Rice Kheer/Payasam

Ingredients

1/2 cup rice
2 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar (add more if required)
1 tsp cardamom powder
1 tsp ghee
Few cashews

Soak the rice in 1 cup water for 1/2 hour and micro high in a microwave safe bowl for 10 minutes.

Add sugar and cardamom powder to it. Mix and micro high for 2 minutes. Add milk and cook for another 2-3 minutes.

Add ghee and cashews to another microwave safe bowl and micro high for a minute. Add this to the kheer. Add more milk if required.

Serve hot or cold.

Sending this over to MEC:Pudding event started by Srivalli and guest hosted by Jayasree

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MEC:Paneer

Reposting these two delicious paneer dishes for the MEC event hosted by Rak's Kitchen with the theme of Paneer.

Malai Kofta

Kadai Paneer

Entries for Christmas events

JZ of Tasty treats is hosting the Santa's Holiday Challenge Event and Purva is hosting the Festive Food:Christmas Feast event

Fruit custard and Eggless Vanilla cake are the entries for the event

Gobi Matar (Cauliflower Peas) Sabzi

Ingredients

1 medium sized cauliflower (soaked in boiling water for 1/2 hr)
1/2 cup cooked peas
2 tsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp bengalgram dal
1/2 tsp blackgram dal
Few curry leaves
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp sabzi/curry powder/all purpose masala powder

In a microwave safe bowl, add the oil, mustard seeds, bengalgram dal and blackgram dal and micro high for 30 seconds. Add curry leaves, turmeric, cooked peas, cauliflower and some water. Micro high for 5 minutes till water dries up and cauliflower is cooked. Add salt and curry powder and micro high again for 1 minute.

Serve with rice.

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Dal Palak

Ingredients

1 medium sized bunch of spinach/palak(cleaned and chopped)
1 cup cooked greengram dal
2 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2 green chillies slit into half
salt to taste
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
Few curry leaves
1 tsp lemon juice

In a microwave safe bowl, add oil, mustard seeds and cumin seeds and micro high for 30 seconds. Add the rest of the ingredients except lemon juice and about a cup of water to it. Micro high for 4 minutes, stirring once in between.

Add the lemon juice, mix well . Serve hot with rice/rotis.

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