Corn Puluv

Corn Pulav

Hi Friends,

Almost after two years, I'm meeting you all. Hope all are Safe and staying Healthy. 

This Pandemic has changed all our lives upside down. But our food and food culture doesn't changed a bit. In fact, we have realised the importance and value of home-made food.

But, on the other side, we, the homemakers are overloaded with kitchen work and other house-hold chores. 

So, now, to make our cooking easier, I'm going to give some easy recipes. Here comes First recipe., CORN PULAV!

Corn Pulav

Health Benefits of Corn:

Courtesy: Internet

Corn has several health benefits. Because of the high fiber content, it can aid with digestion. It also contains valuable B vitamins, which are important to your overall health. Corn also provides our bodies with essential minerals such as zinc, magnesium, copper, iron and manganese. Corn is a good source of the antioxidants carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin, which promote eye health. Since corn is considered a starchy vegetable, people with diabetes need to keep in mind that a ½ cup of corn (or a small ear of corn) contains 15 grams of carbohydrate and counts as one carbohydrate food choice.

Now, lets move to the Recipe!

Ingredients

Basmati Rice - 2 cups
Sweet Corn - 1 cup
Onion (big) - 1
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander Powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala Powder - 1/2 tsp
Bay Leaf - 1
Clove (Lavang) - 1
Salt - As required
Ghee - 1/2 tbsp
Cooking Oil - 1 tbsp

For grinding:

Onion (big) - 1
Green Chili - 1
Ginger - 1 small piece
Garlic - 4-5 units
Coriander Leaves (chopped) - 1 fistful
Mint Leaves (Pudhina) - 1 fistful

Method:

Wash Basmati Rice and soak in clean water for 20 minutes.

Wet Grind all the ingredients as a fine paste which are given for grinding.

Cut the Onion vertically,

In a pressure cooker, heat cooking oil! When it is hot, add Clove and Bay Leaf and saute for a second.

Add vertically chopped onion and saute till it becomes transparent.

Now add the ground paste and saute until the raw smell goes.

Now add Corn to it and mix well.

Now add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder one by one and saute well.

Now add soaked Basmati Rice to it and mix well.

Add rice : water in the ratio 1:2!

Add required salt and mix well.

Close the cooker and cook until 3 whistles.

Corn Pulav ready!

Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.

Serve hot with Cucumber Raita or Onion Raita. 

Note:

If you want it more spicy, you can add  one more green chili or little more chilli powder!!

Will be back with yet another healthy recipe! 

Till then, Take Care! Stay Safe! Stay Healthy!

Bisibelebath / Sambar Sadham

Finally I found an easy and time saving method to prepare Sambar Sadham. I would like to share this easy method to everybody. You can do it in pressure cooker directly.

Ingredients

Raw Rice - 1 cup
Thoor Dhall - 1/2 cup
Tamarind - 1 lemon size
Mustard - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp
Groundnuts - 2 tsp
Asafoetida powder - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - 2 strands
Onion (chopped) - 1
Tomato (chopped) - 1
Carrot (chopped) - 1
Chayote or Chow Chow (chopped) - 1
Brinjal (chopped) - 2
Potato (chopped) - 1
Pumpkin White (chopped) - 1 cup
Coriander leaves - 3 strands
Salt - as per needed
Oil - 2 to 3 tbsp.

To roast and grind

Bengal Gram Dhall - 2 tsp
Coriander seeds - 2 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 strand
Coconut (Grated) - 1 cup

Method

Soak Rice, Thoor dhall and Tamarind separately for 20 to 30 minutes.

Take chopped tomato and soaked tamarind and prepare tamarind extract and keep aside.

Roast Bengal gram, Coriander seeds, fenugreek seeds, curry leaves with very little oil and wet grind with grated coconut and keep aside.

In a deep thick bottomed pressure cooker, heat oil, and add mustard seeds.

When it splutters, add fenugreek seeds, groundnuts and asafoetida powder and then add curry leaves and then add chopped onion. Saute till the onion becomes transparent.

Then add carrot, potato, chayote or chow-chow, brinjal and pumpkin and mix well.

Now add the ground paste and mix it well.

Add tamarind extract and add salt as per your requirement.

Add the soaked rice and dhall to it.

Mix well and add 4 to 5 cups of water to it. Pressure cook for upto 4 whistles.

Open and add 2 tsp of ghee to it and finely chopped coriander leaves and curry leaves. Serve hot.

Appalam, Chips, and Potato poriyal will be a nice combination with this yummy Bisibelebath.

To make it more delicious:

Take one tomato, Onion, two green chillies, carrot, coriander leaves, curry leaves and grind it to fine paste and add to the preparation before adding rice. It will be an added flavour.
 (We can do this while preparing our regular Sambhar - while adding tamarind extract )