Capsicum Rice/Green Bell Pepper rice

This is a quick, flavorful and colorful rice which is made very easily. It is an easy dish which can be made when you are in a hurry or when you have some left over rice you can make variety rice like this. This is a dish which is done very quickly and you can pack it easily as a lunch for school going children. It requires only few ingredients which is easily available in the kitchen. In US and Canada, they are called bell peppers. In Australia and Asia, they are known as Capsicum. Capsicums come in a variety of colors: Green, purple, red, orange and yellow. Green and purple are little bitter to taste.  Red, orange and yellow are milder flavored, sweeter, and pleasant to the taste. The red peppers are really green peppers which have been left to ripen on the vine.

Preparation Time :25minutes

Cooking Time :15minutes

 

Ingredients:

• Cooked Rice -1cup
• Big Onion -1
• Capsicum -1
• Green chilli -1
• Pepper powder/Milagu thool -1tsp
• Cumin powder/Seeraka thool -1tsp
• Salt -2tsp or as required
• Oil -1tblsp or as required

Preparation:

• Cook rice and keep
• Chop onion, capsicum and green chilli into smaller pieces

Procedure:

• Pour oil in a pan
• Add onions and fry till they become golden brown in color
• Then add capsicum and fry
• Then add green chilli and fry
• Then add pepper powder, cumin powder and salt and mix well
• Then add rice and mix well
• Capsicum Rice is now ready!!!

Step by Step Procedure:

Pour oil in a pan. Add onions and fry till they become golden brown in color

Then add capsicum and fry

Then add green chilli, pepper powder, cumin powder, salt and fry

Then add rice and mix well

Capsicum Rice is now ready!!!

  

 

Curd Rice

Curd rice or yogurt rice or thayir sadam is a South Indian dish which is kept at the end of every meal. It tastes best with even pickles, chutneys, any veg or non-veg fry. It is an easy and quick recipe for travel too. We can also have this as main food or after lunch or dinner. Even kids too like eating curd rice. It is a very light and comforting meal. We can prepare this from the curd we make at home or from the ready made curd we buy from shops.

Preparation Time :20minutes

Cooking Time :5minutes

Ingredients:

• Raw Rice -1cup
• Curd/Yogurt/Thayir -1packet or 1cup
• Mustard seeds/Kadugu -1tsp
• Green chilli -2
• Ginger -1inch piece
• Curry leaves -A spring
• Milk -1/4cup
• Butter -1tsp
• Salt -As required

Preparation:

• Cook rice and keep
• Chop green chilli and ginger into small pieces
• Wash curry leaves and keep

Procedure:

• Cook rice and keep
• Mix curd/thayir/yogurt with rice and keep
• Then mix it with milk
• Pour butter in a pan
• After oil gets heated add mustard seeds
• After they crackle add green chilli, ginger and fry
• Then add curry leaves and fry
• Add this tempered ingredients over the rice and mix well
• Tasty Curd Rice is now ready!!!

Step by Step Procedure:

Cook rice and keep. Mix curd/thayir/yogurt with rice and keep

Pour butter in a pan. After oil gets heated add mustard seeds. After they crackle add green chilli, ginger and fry

Then add curry leaves and fry

Add this tempered ingredients over the rice and mix well

Tasty Curd Rice is now ready!!!

 

Lemon Rice

This South Indian food is very easy to make, which can be prepared in minutes when we are in a hurry or when we have leftover rice. It can be packed easily for picnics in less time. We can make it on weekday mornings if we wake up a little late and have a little time for lunch preparation. The taste of lemon gives a refreshing and tangy taste to the rice

 

Preparation Time :10minutes

Cooking Time :5minutes

Ingredients:

• Rice -1cup
• Lemon juice -1(from one full lemon)
• Mustard seeds/Kadugu -1tsp
• Urad dal/Ulutham Parupu -1/4tsp
• Channa Dal/Kadalai Parupu -1tsp
• Ground nut/Nila kadalai -1tsp
• Ginger -1/4inch piece
• Green Chilli -2
• Curry leaves/Karivepilai - A spring
• Asafoetida/Hing/Perunkaya thool -1/4tsp
• Turmeric powder/Manjal thool -1tsp
• Salt -1tsp or as needed
• Yellow food coloring -1/2tsp (optional)

Preparation:

• Make rice separately and keep
• Take the juice out of lemon and keep
• Chop green chilli and ginger to pieces 
• Keep all the other ingredients ready

Procedure:

• Pour oil in a pan
• After oil gets heated, add mustard seeds
• After they crackle add ground nut, chana dal, ginger, green chilli and fry
• Then add urad dal, curry leaves and hing and mix
• Then add turmeric powder and mix
• Then add lemon juice and salt and mix it with rice
• Lemon Rice is now ready!!!

Step by Step Procedure:

Pour oil in a pan. After oil gets heated, add mustard seeds. After they crackle add ground nut, chana dal, ginger, green chilli and fry. Then add urad dal, curry leaves and hing and mix. Then add turmeric powder and mix

Then add lemon juice and salt and mix it with rice. Lemon Rice is now ready!!!

Note:

I usually wont add food color. If you want you can add yellow food color for the bright yellow color

Tomato Rice

This is very easy to prepare. Prepare rice first and then add the prepared masala into it and the end product will be very tasty. This can be taken for lunch and can be prepared very easily when we have little time only for preparing lunch. This can also be done when you have leftover rice

Preparation Time :20 minutes

Cooking Time :10 minutes

Ingredients:

• Cooked rice -1cup
• Big Onion -1
• Tomato -2
• Green chilli -2
• Mustard seeds/kadugu -1/2tsp
• Urad dal/Ulutham parupu -1/4tsp
• Turmeric powder/Manjal podi -1/2tsp
• Salt -1tsp
• Curry leaf -A spring
• Oil -1tblsp

To grind:

Tomato -2

Grind and make into a fine puree

Preparation:

• Prepare rice and keep
• Chop onion and green chilli to fine pieces
• Grid tomato to a fine puree

Procedure:

• Pour oil in a pan
• Add mustard seeds and after it crackles add urad dal and fry
• Add onion and green chilli and fry till onion becomes golden brown in color
• Add tomato puree and fry till the raw smell goes off
• Add curry leaves and fry
• Add turmeric powder, salt and mix
• Take this and pour on rice and mix
• Tomato rice is now ready!!!

Step by step procedure:

Pour oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and after it crackles add urad dal and fry

Add onion and green chilli and fry till onion becomes golden brown in color

Add tomato puree and fry till the raw smell goes off

Add curry leaves and fry

Add turmeric powder, salt and mix. Take this and pour on rice and mix. Tomato rice is now ready!!!