Many of the occasions, we are left with some extra rice, post lunch or dinner. One of the best ways to utilise this left-over rice is to prepare some fried rice with added vegetables, eggs, chicken etc., whatever you like. This also serves the purpose of a perfect tiffin menu. Continue Reading
Long back I have shared with you Chicken biryani recipes (Kolkata Style Chicken Biryani, Chicken Kachchi Biryani) which was much liked and adored. However, biryani should not necessarily be made with the meat per se. Vegetables cooked in dum with basmati rice can culminate into a great vegetable biryani as well, Continue Reading
These days I just love experimenting with Pulao, whether veg or non-veg, specially because it serves the purpose of a one dish meal. 😉 Today’s recipe is all about one such vegetarian Pulao, with soya nuggets added in, and can be called as Soya Nugget Pulao. Soya Nuggets are very Continue Reading
Pulao can be made in different ways. I have already posted the recipes of Mishti Pulao, Vegetable Pulao and Morog/Chicken Pulao. Today’s recipe is of Prawn Pulao. My mother used to make prawn pulao in pressure cooker with Gobindobhog rice. The aroma of this rice along with ghee and prawns Continue Reading
Khicuri (In Bengali) or Khichdi which means a “unruly mixture” is a very nutritious and comfort food known all over India. It is a one pot dish comprising of rice and lentils, with vegetables are often added to bring variety. Although it is a completely non-glamorous food, and often find Continue Reading
I already expressed my soft corner for Chinese food, which is incomplete without mentioning fried rice. Perhaps it is not justified to tout fried rice as Chinese, since it can be found in abundance in Thai, Indonesian and other Asian cuisines. In fact, they taste drastically different depending on where Continue Reading
Whenever I have lot of different vegetables in stock, I think of preparing vegetable pulao. It is well content to be served as one-dish meal. Again one can serve it with any other side dish. What attracts me most about this pulao is its colourful appearance due to presence of Continue Reading
Jeera rice or rice with cumin seeds is a very simple preparation. It differs slightly from plain rice as the nice aroma of cumin seed blends very well with the rice. It goes very well with any kind of side dish, either veg or non-veg. For example, the last time Continue Reading
I often prepare egg rice when I am not exactly in mood of serious cooking. 🙂 This is an easy way out for me if I just have to cook for myself. The best part of this simplest ever egg rice recipe is that it can be made in no Continue Reading
“Morog Pulao” can be regarded as a close alternative to Chicken Biryani as the key elements are almost similar. However, if Biryani requires a lenghty and complex process, Morog Polao is easier to prepare but is not compromising in taste by any means. One may wonder what does morog aka Continue Reading