopped Chillies: 4/5 according to taste Cashews: 1/2 cup/optional Basmathi rice: three cups Salt: to Taste Ginger garlic paste: one spoon Garam masala/biryani masala: two full spoons Heat some oil in a kadai/ rice cooker and when the oil is warm enough add chillies, chopped spinach, chopped kottimir/cilantro and mix Wait for two minutes and add Ginger Garlic paste and cashews mix all the above ingredients and add water and Salt Add Garam masala/ Biryani Masala and stir then add basmathi rice to the above mixture (Two cups water per one cup rice) Wait until the rice is fully cooked. Enjoy the Spinach fried rice, serve with Raitha/ Perugu Pachadi... When U r hungry..Try a new receipe!!!