Recipe for a Heartening Lunch

There are days when you surprise yourself. Today is that day for me. Pondering throughout last night about what to cook for lunch for the next day, I finally decided to let creativity take over. I started putting things together with intuitive measurements. Amma told me that whatever I would prepare would be the breakfast for the day too…so there!



What I created was not only edible, it was beyond great :-). Had a wonderful lunch today! So lest I forget what I did, I am noting down the “recipe” here.


Recipe for Vegetable Pulav
Ingredients:


1. 1 1/2 cup basmati rice + 1/2 cup normal rice
2. Vegetables - carrot + beans + alu, cut like fingers
3. For the masala paste - 4 spoons coconut + 3 Lavanga + 2 elakki + 3 large pieces of Chakke + 2 green chillies
4. For tempering – Oil, Jeera , Gasagase (Poppy Seeds), Onion, Ginger garlic paste – add according to spice level preference
5. Tomato puree - of 3 large tomatoes
6. Garam masala powder – ½ spoon
7. Red Chilli powder – ¼ spoon
8. Salt to taste

Method:


1. Grind masala paste with little water
2. Wash the rice and keep it aside
3. Make the puree out of tomatoes
4. Pour 4 tbsp of peanut oil in cooker -> Add Jeera, Gasagase, Onions and G&G paste
5. Add vegetables and fry
6. Add ground masala paste and fry till the raw smell is gone
7. Add the washed rice and fry
8. Add tomato puree and fry for 2-3 minutes till it becomes gooey
9. Add garam masala powder (1/2 tsp) and red chilli powder (little) if spice level is not enough
10. Add water and salt
11. Cook for 2 whistles+1 minute
12. Pulav is ready to serve


And here is how it looked....