Dill Rice

Ingredients:
1 Cup basmati rice(washed and soak in water for 30 mins)
1/2 - 3/4 bunch of Dill leaves, finely chopped
1/2 cup of peas
1 Onion
1 -2 tsp oil
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1tsp cumin seeds
1-2 bay leaves
salt

Dry masala:
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp coriender seeds
1 tsp fennel seeds
2" cinnamon stick
5-7 cloves
10-12 balck pepper corns
1-2 cardamoms

 

How to prepare:
Roast all the ingredients for dry masala and powder them in a blender and keep aside.
heat a oil in a pan add cumin seeds and bay leaves and allow it to sluptter,add onions saute till it is light brown.
Add turmeric powder, dry masala saute it.
Now, add dill leaves and peas and drain out the excess water from the soaked rice and add it to the pan and saute for a min.
pour 1.5 cup water, salt and mix well. Bring it to boil and then cook covered on medium heat for about 10 mins or until done.
Serve with raita(yogurt, chopped onions, cucumber and salt.)

Patra (Patrode) - Steamed Taro leaves recipe

Ingredients:

10-15 washed patra (taro leaves)

1 cup Slipt moong dal

1 handful of channa dal

2 and half cup of idli rava

2 tsp coriender seeds

1 tsp cumin seeds

big lemon size tamrind

7 - 9 Red chilies

1 tsp turmeric

salt

Tempering:

1 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp urad dal

1 tsp channa dal

2 -3 red chilies

5 -6 curry leaves

lemon size jaggery

1 small cup Grated coconut

How to make Patrode

Soak Urad dal and channa dal for 8 hrs and grind with coriender-cumin seeds, tamrind,

red chillies, turmeric powder, salt. Do not put too much water, make it a thick paste. Now, grind the washed idli rava with little water and mix all.

Take 2 taro leaves add the paste to one taroleaf and place other one on reverse side of it. as shown in the photo and roll and lock the leaves with help of paste and steam it for 20-30 mins

Once its cool down, cut and heat the pan and add mustard seeds, red chillies, urad dal, channa dal and curry leaves, once it starts slupptering add the cut patra, jaggery and coconut and mix well till the patra is warm.

Also, you can cut the patra in slices and put them on pan add some butter and toast it with medium heat.

Kadhi

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Besan

1/2 Yogurt

1 1/2 cup Buttermilk

1 small Onion

2 small tomato

2- 3 green chilies

1 garlic cloves

1 small slice ginger

3-5 kokum

1 tsp cumin powder
1tsp turmeric powder

1/2 red chili powder

1/2 tsp kasoori methi

Seasoning:

1 tsp mustard seeds

1tsp cumin seeds

1 -2 red chilies

few curry leaves

How to do:

Take a bowl and mix besan, yogurt, buttermilk, turmeric & little salt and keep aside for 30 mins & soak kokum in hot water and make a paste

Heat a pan add onions and fry it till light golden.

Add cumin powder, red chili powder mix well & add tomato and cover it for 1 - 2 mins till tomato is lightly cook.

add besan mix and kokum paste bring it to boil.

lastly seasoning and garnish with coriander.