Few days back, Shilpa Sane had asked for this recipe.
A few points to be noted while preparing fried rice : – The vegetables should not become very soft. They should be crunchy. – The rice should not become too soft, the grains should be seperate, so while cooking rice add a drop of oil. Preferably, do not cook rice in cooker/microwave. Cook with around 1(rice) : 4(water). When rice is cooked, drain off the extra water.
Ingredients: Basmati rice 1 cup Vegetables (green beans, carrot, capsicum etc cut into small pieces) 3/4 cup Green chillies (optional) 2-3 Soya sauce 1 tbl spn Vinegar 1 tbl spn Pepper powder 1/2 tea spn Oil 1 tea spn Salt
Method: Cook rice and keep aside. Heat oil and fry the vegetables for around 10min. They should be just cooked. Add the soya sauce and vinegar and mix for a minute. Add rice, pepper and salt.
Serves : 2 Preparation time : 20min
Raagi/nanchne ( Finger millet ) Neeru (water) is a drink served at almost all homes in North Kanara during summer. It is supposed to be the best drink to beat the heat. Since the heat becomes unbearable in the coastal areas, people usually drink this after working for long hours under the sun.
The raagi powder is prepared fresh by frying the raagi(without oil) for a few minutes and then grinding it to a fine powder. But these days everybody uses the ready made raagi flour for this.
The black liquid jaggery usually found in North Kanara is used for this drink, but if it cannot be found, the normal jaggery can also be used.
These days, as any other traditional dish, this heavenly drink is substituted by more and more commercial drinks. But I bet this is the best to beat the heat compared to any other ready made juice or drinks that we get in market.
I remember my aayi used to give us the chilled nanchne udak when we came back from playing during sunny days. We preferred this to any other juice.
I will post the picture soon (once I find raagi here).
Ingredients: Raagi/nanchne powder 1/2 cup Jaggery 2 tbl spns Cardamom powder 1/2 tea spn Water 2 cups
Method: Mix all the ingredients and blend it for a few minutes. Chill. Before serving, mix once again with a spoon.
Serves : 2 Preparation time : 5min
