Capsicum Chitranna

Chithrana or Lemon Rice is a rice dish, Here in Karnataka it is very famous and people love to have them even for breakfast. 
I have just added capsicum and tried this chitranna. It taste nice and capsicum aroma adds to the taste.

In South India, Rice dishes are very famous and common. May be because Rice is grown here. People have rice dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner also. Previous day's left over rice is used as Chitranna (Lemon Rice) for breakfast some time. In festive and festival days fresh rice is cooked and prepared as some type of rice dish. Like Bisibele bath, (Dals, vegetables and rice is cooked with some spice), Vanghibath. (using vegetables especially brinjals dry curry is cooked and mixed with rice), or Rice vegetable Palav, ( Though Palav has come from North India, people especially children love to have Vegetable Rice) and many more rice dishes are prepared.
Rice provide carbohydrates and gives energy. These rice dishes are also used as lunch and packed for offices as lunch box.
Let us see This Special " Capsicum Chitranna" recipe. It is an easy and quick dish. No Onion or No Garlic used in this Rice Dish.
Prepare the rice and let it cool. Then prepare " Capsicum Rice".

Lets see the recipe Now :
Things Needed:
Cooked Rice : 1 Cup
Capsicum : 2
Green chilly : 2
Lemon : 1/2 ( 1 Teaspoon)
Coconut : 1/2 Cup
Mustard seeds : 1/2 Teaspoon
Urid Dal : 1 Teaspoon
Curry leaves : 6 to 8
Coriander Leaves : 2 to 3 Tablespoons
Ginger : A small piece
Salt : As Required
Oil : 1 Tablespoon
Ghee : 1 Tablespoon

Method :
1. Wash and cook rice and let it cool.
2. Wash and cut capsicum into thin pieces, slit green chilly and grate ginger and keep it aside.

3. Grate/dry grind coconut and keep it aside.
4. Keep a pan on the fire and heat. Add oil, mustard seeds and urid dal.
5. Let mustard seeds splutter. Add slit green chilly and curry leaves.
6. Add cut capsicum and fry nicely till soft.

7. Add cooked and cooled rice. Add turmeric powder, grated ginger and salt. Mix it nicely.

8. Add grated coconut and lemon juice. Mix it nicely and put off the fire. Add ghee and mix it well.

9. Shift the ready chitranna to a serving bowl and serve.

10. Serve with papad and a cup of curd/yogurt.

Note :
Fry capsicum nicely so that the rice mixes well with rice. Adding onions to chitranna is optional. Adding grated carrots to chintanna is optional. Adding ghee is optional. You can use little more oil instead. Adding more chilly is optional.
Time : 20 Minutes + Rice cooking : 20 Minutes.
Serves : 2 to 3.
Measurement of water and Rice ratio:
Sona Masoori Raw Rice : 1 Cup : 2 1/2 of- to 3 cups of water.
Basumati Rice : 1 Cup Rice : 2 Cups of water.

Bombay Bread Toast

Bombay Bread Toast is a snack and You can have them any time of the day. It goes well with cup of coffee/tea/juice. When you are hungry and you crave to have some think yummy, spicy and not that oily, this Bombay Bread Toast really serve the purpose.

I have used normal bread, besan/channa flour/kadale hittu, spices like green chilly, garam masala and vegetables like onions, tomato and carrots.
As I said it is an easy, yummy snack and goes well with chutney/ketchup.
Let us see the recipe Now :

Things Needed;

Bread Slices : 4 to 6
Besan Or Channa daal powder : 1/2 cup
Onion : 1
Green Chilly : 2 to 3
Carrots : 1 ( 1 cup of carrot gratings).
Tomatoes : 1 (Big size)
Coriander leaves : 5 to 6 Sticks.
Salt : to taste.
Garam Masala : A pinch
Jeera pr cumin seeds : 1/2 tea spoon.
Oil or Ghee : 2 to 3 table spoon
Water : Required quantity
Cooking Oil/butter/Ghee : 2 to 3 Tablespoons

 Method :

1. Remove the outer layer of onions and cut into small pieces.
2. Wash and remove the outer layer of carrot and grate it.

3. Wash and cut tomato into small and keep it aside.
4. Wash and cut green chilly, coriander leaves into think pieces.

5. Now take a bowl and put channa flour besan/Kadale hittu and salt in it.
6. Add cut onions , green chillies and coriander leaves, tomatoes and grated carrots.
7. Add required water and prepare bajji dough. (Let it be little thicker than bajji dough)
8. Slice the bread in triangular shape. (No need to cut out the edges).

9. Keep a pan on the fire and heat. Place a bread slice and spread bajji dough on the top.

10. Add little oil around and cover the lid. Cook on 30 seconds).

11. Turn the other side slowly and cook for a minute. (Bajji dough gets cooked). Add a teaspoon of oil around the bread.
12. Cook nicely till the bajji dough turns golden brown.
13. Remove from the pan and serve with chutney/Ketch up and a cup of coffee/tea.

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14. Repeat the same with remaining bread and the dough.n the low flame . Use 1 tea spoon of oil for each bread. Serve with ketchup or any kind of chutney.

Note : 

Cut onions in to small pieces . So that it cooks faster. Use of butter/ghee instead of oil is optional. Adding chilly powder/any other spice is optional.
Serves : 2 to 3
Time : 20 Minutes

CRISPY ONION PAKODA

Pakodas are fried dish and and we can have them as snack at coffee time or we can have them along with lunch or it can be served as starter at the party time. Crispy Onion Pakodas are tasty bites and easy to prepare.

Things Needed :

Onion : 2 to 3 ( Medium size )
Besan or Channa Powder : 1 Cup
Rice Powder : 1/4 cup
Green chilly : 3 to 4
Jeera or cumin seeds : 1/4 tea spoon'
Curry leaves : 6 to 8 leaves.
Coriander leaves.
Salt : to taste.
Oil : 1 cup (For frying the fritters)

Method :

1. Cut onions , green chillies and curry leaves in to small pieces.

. Take a big bowl and mix cut onions, green chillies , curry leaves, besan , rice powder, salt and cumin seeds. Mix it nicely. Do not add any water.

3. Heat 2 table spoons of oil in a pan and add it to the onion besan mixture. Mix it nicely when it cools down.

4. Now keep a frying pan on the fire and pour oil and heat.

5. Take a handful of pakoda dough and leave it as small balls. Let it fry on both sides.

6. Remove from the oil and put it on a kitchen tissue. Pakodas are ready to serve.
7. Serve with a cup of coffee/tea or have it whenever you want it.

Note :

Do not add water at first. Mix all the ingredients nicely with hot oil and leave if for 2 to 3 minutes. Then mix it nicely. Cut onions provide the moisture. If required add water. (Little by little). Adding garlic to the dough is optional. Add just 2 Tablespoons of oil while mixing. (Heat it and then add). It helps to get the fritters crispy. Adding more chilly is optional.
Time : 30 Minutes
Serves : 3 to 4 

Easy Pav Bhaji

Pav is bread and bhaji is curry Pav Bhaji is well known as street food (fast food) is loved by all.
Lets see how to make quick and easy bhaji  and have quicker Pavi Bhaji which can be enjoyed with minimum time.

All you need to buns(Pav) and some vegetables to cook. Here I have used carrots, potatoes and tomatoes. Some Pav bhaji masala to add to the baaji.

Ingredients for Baaji

Carrot : 2 to 3
Peas (I have used frozen ) : 1 Bowl.
Potatoes : 2 ( Medium sized)
Tomato: 2
Onion : 1 (Big)
Salt to taste
Ginger : Small piece
Coriander leaves : 4 to 5 sticks
Pav baaji Masaala powder : 1/2 Teaspoon
Garam Masala : 1/2 Teaspoon
Jeera powder : 1 Teapoon
Butter : 2 to 3 Table spoon
Oil : 1 Table spoon
Pav (Bread) : Required

Method : Masala (Bhaji)

1. Wash carrots, potatoes, ginger, remove the outer layer and grate it . Keep it aside.
2. Cut coriander leaves, tomatoes and onions into small.

3. Keep a pan on the fire and heat. Add 1 Tablespoon of oil and put 1/2 teaspoon of jeera.
4. Add tomatoes, grated ginger and fry nicely. Add carrots, peas and potatoes and fry till they turn soft.

5. Add salt, little turmeric powder, garam masala powder, pav bhaji masala powder and fry nicely.
6. Let it cook nicely till every thing mixes well. Add butter to it and shift the bhaji to a serving dish.

7. Add little coriander leaves to it. Add 1 tablespoon of butter to the bhaji. Mix it nicely.

8. Cut buns in the middle. Keep a tava (dosa pan) on the fire.
9. Heat and Keep cut buns and let it roast. Apply little ghee on both side and roast it.

10. Keep the roasted buns, a spoonful of bhaji and little onion on it and serve.

11. You can also serve cucumber raitha (pachadi) or a cup of curd along with Pav Bhaji.

12. You can toast bread and serve with Pav bhaji instead of buns.

Note: 

You can cook all the vegetables instead of grating them. Adding Spice according to your taste is optional. Adding butter is also optional. I have used MTR brand powders. You can use any brand of spice of your choice. You can use butter to roast buns instead of ghee. Bhaji can be used as curry for chapati, roti, poori and dosas.
Total Time : 30 minutes
Serves : 2 to 3