Paneer Noodles Recipe – Maggi Paneer Masala Noodles

Recently I tasted this Maggi paneer masala noodles in Bannerghatta Meenakshi mall food court. Its a popular street food. In the restaurant menu card, this dish was titled as Paneer noodles delight. I was expecting hakka noodles with paneer masala. But they served Instant Maggi noodles with onion, tomato masala and paneer. Sendhil and Raksha were kidding me that I spent 100rs to eat 10 rs Maggi 😉. 

Yes, even though it was a bit disappointing I really liked the way they dressed up a simple Maggi to a spicy, tasty paneer masala noodles. I tried to recreate the same at home for our Sunday breakfast. It came out very well and similar to the one I tasted. If you feel, Maggi noodles is unhealthy, you can try the same with any other instant noodles like Top Ramen, Yipee or use plain noodles too. Finally it is your choice. 

I used Maggi veg atta noodles. So I did not add carrot, green peas or capsicum. I made it in a simple way by adding onion, tomato masala and paneer soaked in water.  I did not even roast the paneer pieces in oil as it may make the paneer chewy and hard. So this version of Maggi paneer masala noodles is very easy and quick to prepare in busy mornings just like restaurant ones. 

Bachelors and working women who loves to eat Maggi can try this yummy version. Make your own variations by adding more vegetables or tofu instead of paneer. to make it vegan and healthy.  If you don’t want to use tastemaker, you can add garam masala powder and some chat masala powder. You can pack this masala noodles for lunch box as well. It stays good. Ok friends, lets see how to make Maggi paneer masala noodles with step by step pictures.

Check out my Maggi Noodles Patties recipe too.

Maggi paneer masala noodles recipe

Instant Maggi paneer masala noodles recipe for breakfast / dinner and lunch box

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Maggi recipes

Serves: 3

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

Maggi veg atta noodles packet - 3 small ( Use any instant noodles) Paneer / cottage cheese - 100gms ( chop into small cubes) Cooking oil  or butter - 2 tbsp Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Big onion - 1 (Finely chopped or thinly sliced) Ripe tomato - 2 (Finely chopped) Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp Maggi taste maker powder - 3 packets Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Sugar - a pinch Salt - little for masala Water - 3.5 cups ( 3 + 1/2 cup) Coriander leaves – to garnish

HOW TO MAKE MAGGI PANEER MASALA NOODLES

1. Chop paneer into small cubes. Soak in hot water till use.
2. Heat oil and splutter cumin seeds. Add chopped onion, tomato and saute well.
3. Add chilli powder, turmeric powder and little salt, sugar.
4. Add water, noodles tastemaker powder and bring to boil.
5. Break the noodles and to boiling water. Cook till soft.
6. Lastly add paneer cubes and chopped coriander leaves. Mix well and switch off the flame.
7. Remove and serve hot immediately.

MAGGI PANEER MASALA NOODLES - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Boil 2 cups of water. Switch off the flame. Chop paneer into small cubes as shown in the cover picture. Soak the paneer pieces in hot water till use. It helps to keep the paneer soft. Alternately you can shallow fry paneer cubes in little oil and add to the noodles at the end.  Take 3 packets of any instant noodles along with taste maker powder. Finely chop onion, tomato into small pieces. In a wide kadai, heat oil. Splutter cumin seeds. Add finely chopped onion and saute till it becomes transparent. Add tomato pieces, required salt, sugar, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder(optional) and saute till tomato becomes mushy. Now add water and tastemaker powder. Let it roll boil. Now break the noodles into two parts and add to the boiling water. Keep the flame medium and let the noodles boil in open flame for 5 to 10 minutes till 80% of water is drained off. Toss in whenever needed to avoid burnt bottom. Now cover the noodles with a lid and cook in low flame for 2 minutes to cook till soft. But make sure it doesn’t become mushy. Lastly add the soaked paneer pieces and finely chopped coriander leaves. Mix gently, switch off the flame and serve immediately. Enjoy !  ( I cut the paneer pieces into small cubes after adding to the noodles. So paneer looks big in step by step pictures than main picture)

Note

Adjust the quantity of chilli powder as per your taste. You can also add 1/2 tsp garam masala powder for more masala flavor. If you are using plain noodles instead of Maggi, you can replace tastemaker with more red chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and chat masala powder.

Enjoy Paneer masala Maggi noodles at home. Kids would love it !

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Thattai Murukku Recipe – Thattai Recipe - Thattu Vadai Recipe

Thattai @ thattu vadai @ thattai murukku @ elladai @ nippattu  @ chekkalu ( ppaahh, so many names 😃) is one of my most favorite South Indian snacks recipe. Usually thattai is prepared with rice flour, urad dal flour, butter or oil. But nowadays in many snack shops, thattu vadai is prepared using maida/ all purpose flour, pottukadalai maavu (fried gram dal flour), vanaspathi and cooking soda to make it white, crispy and melt in mouth. But I followed a traditional Tamil style thattai recipe from one of my old cookbooks. It comes out golden brown in color and tastes crispy, slightly hard just like the way it should be. 

Traditionally thattu vadai is prepared using homemade processed rice flour but today I have shared the same recipe using store bought idiyappam flour to ease the job. In my family, we don’t have the practice of making thattai for Krishna jayanthi. But many people make elladai / thattai for this festival. So I thought of sharing this easy, crispy thattu vadai recipe with you all as my Gokulashtami special recipe. Lets see how to make Tamilnadu style thattai recipe with step by step pictures.  

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Thattai recipe / Thattu vadai Recipe

How to make thattai / thattu vadai with store bought rice flour, urad dal flour and butter

Cuisine: South Indian

Category: Snacks

Serves: 25 nos

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 5 Minutes

Total time: 15 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup = 250ml Idiyappam flour - 1 cup Roasted urad dal flour - 3 tsp / 1 tbsp Melted butter - 1 tbsp Soaked chana dal or fried gram dal/ pottukadalai - 1 tbsp Red chilli powder - 1 tsp Asafetida / Hing - 1/4 tsp Black sesame seeds - 1 tsp Chopped curry leaves - 2 tsp Salt & water - as needed Cooking oil -  to deep fry

HOW TO MAKE THATTAI

1. In a wide bowl, mix all the ingredients, butter.
2. Mix well. Add water gradually and make a smooth dough.
3. Take a big gooseberry sized ball. Pat in a greased zip lock cover.
4. Prick with a toothpick. Arrange the thattai in a cloth and rest for 10 minutes.
5. Deep fry both sides till bubbles cease. Remove and drain in a tissue paper.
6. Store in a box after it cools down. Stays crispy for one to 2 weeks.

THATTAI MURUKKU RECIPE - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Wash and soak 1 tbsp chana dal in required water for an hour. In a wide bowl, take the rice flour, roasted urad dal flour, salt, sesame seeds, hing, chopped curry leaves, soaked & drained chana dal or fried gram dal. Add melted butter and mix well. Make sure butter is mixed well with the flour. Add water gradually and make a smooth, non- sticky dough.  Make big gooseberry sized balls and keep it covered with a wet cloth till use.   Take 2 zip lock covers or any thick sheets. Grease with oil and place a dough ball over one sheet. Cover with another sheet. Take a small bowl and press the dough to make a flat and thin circle. To make crispy thattai, pat it thin. You can cut the thattai into perfect round shapes with the bowl if you like. Shape all the balls into thin circles.  Carefully remove the thattai. If the thattai breaks while patting or removing it, dough is dry. So sprinkle little water to the dough and then make shapes. Remove the thattai from Zip lock cover and arrange them in a cotton cloth to absorb extra moisture. Let it rest for 10 minutes. Heat oil to deep fry. Drop a pinch of dough into hot oil. If it rises to the top immediately, oil temperature is right. Now keep the flame medium and drop the thattai. Cook both the sides till bubbles cease and becomes golden brown. Drain in a tissue and store in an air tight box after it cools down.Stays good for 2 weeks !

Note

Prick the thattai with a fork without fail. It prevents the thattai from puffing up. Oil temperature should be perfect. If the oil is too hot, thattai becomes golden brown without cooking properly. Cook slowly in medium flame. Remove the thattai only after the bubbles cease completely else it will become chewy. Pat it thin and even else it won’t cook perfect. To make crispy thattu vadai, pat it thin.

Try this crunchy thattai murukku and enjoy !

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Raw Papaya Pickle (Instant) – Green Papaya Sweet and Sour Pickle Recipe

Raw papaya / Green Papaya / unripe papaya is a healthy miracle fruit that is rich in vitamins, enzymes and phytonutrients. I have tasted ripen papaya very few times in my life even though I know its health benefits like it is good for eyes, helps in weight loss etc. Somehow I don’t like its smell and taste. But recently when my neighbor gave me a big raw papaya, I had no clue of what to make with it or how to consume it. So I asked my instagram friends and readers to suggest me some raw papaya recipes. Among the recommendations, I tried raw papaya kootu, Gujarati Sambharo, and this instant raw papaya pickle.  I tried this sweet and sour green papaya pickle recipe from Tarla Dalal' ji’s website by making some small changes in the method of cooking. It came out finger licking good. Basically I love pickles with sweet and tangy taste.  As raw papaya has a natural sweet taste, this pickle suited me very well. Friends do try this instant raw papaya pickle, you will love it for sure. It tastes good for rice, roti and paratha. Lets see how to make instant raw papaya pickle with step by step pictures.

Raw Papaya Pickle - Instant Green Papaya pickle recipe

Sweet and sour raw papaya pickle for rice, roti and paratha.

Cuisine: North Indian

Category: Pickle recipes

Serves: 1 cup

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 250ml Chopped raw papaya / green papaya - 1 cup Turmeric powder / haldi - 1/2 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder - 2 tsp Tamarind/ imli - Big gooseberry size Salt - as needed Powdered Jaggery - 2 to 3 tbsp (adjust based on your taste) Vinegar or lemon juice - 1 tsp (optional) To Temper and saute Cooking oil - 2 tbsp Mustard seeds (Rai / Sarson ) - 1 tsp Fenugreek seeds (Methi) - 1/4 tsp Asafetida / Hing - 1/4 tsp Curry leaves (Kadi patta) - 5 nos Chopped garlic (Lehsun) - 2 tbsp Chopped Ginger( adrak) - 2 tbsp

HOW TO MAKE RAW PAPAYA PICKLE

1. Wash and peel the skin or raw papaya. Remove the seeds and scrape the thread parts.
2. Chop the green papaya into small cubes. Soak tamarind in water and take 1/2 cup extract.
3. Heat oil in a kadai. Splutter mustard seeds, methi seeds, hing and curry leaves.
4. Saute garlic, ginger for a minute. Add papaya pieces. Mix well.
5. Add salt, turmeric powder, tamarind extract, red chilli powder and jaggery.
6. Boil till thick in medium flame. Switch off the flame. Add lemon juice or vinegar.
7. Cool down and store in a box. Tastes sweet and sour. Enjoy with rice, roti and paratha !

RAW PAPAYA PICKLE RECIPE - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Wash and peel the skin of raw papaya. Remove the seeds and scrape the thread like portions in the middle of raw papaya else it will taste bitter. Chop the green papaya into small cubes and set aside. Soak tamarind in 1/2 cup warm water for 15 minutes. Take the extract and set aside. Heat oil in a kadai, splutter mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, hing and curry leaves. Add chopped garlic and ginger. Saute for a minute. Now add the chopped raw papaya and saute for a minute. Add 1/2 cup of tamarind extract, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, jaggery, salt and hing. Add little more water if needed.  Let it boil till pickle becomes semi thick, papaya becomes soft and cooked.  Check for taste and add more chilli powder or salt if needed. Do not over cook or mash the papaya. Cool down the pickle and transfer it to a jar or glass bottle. Store in a refrigerator up to one week. It tastes both sweet and spicy. It goes well with dal rice, curd rice, roti and paratha.        Enjoy !

Note

Adjust the quantity of chilli powder and jaggery as per your taste. You can also use 1/4 tsp of roasted fenugreek seeds powder instead of fenugreek seeds. For variations, you can saute the chilli powder in oil before adding raw papaya.

Try this yummy raw papaya pickle. You will like it for sure !

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Kondakadalai Sundal Recipe–Black Channa Sundal–South Indian Chana Sundal

In Tamilnadu, people make Sakkarai pongal and kondakadalai sundal for Varalakshmi pooja, Ganesh Chaturthi, Tamil new year and Navarathri festival. We make this sundal with white chana or brown chana. My MIL usually says it is auspicious to make black chana sundal( i.e Kala chana in Hindi, Black chickpeas sundal in English, Karuppu Konda kadalai sundal in Tamil) during festival days. Yesterday I prepared Sakkarai pongal and brown chana sundal for Varalakshmi vratham prasadam. Usually I make sundal in a simple way by grinding coconut, chilli and cumin seeds. I don’t ad any masala powder or fennel seeds if making for God. Some people also make this sundal by adding sundal podi. I will try post that version later during Navratri. Today lets see an easy method of making brown kondakadalai sundal recipe with step by step pictures.

Check out my other sundal recipes. 

Kondakadalai sundal - Black chana sundal recipe

South Indian style kondakadalai sundal recipe for festivals.

Cuisine: South Indian

Category: Sundal Recipes

Serves: Serves 4

Prep time: 10 hours

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 10H10H30 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup = 250ml Brown chana / Kondakadalai / chickpeas - 1 cup Water - as needed Cooking soda / baking soda - a pinch (optional) To Grind Grated coconut - 1/3 cup Green chilli - 1 no Cumin seeds /Jeera - 1/4 tsp To Temper Coconut oil - 1 tbsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Curry leaves - Few Asafetida / Hing - 2 pinches >Red chilli – 1 no

HOW TO MAKE KONDAKADALAI SUNDAL RECIPE

1. Wash and soak black chana / kondakadalai overnight or for 6 hours.
2. In a pressure cooker, cook the channa till soft adding required water and a pinch of soda.
3. Drain the excess water and set aside.
4. Grind coconut, chilli and cumin seeds without water. Set aside.
5. In a kadai, heat oil. Temper mustard seeds, red chilli, curry leaves and hing.
6. Add the cooked brown chana and salt. Mix well.
7. Add the ground coconut and saute for few minutes.
8. Switch off the flame. You can add some lemon juice if you like.
9. Serve hot and enjoy !

KONDAKADALAI SUNDAL - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Wash and soak black chana / kondakadalai in enough water for 6 hours to overnight. You can a pinch of cooking soda while soaking for when pressure cooking the chickpeas. After soaking drain the water, take the chickpeas in pressure cooker. Add required water and pressure cook in very low flame for 2 whistles. Remove the chickpeas and drain the cooked water. Grind coconut, green chilli and cumin seeds to a coarse paste without adding water. Set aside. Heat oil in a kadai. Temper mustard seeds, curry leaves, red chilli and hing. Add cooked chana, ground coconut mixture and required salt. Mix well and cook for few minutes in medium flame.   Switch off the flame. Add few drops of lemon juice if you like. Serve hot or warm. Enjoy !

Note

You can add baking soda to cook the chickpeas really soft. You can skip if you don’t want to use it. For variations, you can saute 2 red chilli or green chilli and add the grated coconut at the end. This is a No grind version. If you want masala flavor, you can grind fennel seeds instead of cumin seeds. You can also add a pinch of garam masala powder for more masala flavor. You can also add onion if you are not offering to God.

Try this easy, healthy black chana sundal and enjoy !

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Garelu Recipe – Crispy Minapa Garelu Recipe - Vada Recipe in Mixie

Medu vada / urad dal vada i.e Minapa garelu in Telugu is a popular breakfast and teatime snack recipe all over India. As Varalakshmi viratham is fast approaching, I thought of sharing this Andhra style garelu which is a must to do recipe for Varalakshmi pooja prasad/ neivedyam. My neighbors from Andhra taught me how to make this easy, perfectly crispy minapa vada batter in mixie. I also referred my mixie vada recipe and Mrudula’s cookbook Youtube video for more tips and tricks to make crispy, spongy vada just like hotel ones. Basically urad dal vada is prepared by adding onions  But if we are making for festival and pooja, we should prepare vada without onion. In that case, you can make plain vada or with pepper.

In Andhra, people make it plain without any toppings for Varalakshmi pooja. So I have shared the same in pictures. I have also shared an easy method for shaping vada for beginners. Please refer the video for more details.  As we are grinding the vada batter in mixie, there are certain points to remember to make it perfect. I have listed the tips and tricks below. Please go through the points before you start with this recipe. For grinding more quantity, grind the batter using grinder. Mixie works for small quantity. Ok, Lets see how to make medu vada in mixie with step by step pictures and video.

Check out my Vada recipe using grinder, Pepper vada, Cabbage vada, Mixed vegetable vada and Anjaneyar kovil vadai.

TIPS TO MAKE PERFECT, CRISPY MEDU VADA IN MIXIE

1.Refrigerate the dal while soaking. Soak for 3 to 4 hours.
2.Use ice cold water(dal soaked water) for grinding.
3.Do not add salt while grinding dal.
4.Beat the batter after adding rice flour.
5.Batter should be fluffy and smooth.
6.Refrigerate the batter till use.
7.Add salt and toppings (onion, pepper) only before frying vada.
8.Always grease your hands in water for shaping vada.

Minapa Garelu Recipe - Crispy Medu Vada Batter in Mixie

Learn how to make Andhra style minapa garelu recipe / Urad dal vada with step by step pictures.

Cuisine: Andhra

Category: Snacks

Serves: 15 nos

Prep time: 180 Minutes

Cook time: 5 Minutes

Total time: 185 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 250ml White round urad dal - 1 cup Ice water - as needed ( I used around 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp) Green chilli - 1 Ginger - 1/2 inch piece Rice flour - 1 to 1.5 tsp (Completely optional) To add in vada batter Big onion - 1 (finely chopped) Curry leaves - Few (-do-) Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp (-do-) Cumin seeds / Jeera - 1/2 tsp Pepper corns - 1/2 tsp (optional) Hing / Asafetida - 1/4 tsp Salt - as needed Cooking oil - to deep fry vada

HOW TO MAKE GARELU

1. Wash and soak urad dal in required water for 4 hours in refrigerator.
2. Grind to a coarse paste adding green chilli, ginger, soaked urad dal without adding water.
3. Wipe the sides. Add 1/4 cup ice water. Grind to smooth paste.
4. Add more water gradually to make a fine, smooth paste.
5. Transfer the vada batter to a vessel. Add rice flour if needed and beat the batter well for 5 minutes.
6. Then add the toppings like onion and other ingredients. Add salt, hing. Mix well and shape vada.
7. Heat oil and deep fry vada by cooking both sides. Remove and serve hot with coconut chutney  as side dish !

GARELU RECIPE - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

• Wash and soak urad dal in required water in refrigerator for 4 hours. If not 4 hours, keep the dal inside the refrigerator atleast for an hour. You can also soak the dal without refrigeration and use ice water only for grinding. Ice water helps to prevent mixie jar getting heated.

                        

• In a big mixer jar, take the soaked urad dal by draining all the water completely. Reserve the soaked ice water in a bowl. Add ginger and green chilli. DO NOT ADD SALT. Grind to a coarse paste without adding water. Wipe the sides of jar and grind it well.
       

                 

• Add 1/4 cup of ice water and grind to paste. Wipe the sides and mix well. Add little more water in few tbsp and grind to a smooth buttery paste without any grits. Do not add more water while grinding. Its the most important point to make perfect vada batter.

                        

• Vada batter should be thick. It should form a stiff peak when you drop the batter. It is the right consistency. Transfer the batter to a vessel.

                        

• Add rice flour if necessary and beat the batter for 5 minutes using a whisk. DO NOT USE YOUR HANDS FOR BEATING THE BATTER. Batter may become watery due to the heat of your hands. Vada batter become fluffy and light.

                        

• Take some water in a bowl. Add a small piece of  Vada batter and check if it floats on top of water. If the batter settles down, you should grind it more or beat more.
• Add some water to the mixie jar. Grind to wash the jar. Transfer the washed water to a small bowl and use it for greasing your hands while shaping vada.

• After beating the batter,  add salt, hing, cumin seeds, Pepper corns (optional) and prepare vada if making for pooja. If you are making for breakfast or snack, add  finely chopped onion, curry leaves, coriander leaves, cumin seeds and pepper corns (optional). Add required salt and hing. Mix well and set aside.
• Heat oil to deep fry. Drop a pinch of batter to check the heat of oil. To shape vada, take a dosa flipper and grease it with water. Grease your hands with water and take some batter. Keep it on the dosa flipper. Make a hole in the center. Invert the ladle and drop the vada in hot oil. Shake the dosa flipper slightly for the vada to drop in oil Or dip the ladle slightly in oil so that vada releases to the oil as soon as it starts to cook.
• For method 2 to shape vada : Grease hands with water and take a small portion of batter. Make a hole the center and shape the vada, Drop in hot oil to deep fry.

• Flip and cook both sides in medium flame till bubbles cease. Remove the vada and serve.
• You can enjoy this crispy, hot vada with coconut chutney, sambar or make curd vada and enjoy !


Enjoy !

Note

Do not add salt while grinding the batter. Beat the batter till fluffy after adding rice flour. Deep fry in medium flame for even cooking. Please check the beginning of this post for more tips and tricks.

Try this medu vada recipe easily in mixie and enjoy the festival !

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Cabbage peas biryani (Muttaikose pattani biryani in Tamil ) is an interesting biryani recipe that many of us never thought of making it. In my family, both Sendhil and Raksha are not a big fan of cabbage just because of its smell. So I always look for some flavorful recipes like cabbage kurma, cabbage vada, cabbage sambar where the smell of cabbage should not be dominant.

This Indian cabbage peas biryani is one such recipe. Its a very simple recipe that can be prepared in a pressure cooker directly. I tried it for our Sunday lunch. It came out so well. Everyone liked and had it without any complaints. The best part is you cannot even find a trace of cabbage’s raw smell in this biryani. Working women and bachelors can make this cabbage rice for your lunch box easily. Lets see how to make South Indian cabbage biryani recipe with step by step pictures.

Check out my Purple cabbage poriyal, Purple cabbage salad, Cabbage stir fry, Cabbage kootu recipes too.

Cabbage Peas Biryani Recipe - Cabbage Rice Recipe

How to make cabbage peas biryani recipe for lunch box.

Cuisine: South Indian

Category: Biryani Recipes

Serves: 3

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 250ml Chopped or grated Cabbage – 1 cup Basmati rice – 1 cup Water – 1.75 cups Big onion – 1 (Sliced thinly) Green chilli- 1 to 2 nos (adjust) Ginger garlic paste – 1/2 tsp Mint + coriander leaves – fistful Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Red chilli powder – 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder – 1/2 tsp Salt- as needed Curd – 2 tbsp Lemon juice – Few drops (optional) To Saute in oil Cooking oil + ghee - 2 tbsp + 1 tbsp Cinnamon - 1 inch piece Cloves - 2 nos. Cardamom - 1 Star anise - 1 Bay leaf - 1 Black stone flower / Kalpaasi - 2 nos

HOW TO MAKE CABBAGE PEAS BIRYANI

1. Wash and soak basmati rice. Wash and chop cabbage, onion and set aside.
2. In a pressure cooker base, heat oil , ghee. Saute the biryani masala spices.
3. Add sliced onion, gg paste and green chilli. Saute till onion becomes transparent.
4. Add chopped cabbage , green peas and saute till it shrinks. Then add spice powders and salt.
5. Saute for a minute. Add mint + coriander leaves. Mix well. Add soaked rice, water, curd.
6. Mix well and pressure cook in low flame for one whistle.
7. Fluff the rice gently with a fork without breaking the rice.
8. Serve cabbage peas biryani with onion raita !

METHOD - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Wash and soak 1 cup of basmati rice in 1.75 cups of water for 15 to 30 minutes . Wash and chop cabbage into thin slices. Chop onion, green chilli and set aside. Heat oil + ghee in a pressure cooker base. ( I used a kadai and transferred to a pressure cooker later). Splutter cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf, star anise and black stone flower. Add onion, green chilli and ginger garlic paste. Saute till onion becomes transparent and raw smell of ginger garlic emanates. Add cabbage, frozen green peas and saute till it shrinks. Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder and garam masala powder. Add mint + coriander leaves and saute for a minute. Add curd and mix well.   Add soaked rice, water, salt and lemon juice (optional). Mix well and pressure cook in low flame for one whistle. Open the cooker after the steam is released. Mix gently with a fork without breaking the rice. Serve hot with onion raita !   Enjoy !

Note

Adjust the quantity of spice powders as you like. You can add 1 chopped tomato instead of lemon juice but color of biryani changes slightly. You can also use jeera rice / seeraga samba rice instead of basmati rice.

Try this easy, yummy cabbage peas biryani and share your feedback with me !

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