Hello all my dear readers! Although a little late to greet you all on the week's start, I thought just posting a new recipe would make my boredom and laziness flee, and I could take control of my usual routine sooner. Well it did do the magic, but not for long. But it is okay to be bored, and lazy, I say to myself, since for one this being a Monday coming after a long weekend, another big enough reason being winter, short days and long nights and should I go on, the list can be endless. Bottom line, I just want to spend some days lazily he he he...
So an aromatic main course with a a very pleasant side dish was the result of today's laziness. If my husband were to read this line, he would definitely say "long live your laziness my dear". He is a food lover and a very lovely husband who rarely disapproves of anything I make. Good friends, and an understanding family is a seemingly simple, yet fortuitous boon to oneself, which I am lucky to have. Today's dish is from one such friend who has a good heart to share not just delicious dishes she makes but her recipes too!
And here is the recipe for the simple, but fragrant rice dish!
Ingredients:
methi leaves a bunch
2 Tomatoes
8-9 Green chillies
Peas
Ginger garlic Paste - 1 tbspn
OOh and Basmati or Sonamasoori rice about 3 cups washed and soaked in about 5 cups water.
Seasoning:
Curryleaves
Jeera
In a deep vessel, add about 2 tbspoons oil wait till hot and add the curryleaves, then add jeera followed by ginger+garlic paste. saute the paste for about a minute. Then add the methi leaves, and peas, saute them ( I used frozen peas for the time being, you can use fresh peas if available ) for about 2-3 minutes. Add the roughly diced tomatoes and saute for another 2 minutes.Add a pinch of turmeric and enough salt to the mixture. Add the fried ingredients to the soaked rice and cook in a rice cooker ( since it is a lazy day for me ). But if you have the time, you can add 5 cups water to the sauteed methi and other ingredients and cook in the same vessel. Meanwhile prepare raitha of your choice ( my choice for today was onion and cucumber ) and wait for the rice to be done. I bet your home will be filled with the flavorful fragrance of methi by then. I donot have words to describe the joy my heart was filled with while savouring the Rice with the Raitha. There is one more dish that I love cooking and eating to my heart's content, Khichdi. But for today 2 thumbsup for my friend's Methi Rice with Raitha. I was halfway through my lunch when I remembered that I had forgotten to take a picture for my dear blog. So dont mind the not so aesthetically taken picture!! Bye now
I tried this recipe yesterday..it was so yummy! very simple to make too!!! This is a keeper:)
ReplyDeleteThank you Shwetha, yes it definitely is.
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