Spring Onion & Vegetable Rice

Spring Onion & Vegetable Rice is a rice dish and  we can have them for brunch (breakfast + Lunch), or lunch or dinner. If you are looking out some thing easy and quick, this vegetable rice will be the perfect dish.
Beans,carrots and spring onion are used. Spring onion dominates the aroma and it reminds of fried rice. Little spices are used here and it can be given the name as Spring Onion & Vegetable rice.

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It is an easy dish and you can have them for kids party or kitty parties, ladies one pot party. Good to prepare on lazy sundays and just relax and enjoy your day.

Things Needed :

Basumathi./Sona Masoori Rice : 2 Cups
Carrots : 2
Beans : 2
Spring Onions : 1 small bundle.
Ginger : an inch
Green chilly : 1
Garam Masala : 1 Teaspoon
Cloves :8 to 10
Cinnamon : an inch
Cardamom : 2
Curd : 1 small cup
Oil : 4 Tablespoons of Oil
Jeera : 1 Teaspoon
Ghee : 2 Tablespoon
Salt : to taste.
Rice Cooker or Pressure cooker.

 Method:

1. Wash and cut beans and carrots. Wash and cut green chilly, and spring onions and keep it aside.

2. Wash and drain all the water from the rice and keep it aside.

 

3. Now keep a big pan on the fire. Heat and add oil. Add cloves, cinnamon and cardamom pods.
4. Fry them nicely for 10 to 20 seconds.
5. Add carrots and beans. Fry them for 2 minutes. Add grated ginger and green chilly. Fry for a minute.

6. Add rice and mix it well. Fry for another 2 minutes.

7. Add garam masala and mix it well. Shift this fried ingredients in to a rice cooker or pressure cooker.

8. Add salt and 4 cups of plain water. Add curd and turmeric powder. Mix it well.
9 Close the lid and switch on the cook button. Leave it for cooking.
10.. Once the rice is cooked the switch goes off. Leave it for some time.

 11. Now keep a pan on the fire. Put 2 tablespoons of oil and jeera/cumin seeds.
12. Fry them nicely and add cut spring onions. Fry them nicely on low flame till they turn soft.
13. Add this fried spring onion to vegetable rice . Mix it again. Add 2 Tablespoon of ghee and mix it slowly.

 14. Shift this ready Vegetable Rice with the side dish Dal and cup of curd

 Note :

If you use Sona masoori rice add 1 = 3 cups of water. For basumathi rice : 1 = 2 glasses of water is required. Use oil is optional. (more/less). You can add a tablespoon of butter with oil while heating the oil.  It adds to the taste. You can add more vegetables like beans capsicum. Adding more/less chilly is also optional. Adding curd adds to the taste and softens the rice.
Time : 40 minutes.
Serves : 4 to 5.

Sweet Potato Fries.

Sweet potatoes fries are fried dish and you can munch them with a cup of hot coffee or tea. You can have them with your lunch or dinner also. As always it is easy to prepare.

I just fried thin cut sweet potatoes. And then added little chilly powder and salt.
Some pieces are dipped in besan and rice flour combination with spices and salt.
One more variety is that fried bajji/fritters are served with corn, cucumber, carrot salad. The salad is coated with chat masala and the combination is yummy.
Eating fried dishes is always fun. Hot chips or any fritters during the rainy day make us to munch more and more. It is said the body needs some oiling during rainy season and winter. Do not feel guilty. Eat them and have a good walk or some exercise later.
Lets see the munchy crunchy sweet potato recipe and get ready to prepare hot fries.

Things Needed :

Sweet potato : 1 (Big one)
Channa/besan flour : 1 Cup (small)
Rice flour : 1 cup (small)
Red chilly powder : 1 Teaspoon
Jeera/ Cumin seeds : 1/2 Teaspoon
Salt : required
Oil : 1 Cup (to fry)

Method 

1. Wash and remove the outer layer of the sweet potato. Wash it again and cut into small thin slices and keep it aside.
2. Take a big bowl and put besan / channa flour, rice flour and salt.

3. Add red chilly and jeera to the flour mixture. Mix it well and add little water and make as thick dough. (dough consistency should be like idli dough).

4. Keep frying pan on the fire Heat and put oil. Let it get hot.
5. Now dip each slice (pieces) of sweet potato and coat them with the dough and put them in the hot oil. Let the flame be medium.
6. Let to cook till golden brown and turn them to the other side and cook for 1 minute.

7. Put them on the kitchen sheet. Let the extra oil go off.

 8. Serve hot Sweet potato bajji.fritters with ketch up. We had it with Carrot, cucumber and corn salad.

Salad preparation : Wash and grate carrot, cut cucumber into small pieces. Take a bowl and mix corn , grated carrots, and slightly boiled corns. Mix it well and add little salt and a pinch of chat masala powder. Mix it well. Arrange the bajji according to your wish and serve. 

Note :

Wash the sweet potato thoroughly. Cut them in to thin pieces. Let the oil be hot. Fry them on medium flame. Adding garlic is optional.
Remove the husk and the skin of garlic and just pound it or crush it or cut into thin pieces. No need add any oil to the dough. Adding rice flour not only gives the crispness to the bajji. Adding cooking soda is optional. I have not added any garlic or oil to the dough.
20 to 30  pieces can be prepared 
Time : 20 Minutes.

Sweet Potato Fries.:
Method :
Wash and cut Sweet potatoes in to slices. (bit thick). Keep oil on the fire and heat. Fry them in hot oil till they turn brown. (both sides).
Remove from the hot oil and put it on a kitchen tissue. Put them in a big bowl. Add red chilly powder( 1/4 Teaspoon), Chat masala 1/4 teaspoon and a lttle salt. Mix it well and serve. Kids will love to had this. It will be slightly crunchy, soft inside. You can munch them while watching tv, reading a book and as I said kids will enjoy it thoroughly.

Time : 10 minutes.
Serves : 2 to 3