Mehndi

A non-food post on a Food Blog! But could not resist sharing this
We had a ‘Mehndi Day’ for our office gals. And I ofcourse got my hand filled with mehndi too!

Pivla Masala Bhaat (Spicy Yellow Rice)

A quick recipe I experimented for today’s dinner. It turned out good.

IMHO, a rice dish should be good enough wherein whoever eats it forgets about the accompaniments
This was one of them! And I am shocked

Ingredients:
1 and 1/2 cup rice
3/4 cup veggies like carrot, green peas, cauliflower..
1 tomato
1 onion
1/2 tea spn jeera
2 elaichi pods
2 cloves
2 pepper corns
a small piece of cinnamon stick (tikhi)
2 cloves of garlic
1/2 heaped tea spn turmeric powder
3 green chillies/1/2 tea spn chilli powder
1/4 tea spn coriander powder/few strands coriander
few curry leaves (optional)
oil
salt to taste

Method:
Wash and soak rice for 5 mins. Roughly chop onion and tomatoes.

Heat oil in pressure cooker. Add jeera, pepper, cloves and cinnamon stick. Let the jeera splutter.
Add garlic and curry leaves. fry for few mins.

Now add the onion. Fry till it turns slightly pink. Add tomatoes.
Add the veggies and fry for some more time.

Add turmeric, chillies, coriander and salt to taste. Mix well.
Add rice and 2 and 1/4 cups of water. Cover and pressure cook for 4 whistles.

Enjoy with Raita and papad

Happy Weekend!