Wednesday, August 13, 2008

LEMONY LEMON RICE WITH TANGY GRILLED TOMATO CHUTNEY AND SWEET GULABI LASSI....

Lemon rice reminds me of college days,..i remember in between classes we used to ask our batchmates what they have got from their home for lunch and lemon rice was the most frequent one,..in their tiffin,..as our hostel food was not good,..food got by our localite friends was boon for us...i prepared lemon rice for the first time,..here in singapore and enjoyed with frequently prepared grilled tomato chutney and papad.
recipe for lemon rice
ingredient
rice 300gm
oil to cook
salt to taste
one tsp each of mustard and urad seeds
juice of half lemon
half tsp of turmeric pwder
coriander leaves and curry leaves to garnish
procedure
cook rice with turmeric and salt,drain and mix lemon juice ,
for tempering
in another vessel heat half tsp of oil
add mustard seeds and once they start spluttering
add urad dal and curry leaves,
pour the contents over lemon rice.
Before serving garnish with coriander and curry leaves,..
another variation of lemon rice is to add peanuts and chanadal if u guys knw any other variation of lemon rice do share,,,.:-)
Grilled tomato chutney is frequently prepared at our home,it goes well parantha,khichdi and tehari as a side dish along with curd,salad and papad.
Ingredients for grilled tomato chutney
tomato two wash and dry and keep aside
green chilli one
garlic clove one peel and keep aside
salt to taste
few drops of mustard oil
coriander leaves to garnish
and if u want chutney to be more hot red chilli powder can be added ,i didnt add...
procedure
On a stove grill place the tomatoes and garlic cloves
keep roatating the tomatoes to avoid burning
once done remove the blackish layer of the tomatoes and keep aside
in a serving bowl mash the tomatoes along with grilled garlic,add chopped green chilli,salt and few drops of oil
before serving garnish with coriander leaves.
I TRIED LASSI WITH ROSE PETALS ,mixed curd,milk,icecubes,sugar,cardmom pod one and petals of two rose,blended in mixer and delicious GULABI LASSI WAS READY,Before serving garnish with rose petals.
LEMON RICE GOES TO EC FOR AFAM LEMON
ndWYF COLOUR EVENT
and also to SHEETAL FOR SWC KARNATAKA EVENT
STARTED BY LAKSHMI
GRILLED TOMATO CHUTNEY GOES TO SIG WHO IS HOSTING GRILL IT EVENT
STARTED BY MEETA,
TO SUNSHINEMOM FOR FOOD IN COLOUR EVENT
THEME FOR THE MONTH BEING RED AND
TO EC FOR WYF COLOUR THEME E VENT FOR COLOUR RED INGREDIENT TOMATO.
GULABI LASSI GOES TO SRILEKHA who is hosting ICECREAM AND MILKSHAKE EVENT
FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND TO EC FOR COLOUR WHITE INGREDIENT MILK FOR WYF EVENT.
MY BLOGGER FRENS HAVE PASSED ME MORE AWARDS,..THANKS FRENS WILL BE PASSING THEM SOON,..HAPPY BLOGGIN,..CEEYA SOON,..AND U GUYS MUST BE WONDERING WHTS TRICOLOUR FONT DOING IN MY POST THATS CAUSE I AM HIGH WITH INDEPENDENCE DAY FEVER ,,,ITS GONNA BE OUR 61st independence day doesnt that sound great...:-)
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO ALL FRENS IN ADVANCE...:-) ENJOY.....