Paneer Egg Fried Rice

One more simple dish........
I love it.......

My H is coming late these days... so having dinner alone.... Most of the times , I skip it.
But today I was very hungry and cooked this real fast and had it immediately...... And I njoyed it ....
:)

 INGREDIENTS:

1. Cooked Basmati Rice - 2 cups

2. Carrot -1 

3. French beans - 1

4. Eggs - 2

5. Grated Paneer - 1/2 cup

6. Soy Sauce - 1 tspn

7. Vinegar - 1.5 tspn

8.  White Pepper powder - 1 tspn

9. Salt - to taste

10. Ajinomoto (completely optional) - 1 pinch

PROCEDURE:

1. Heat a pan, add oil.

2. Once its hot fry chopped carrot and french beans in high flame. 

3.  Once the vegetables are fried enough, put them aside and add beaten eggs.

4. After 3 seconds, mix it well so that you make a scramble.

5. Now mix the egg and vegs.

6.  Now add cookef rice, soya sauce, vinegar, salt, white pepper powder, ajinomoto(optional) and mix it well.

7. Now add grated paneer to this

8. Mix it well.Fry it for a minute in high flame......

9. Now check for the seasoning and serve hot......

Prawns Pulav / Royyala Pulav

I love this dish..... spicy and yummy...

FOR VEGETERIANS, 

AVOID PRAWNS AND ADD ALL THE VEGS OF UR CHOICE LIKE POTATO, CARROT, BEANS, CAULIFLOWER , PEAS, SWEET POTATO .

SAME PROCEDURE.

INGREDIENTS:

To Grind:

1. Onion - 1 small

2. cloves / lavang - 4

3. cardamom / yalukalu - 3

4. cinamon stick / dalchina chekka - 1 " piece

5. star anise / anasa puvvu - 1

6. marati mogga - 1 small

7. jajikaya - 1/4th piece

8. Gasagasalu - 1 tbspn

9. dry coconut / endu kobbari - 2 " piece

10. Dry red chillies - 5

11. Red chilli powder - 1 tbspn

For Tempering :

1. Dry red chillies  -3

2. Curry leaves /karivepaku - 5

3. Ginger garlic paste - 1 tspn

For Pulav:

1. PRAWNS - 500GRAMS ( FRESH DE-SHELLED AND CLEANED)

2. Rice - 2 cups.

3. onions -2 

4. coriander leaves - a bunch

PREPARATIONS:

1. Grind all the ingredients mentioned in "To Grind" with a little bit of water.

 2. Heat a pan, add a tspn of oil , turmeric powder, a pinch of salt and add fresh prawns.
 3. cook them till all the water gets evaporated.

PROCEDURE:

1. Heat a heavy bottomed vessel. I prefer pressure cooker. Its very important for pulav.

2. Add 50ml of oil , once its hot , add all the items mentioned in "For Tempering" .

 3. Add Ginger Garlic paste and fry it well.

4. Now add washed rice and half of the ground paste.

 5. Mix it well.

6. You should keep on stirring it time to time. It takes minimun 30 mins for the rice to turn real brown.
THE MORE YOU FRY THE RICE, THE BETTER THE TASTE.

7. Check for the rice. 

 8. Here you can see that the rice is fried well. It turned brown.

 9. Now you can add onions if u want. Otherwise its optional.

10. Now add the half cooked prawns, chopped coriander n mix it carefully , so that the prawns dont loose their shape.

FOR VEGETERIANS, AVOID PRAWNS AND ADD ALL THE VEGS OF UR CHOICE LIKE POTATO, CARROT, BEANS, CAULIFLOWER , PEAS, SWEET POTATO .

 11. Fry till the prawns turn brown.

12. Now add the remaining paste, 4 cups of water and cook till the rice is done.

 13. But I just pressure cooked it for 2 whistles..

14. Once its done, mix it slowly and carefully and serve hot.

 15. Njoy it with raita..... or it can b taken as it is...... Njoy Lapp Lappa....

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SIMPLE EGG PULAV

After coming home from a nice trip, I opened my Fridge, saw one egg and a few tomatoes.
So decided to do a simple dish for lunch.....
I tried this and it really came out very well for a simple lunch....

INGREDIENTS:

EGG - 1
ONION - 1 small
TOMATO - 1 small
GREN CHILLI - 2
LAVANG/ CLOVES - 2
ELACHI/ CARDAMOM - 2
DALCHINI / DALCHINA CHEKKA - 1
CORIANDER
RED CHILLI POWDER - 1 TSPN
SALT TO TASTE

PROCEDURE:

1. Boil the egg. take out the shell and keep it aside.

2.Take a vessel, heat it.

3. Once its hot, add oil.

4. Mean while, crush cloves, cardamom and dalchini well.

5. Now add this masala to the oil and fry for a second .

6. Now add chopped onions and green chillies.

7. Once onions become transculate, add chopped tomatoes and fry till they become mushy.

8. Now add rice and fry for 5 mins.

9. Now add boiled egg and 1.5 cups of water. Check for seasoning.

10. Now add chopped coriander  and then put a lid and allow it to cook till the rice is done.

11. Check whether the rice is done or not and serve hot.

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LEMON RICE

This is one of my choices when i have to prepare breakfast in a jiffy...... It tastes good even with left over rice.....

INGREDIENTS:

1. Cooked Rice / Left over cooked rice    -   1 cup

2. Peanuts  -  1 fistful

3. chana dal - 1 tspn

4. green chillies - 3

5. onions - 1

6. curry leaves - 5

7. salt to taste

8. tumeric powder - a pinch

9. Dry red chillies - 3

10. mustard seeds - 1tspn

11. cumin seeds - 1tspn

12. lemon - 2

PROCEDURE:

1. Heat a pan, add oil.

2. Fry Peanuts for a minute and then add chana dal.

3. Now add Dry red chillies, garlic pods, cumin seeds, mustard seeds and curry leaves.

4. Fry them and then add green chillies and onions.

5. Fry for 2 mins and then add salt and turmeric powder.

6. Now add the rice and mix well....

7. Now switch off the stove and add lemon juice before serving......

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