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Today's recipe is one of the simplest recipe which can be made in no time. Just roast the masala ingredients make a powder, combine with rice and cook. Found this interesting recipe in Sanjay Thumma's Vahrehvah.com Very simple and flavorful dish with very few ingredients. If you have any left over rice from the previous day or got bored of having the same old rice and curry for lunch. Make this flavorful dish and enjoy  your dinner. This recipe goes to the 3rd and final post for BM 58 under the theme " Rice Dishes". Here are the ingredients and the  procedure for the dish... Ingredients: Bell peppers 2 Cooked rice 3 cups Udad dal / black gram 1 spoon Cinnamon stick 1 inch Cumin seeds 1/2 spoon Mustard seeds 1 spoon Coriander seeds 1 spoon Dry red chilies 4 Roasted peanuts 3 spoons Curry leaves 10 Oil  5 to 6 spoons Preparation: In a small pan heat 1 spoon oil and add cumin seeds and udad dal (black gram). On low to medium flame fry till  cumin splutters, add coriande...

I am a big fan of spicy food, specially when it comes to Chinese and South Indian food. Made this dish couple of month ago when my family was craving for Chinese food. Kids wanted noodles, so made hakka noodles for them and Spicy Schezwan Fried fried rice us me and hubby dear. As I had some Cauliflower in my fridge, made Gobi Manchuria along with  sweet corn soup to make it a complete Indo-Chinese meal. Schezwan Fried Rice is a Indo-Chinese dish, which I made with home made Schezwan Sauce. If this sauce is ready and handy to you in your refrigerator you can make this spicy and delicious fried rice with in few minutes.Very easy to make with very few ingredients.I have  made this a veg version, but you can also add cooked chicken, eggs, shrimp and any other meat too. This is  the perfect dish for lunch or dinner who loves to have spicy food. Here goes this dish to the 2nd day, Week 4 of BM 58 under the theme "Rice Dishes". I ngredients: Long grain rice / Basmathi rice 2 cu...

Today we are starting with 4th week of Blogging Marathon 58. My theme for the week is "Rice Dishes".  From savory items to sweet dishes there are thousands of recipes which we can think of making with rice. Rice is widely consumed staple food for large part worlds human population, specially in Asia. Rice is cooked by boiling or steaming. Rice is cooked plain and served with any vegetable curry or Non veg curry. Rice is also cooked along with some vegetable, meat and fish with some spices to flavor to the  rice. They are either called Pulao, Pilaf or Biryani. For day 1, am here with Sindhi Style Chicken Dum Biryani.  Rice is layered along with chicken curry which is cooked with some spices and potatoes. Biryani is one of our family favorite and made at least twice or thrice a month. This recipes goes to BM 58, Week 4, day 1. Ingredients: Chicken 1 kg / 2 lbs Onion 1 large Tomato 2 medium Potato large 3 Ginger garlic paste 1 1/2 spoon Green chili 3 Mint leaves 1/2 cup Cila...

For day 2 under the theme "Tea Time Snacks" am here with a crisp and crunchy savory snack to munch on with a cup of hot tea or coffee. As the festival season is going on have made this Poha Mixture to serve my friends. Very simple snack which can be made in minutes. Here goes the recipe.. Ingredients: Poha 2 cups Red chili 3 Curry leaves 10 Peanuts 1/4 cup Roasted chana dal / Putnalu 1/4 cup Salt to taste Turmeric powder 1/2 spoon Chili powder 1 spoon Amchur powder 1/4 spoon Oil 1/2 spoon Preparation: In a large pan dry roast poha. On a medium flame keep stirring poha till it become nice and crisp. Transfer to another plate and let it cool down. In the same pan add 1/2 spoon oil and add peanuts. Fry till nice aroma  come out. Remove and add red chili, curry leaves and roasted chana dal. Fry for 3 to 4 minutes on medium flame till crisp. Now add haldi to the mixture and mix well. Transfer poha to the pan and add salt, chili powder and amchur powder. On a  low flame mix everyth...

  Today we are starting with week 2, 58th Edition of Blogging Marathon. For day 1 under the theme Tea Time Snacks  am here with a delicious sweet treat, Brownie with Nutella  Syrup. Tea Time snacks can be sweet or savory. People prefer savory snacks mostly but for a change I have made this delicious snack for my guests last weekend.   Nutella, milk and  whip cream mixed together will make a nice and smooth syrup which can be served with not only brownie but also on any kind of cake, milkshake or even pancakes.  Here goes the recipe...... I ngredients: Nutella 1/4 cup Brownie  Heavy whip cream 1/4 cup Milk 5 to 6 spoons Preparation: As nutella is very thick, first will add milk to it and make it a semi liquid mixture. Now add heavy whip cream and fold it well, do not mix it in a circular motion. I have used store bought brownie mix to prepare Brownie.  Once the brownie is baked and cooled down spread the nutella syrup on top. Top it with whipped cr...