Sunday, June 22, 2014

Masoori Dal Tadka

I used the recipe from:

http://www.padhuskitchen.com/2011/08/masoor-dal-masoor-dal-tadka-recipe.html

and for the most part stuck with the recipe and the results were good.

Vegetable Biryani - Non Dum Variety

Technique:

o Cook the dish in a wide vessel
o Cook vegetables and gravy separately and rice with yogurt and stock separately and combine them
o After combining cook it in low heat or 375 deg oven for 30 mins

Veggies:
o 1 potato
o 1 cup beans
o 1 head cauliflower
o 1 cup peas
o 2 carrots cubed
Steam or boil them and set aside

Rice:
2 cups rice 4 cups liquid (stock or water 2 cups and yogurt 2 cups)
o Fry some onions in butter, add garam masala, gramb for spicing
o add herbs (mint, cilantro)
o Add rice fry and 5 mins later, add liquids, cover and cook in med heat for about 15 mins occasionally checking so the rice is not burnt

Masala: Grind well to a paste
o 2-3 tbsp coconut
o 6-8 green chilies
o 1 garlic, 1 inch ginger
o 1/4 cup mint, cilantro optionally
o 1 tsp soonf, 3 gramb, 1 inch cinnamon
o 4-5 elakkai
o 6 cashews 4 almonds

o Heat 1 tbsp butter, 1/2 onion and masala
o later add veggies
o later add cooked rice and finally cook in low heat for 15 mins or in oven