Varunya's Kitchen

Veg Fried Rice Ingredients Basmati rice- 1 cup (cooked). Oil - 3 to 4 tsp Garlic- 3 to 4 - finely chopped Carrot -1 , finely chopped Bush beans- 4  finely chopped Capsicum- 1/2 cup- finely chopped Spring onion- 1/4 cup- finely chopped Soy sauce- 1/2 tsp Vinegar - 1 tsp Black pepper powder - 1 tsp salt to taste. Cooking Method : 1.F irst, heat oil in  a pan. add 3-4 tsp of oil.Then add garlic and saute for few seconds. 2.Then add finely chopped beans and carrot  and saute it for 2 min in a high flame . 3.Then add capsicum and fry for a minute. 4. R epeatedly stir and toss the vegetables so that they are cooked well. add some salt while cooking vegetables. 5.The vegetables should be almost cooked. then add the 1 tsp of soy sauce and vinegar. Then add crushed black pepper and mixed it well. 6. Now add cooked basmati rice , then tossed and mixed it well. 7. Finally add chopped spring onions for garnish...

Sambar Sadham- Saravana bhavan style Ingredients Rice   -  1 Cup Toor Dal    - 1/2 Cup Oil - 1 tblsp Curry Leaves  - to temper Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp Red Chilli  - 2 Nos Small Onion / Shallots - 1/2 Cup  Tomato - 1 Nos (thinly sliced) Red Chilly Powder - 1 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp Mixed Vegetables - 1 cup (Carrot, Beans, Drum stick, Potato, etc....) Tamarind Paste - 1/4 cup (Tamarind extract ) Coriander leaves - for garnishing  Jaggery  - 1 tsp (for taste enhancing ) Salt - to taste Ghee - 2 tsp To Roast  &  Grind  Red Chilly - 5 nos  Channa Dal -  1  tblsp Coriander Seeds - 2 tsp Fenugreek seed - 1/4 tsp Coconut -  2 tblsp

Beetroot Spicy Biriyani Ingredients Onion- 2 Nos( thinly sliced) Green Chilli  - 2 Nos Tomato - 1 Nos (thinly sliced) Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp  Biriyani Powder - 2 tsp Kashmiri chilly powder - 3 tsp  Beetroot  - 3 Nos(Medium size)  Beans - 5 Nos (Green peas is best combination of beetroot- i used available vegetable for this         time- That why i used beans)    Basmati rice / siraga Samba- 1 Cup Water - 2 Cups Salt - to taste To Temper: Oil / Ghee  - 1 & 1/2 tspr Bay leaf- 1  Cinnamon Stick (Pattai) - 3 Nos (Small) Cloves (Lavangam or Grambu) - 3 Nos Cashews - 15 Nos (optiona l) C ooking   Method: Soak basmati rice for 20 mins . Heat a  pressure cooker with oil, temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ - itms and add thin sliced onion with Green chilli. The onion turns transparent, add ginger garlic paste and fried it...

                                                                Mint (Pudina) Biryani Ingredients Onion- 1 Nos( thinly sliced) Green Chilli  - 2 Nos Tomato - 1 Nos (thinly sliced) Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp  Biryani Powder - 2 tsp Carrot - 2 Nos  Beans - 10 Nos  Green Peas, Cali-flower & Potato (Ur choice of veg- i used Carrot and beans only)  Basmati rice / siraga Samba- 1 Cup Water - 2 Cups Salt - to taste To Grind: mint leaves / pudina - 1/2 cup coriander leaves - 1/2 cup garlic- 2 ginger - 1 inch green chilli - 2 Nos Small Onion - 6 Nos To Temper: Oil / Ghee  - 1 & 1/2 tspr Bay leaf- 1  Cinnamon Stick (Pattai) - 3 Nos (Small) Cloves (Lavangam or Grambu) - 3 Nos Cashews - 15 Nos (optional) Cooking   Method: Soak bas...