Egg pulao

    Not long before, we visited 'Royalseema ruchulu' restaurant at Hyderabad, I must admit that 'Nattukodi pulao' was an real FAB.  We continued to order pulao twice, thrice.... :)  After relishing their hot, fiery pulao, blogger part of mine desired to make an 'silent try' :)   As thought, I continued making the pulao with hard-boiled eggs, pulao was fantastic.  Here, I also share one useful trick for cooking the rice with correct texture. Also try to cook basmati rice in an wide-mouthed vessel, so that they dont become mushy and stay like separate grains.

Egg pulao can also be an 'hit' in your family.  Try them ideally on an week-day lunch once before an exotic week-end lunch :D  I garnished this egg pulao with mint leaves, one slice/wedge of egg along with deep fried onions.  I had them, as such.  Every bite was flavourful and tempting.  My daughter, Varsha who doesn't eat spicy food also carved an special interest to this pulao.  This is an easy and tempting alternative to our usual home-made  biriyani.  Do try them :D

Pudhina saadam/Mint flavoured rice

Why not give this creamy mint rice a try?? Kids will luv to have this mildly flavoured rice

Ingredients required

To make green paste

• 1 tsp roasted cumin seeds
• 2 bunch of mint leaves, cleaned and washed twice
• 1-inch piece of ginger

To temper

• 5-6 tsp of oil
• 1 tsp crushed cinnamon
• 1 tsp crushed marathi mogga
• 2-3 green chillies finely chopped
• 4-5 broken cashewnuts
• 4 tsp of finely chopped onions

Pudhina idly

 Pudhina idly is idlis flavoured with pudhina sauce, and this goes excellant with tomato chutney in breakfast.

Ingredients required

• Regular idly batter- one cup
• 2 green chillies, broken into half
• One tsp jeera
• 2 tsp ginger juvellines
• One cup of mint leaves
• Half cup of coriander leaves

Method

In a kadaai, dry roast  jeera, ginger, green chilly.

Add in pudhina, coriander leaves.

Blend this in a mixer, add this paste to regular idly batter and cook idly in steamer for 15-20 minutes.

Trendy pudhina idly with tomato chutney is ready to serve

Tangy mint chutney

Ingredients for tangy mint chutney:

One big handful of mint leaves, half onion, one medium piece coconut, 2 green chillies, half cup of coriander leaves, 1/4 cup of curd, and amchoor powder(optional).  Grind it to a smooth paste for chutney, will be like this