Shrimp ( Prawns, Royyalu) Biryani

Ingedients:
Shrimp - 1 lb
Rice - 4 cups
Water - 8 cups
Cury Leaves - 5-6
Red Chilli - 5
Mustard Seeds - 1 Tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 Tsp
Onions - 2(small)
Green Chilli - 6
Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 Tsp
Pulav Masala Powder - 2 Tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 Tsp
Chilli Powder - 1 Tsp
Oil & Salt - To Taste
Method:

Wash the shrimp with salt and turmeric powder so that the raw smell goes.

Add chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt, oil and water and boil the shrimp for 10-15 mins. There are 2 benefits in doing this. The raw smell from the shrimp goes away, also we can cook the biryani in Electric rice cooker as well as the shrimp is already cooked.
Keep the boiled shrimp aside.

Take a pan, heat the pan and add oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and let it fry for 2 mins. Then add this sliced onions, green chilli and fry until the onions gets golden brown color.

Then add ginger garlic paste and fry it until the raw smell from the paste goes away. Then add pulav masala and let it fry for 5 mins. Then add shrimp and fry it for little more.

Then add the rice and fry it for 5 mins.

Add all these to the rice cooker and Yummy Biryani is Ready.

This will be good combination with Raita.

Upma (Breakfast Made with Sooji)

Ingredients:
Sooji - 2 Cups
Water - 5 cups
Onions - 2 (small)
Green Chilli - 4
Mustard Seeds - 1 Tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 Tsp
Curry Leaves - 4-5
Chana Dal - 1 Tbsp
Ginger - 1 inch
Oil &  Salt - To Taste
Method:

Heat a pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves, chana dal and let it fry for 2 mins then add finely chopped ginger and thin sliced onions and green chilli.

Let it fry until the onions are light brown in color then add water and salt to this mixture. Once the water starts boiling add sooji to it and thoroughly mix it so that no lumps gets formed.

Serve the Upma hot with sugar or any chutney.

Capsicum (Bell Peppers) Curry Without Masala

Capsicum Curry Without Masala

Ingredients:

Bell Peppers (any color) - 4 (The curry tastes good if you mix all the colored bell peppers)

Onions - 2

Green chilli - 4

Red Chilli - 2

Cumin seeds - 1Tsp

Mustard seeds - 1 Tsp

Split Urad Dal - 1 Tsp

Split Chana Dal - 1 Tsp

Curry Leaves - 4

Garlic cloves - 4

Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tsp

Milk - 1/4 Cup

Salt & Oil - To Taste

Method:

First heat a pan then add oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal, chana dal, red chilli, garlic and curry leaves and then fry them till dal is golden brown.

Then add onions and green chilli and then add salt and turmeric powder, fry this mixture for 5 mins.

Cut the capsicum into small pieces, once the onions are golden brown add the capsicum then add water and close the lid and let it cook for 10-15 mins.

After the water is fully evaporated open the lid and add 1/4 cup of milk to it and then let it cook for 2 mins.

Take out the curry in a separate bowl.

Tasty Bell Pepper curry is ready to eat.

This curry will be really good with Roti.

Shrimp Curry

Shrimp Curry

Ingredients:

Shrimp (Prawns) - 1 lb

Curry leaves - 6-7

Red Chilli - 3

Cumin Seeds - 1 Tb Spoon

Mustard Seeds - 1 Tb Spoon

Onions - 2-3 (small)

Green Chilli - 4

Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 Tea Spoon

Oil & Salt - To Taste

Preparation:

First heat a pan and add oil, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, curry leaves, Red Chilli and fry them for 5 mins.

 Then add finely chopped onion and green chilli to this and fry for 5 more mins.

Add ginger garlic paste and fry this mixture until the raw flavor goes from ginger garlic paste.

Then add turmeric powder, salt and chilli powder to this and fry for 2 mins. Then add the shrimp and add water to it and cook it till the shrimp is nicely cooked.

If you want it like a gravy then add more water and onions.

It will be very good with rice and also with Chapathi.

Capsicum Masala Rice

Capsicum Masala Rice

This is a very easy, quick and healthy recipe. 

Ingredients: 

Rice - 4 cups

Red Chilli (whole) - 8

Mustard seeds - 1 Teaspoon

Cumin Seeds - 1 Teaspoon

Dhaniya (Coriander Seeds) - 1 Teaspoon

Urad Dal - 2 Teaspoons

Peanuts - 1/2 cup

Capsicum - Red (half), Yellow (half), Orange (half), Green (half)

Garam Masala - 1/2 Teaspoon

Salt & Oil - To taste

Method:

First Cook the rice.

Heat a pan and add red chilli, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, dhaniya and urad dal and then fry it till urad dal gets golden brown color ( we do not have to add oil to it as we need to powder the ingredients, it should all be dry fried).

Then add peanuts and fry it for 5 mins.

Then add these ingredients to a food processor and make it a coarse powder.

Add Garam masala and salt to this powder and keep it aside.

 Cut the capsicum into cube size.

 Take a pan and add Ghee or butter and fry the capsicum till the pieces are soft. Then add the powder to this and fry it for 5 more mins.

Add this mixture to the cooked rice and serve hot.

You can have this rice either with Raita or even with Sambar.