Day 7 - Blogging Marathon - Coconut Rice

Ok , here I am at the end of the blogging marathon. This time Im making Coconut Rice. Some people do not like the smell of the oil that emanates from this rice when it is being made. I just love it for the color of it and can have it with nothing along with it.

The ingredients for this rice will be readily available at home at any point of time.

• Scrapped fresh coconut - 2 cups
• Rice - 2 cups boiled and cooled
• Green chillies - 2 cut into small pieces
• Curry leaves and mustard seeds for tempering
• Salt for taste
• Oil

The method for making this peace loving dish is also simple

• Heat oil in a non stick pan.
• Add the tempering agents when the oil is hot.
• Add the green chillies followed by the scrapped coconut
• Saute this mixture in low flame and ensure that the flavour of coconut is retained
• To this add the cooled rice in batches. Adjust salt as per your taste and the quantity of rice you are adding

Coconut rice makes good option for kids lunch boxes. When I made this rice, I remembered my paati who used to love this rice. Miss you paati. Wish you was still around to taste the food I make.

I take this opportunity to thank my fellow runners and Srivalli for organising this marathon. Your comments and suggestions were my pillars of strength.

Okay, time to go on a trail to my fellow runners kitchen, wanna come along..

Azeema, Bhagi, Champa, Gayathri Anand, Gayathri Kumar, Harini, Jay, Meena, Mina, Padma, Pavani, PJ, Priya Mahadevan, Priya Suresh, Priya Vasu, Rujuta, Santosh, Saraswathi, Savitha, Shanavi, Smitha, Sowmya, Suma, Usha, Veena

Day 6 - Blogging Marathon - Easy breezy breakfast.

Poha, is a very common breakfast in North India. In South India we make a different version of this. This was made one morning when we ran out of Dosa batter. I did not want to buy the batter from outside as my dad does not like the taste of it. We generally make the idli and dosa batter at home. Will write a detailed post about it later.

Very simle to make but tasty to eat. This poha needs very simple ingredients

• Poha - 1 cup
• Green Chillies - 1 cut into small pieces
• Groundnut - for granish
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Salt to taste.

This breezy breakfast can be made in the following way

• Wash the poha in running water and squeeze of excess water
• In a non stick frying pan , add a little oil
• When the oil is hot , add mustard seeds and groundnut
• Fry for a minute or so then add the washed poha
• Add salt and turmeric at this stage
• Keep tossing for a minute. Make sure the texture of poha is not destroyed

Your easy breakast is ready in a few minutes time. This can also be given as an evening snacks for children who come back from school. There are many variations that can be done to this simple dish. Will have to try them and soon blog about it.

Me gonna visit my fellow runners kitches..

Azeema, Bhagi, Champa, Gayathri Anand, Gayathri Kumar, Harini, Jay, Meena, Mina, Padma, Pavani, PJ, Priya Mahadevan, Priya Suresh, Priya Vasu, Rujuta, Santosh, Saraswathi, Savitha, Shanavi, Smitha, Sowmya, Suma, Usha, Veena