Sunday, May 13, 2012

CUCUMBER RICE


               
                This recipe which i learnt from my mom , it tastes  great.                                                                                                  
Ingredients:
Raw rice-1cup
Cucumber grated- ½ cup
Green chilly-4 pieces
Ginger-1/2 inch piece
Lemon juice-1tbsp
Turmeric powder-pinch
Asafoetida/ hing -1/2tsp
Salt-to taste
Curry leaves-2 sprig
To Season:
Mustard and black gram dhal-1/2 tsp
Ghee-1tbsp


Method:
Pressure cook (or boil) rice with 1 ½ cups water and ½ tsp  salt for three whistles. Cool and separate with a fork. 
Cut the green chilly and ginger into a small pieces.
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seed, black gram dhal .
Add the ginger, salt, green chilly, hing, turmeric powder and then add the grated cucumber and Fry them for 5minutes.
Then mix the mixture with cooked rice and add lemon juice.

6 comments:

  1. Nice idea to have cucumber mixed with rice. Thanks for linking Sara...Jayanthi(www.sizzlingveggies.com)

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  2. thank you jayanthi .......... saraniya

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  3. Nice and tangy rice preparation.

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  4. Super idea dear !! wonderful recipe !! Thanks for linking to the event !! Appreciate it !!

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