My Recipe for Pudina Rice

As i have said in my earlier post, i have typed in my mamma's recipe here.
For my remembrance and future uses, i am posting these details: Recipe of Pudina Rice that serves 4

Mint Leaves(Pudina) : 2 small bunches(you can add another half bunch if you like the flavour).
Tomatoes : 2 Big & Ripe
Green Chillies : 6 Big (Half pasted and Half into jullians)
Ginger Garlic Paste : 2 Spoon Fulls (Home made preferred)
Bay Leaf : 1 (Small)
Nut Meg : 1 (Small : Powdered)
Cinnamon : 2 (1 Powdered & 1 as it is)
Cloves : 6 ( can add or decrease depending on choice)
Cashew Nuts : 6 (No special account--paste preferred)
Potato : 1 (Big)
Onion : 1 (Big pieces just like chilli jullions)
Butter or Oil : 4 to 5 Tablespoons (Butter Preferred)
Rice : 3 Cups
Can add more vegetables like carrot,green peas etc
then starts my experiment...
1. Clean the Mint leaves free from sand & mud. Chop of their roots.
2. Cut the tomatoes and make a paste of the mint leaves and tomatoes.
3. Take a pan (of considerable depth) with butter or oil in it. Place it on the stove on medium heat.
4. Start frying Bay leaf, Nut meg Powder, Cinnamons, Cloves, Cashews and Jullians in the pan.
5. Add Ginger Garlic paste and Onions. You'll notice some vapours with nice scents coming from the condiments you added.
6. Then add the chilli paste, Mint & Tomato paste, Chopped potatoes to the contents in the pan.
7. Just fry them for 2 to 3 min. And you can remove the pan from the stove.
8. Now add wash your rice and place it in the cooker (Pressure or Electric). Add water in 1:1.5 ratio to it.
i.e..for every 1 cup of rice you need to add 1.5 cups of water. Here as we take 3 cups of rice, the water is 4.5 cups.
9. Do not forget to add salt to this water. The water must be a bit more salty as the vapour & vegetables take in all the salt.
10. Add the mixture prepared earlier to the rice. If it is Electric cooker leave it till it is done and if it is a pressure cooker then place it on a high flame. Wait for 3 whistles. Then change it to a low flame.
Turn off the flame after 5 minutes. Leave it aside for 15 minutes.
Now...my mamma's pudina rice is ready to be served.
When i tried it, it turned out to be YUMMY and a really nice dish. Try it. You'll definitely suceed as this is a very easy dish. A combination with Chicken or Mutton Stew(Indian) would be awesome. But i leave that to your taste buds. Enjoy cooking. :)

my experiments with cooking

Does this sound like Gandhi's My experiments with truth..it may or may not be something like that.
This is just a collection of some funny moments related to my cooking.
This weekend, i did 101 or so things by saturday noon.. and still i feel like time has stopped moving.
And just like an angel..called my buddy Rani. Her mom was out for the day to some relative's place. So she invited me over for a girls day out. And she knows that i would never say no to such offers.
There and then started my experiments with cooking that ended only on sunday(10PM) when Aunty is back home.
I started with some nice coffee. To tell you, Coffee is my favourite beverage. I can even say, i am addicted to coffee. Afterall i am born and brought up in a South Indian household where the day starts with aromas of the bestest filter coffee made by mamma..+ News paper(I donno which one adds value to the other, but this is the worlds best combination for an early morning breakfast).
And then, i started thinking on what to do for lunch..i finally choose potatoes, the easiest choice. But this time, it is not some stir fry. It is something with boiled potatoes. I always wanted to do this. So i tried this time. I won't say it is a huge success, bcoz the potatoes got over boiled..as i am into TV while i placed them on stove. But it wasn't a failure bcoz Rani said that she would consider me as an ametuer hereon.(which is no less for me coz she never even considered thinking of me and cooking together).
And then we went to market, not to buy anything seriously but just to roam around as we were getting bored sitting in the house.
Then i got the idea to make some pudina rice..which my mom had made when i am home the last time.
It tasted so delicious to me, that i am determined to try cooking it.
Then and there i called up my mom, to ask her the list of ingredients needed. Here i realised(also from my previous experiences)how important and difficult it is(shopping vegetables and right ingredients for a recipe).
For my remembrance and future uses i am posting the recipe on my blog. I suggest you to try it bcoz it was such an easy recipe that even i did it.
And i succeeded in my first attempt as my Pudina Rice turned out to be yummy and mouth watering.
Frankly, i never expected it to come out so good. Then there comes my friend's mom..I made Raitha with her help and it turned out to be an awesome dinner altogether. Finally the empty vessel made my day.
And i am happily surprised that my adventure went so well.
This experience gave me enough confidence to continue experimenting in the kitchen..and prove out to be lucky for my husband(:P).

Game Zone!!!

I have no clue..if anyone's seeing me or not..but still..i have something for you(i should say ME!) at the end of the page.
Yeah a game of Checkers..it is so fun to play..Mostly while at work when you have no work to do..Juzz Like Me Now.. :P
I guess one can select any of the games available in the list...Try it..Have Fun :)