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Khao mok gai chicken Briyani rice

As an Indian, I’ve did many types of Briyani in Indian versions. Few Briyani types are more tricky to get the perfect tasty rice at all time. More over, those are various upon their cooking methods and ingredients too. Since, I like to explore on foods, today I’ve cooked chicken Briyani rice in Thai version, which known as Khao Mok Gai. It is very popular rice dish which you can find at all the time in Bangkok,Thailand.  It is very tasty and aromatic dish ever that I’ve made before this. Those roasted and ground spices made this dish so aromatic and flavoured. The tendency of the chicken pieces were so perfectly done with special ingredients that I used in.Just few ingredients I’ve grinned instead of pounding, but it doesn’t change the taste at all.  Literally this was my first time of cooking for this dish. I am so amazed once it’s turned out well with such a spiced flavory rice and perfect cooked tenderly chicken. So yummy...As a side dish, I’ve made Raita (oni...

Keera Curry or Dal Palak

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Spinach is rich with many essential nutrients. These nutrients include folate,vitamin C,niacin,riboflavin and potassium. Some they preferred to consume them raw, either in green drinks or salads. On the other hand,many have their choice on cooked spinach. After googling on benefits of spinach,I came out with a conclusion that its really useful for my readers out there. Actually spinach has its excellent source of iron that as much as other leafy greens. But,when its cooked,the level of vitamin A and iron would be higher than the raw spinach. Hence, cook the spinach just until it's perfectly wilted,lightly steamed or sauted. So,today I made perfect nutritious Keera Curry or Dal Palak. It's perfectly paired well with Phulka . Soft and tempting phulka really taste awesome with simple dal palak. My husband and kids were always go for a second helping. It's really finger licking recipe.  I have used toor dal instead of moong dal for this delicious recipe. I love to...

Karamani Poriyal

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Long bean also called as yard long bean. In Tamil, they called as Karamani . There are some efficacy of long bean; to deal with swelling  overcoming back pain improve stamina  treating kidney stones laxative urine  anti-cancer Yard long bean also known as chinese long bean. It's alway in abundance and popular in Malaysia markets. I often used the long bean in my dishes like soup,stir-fry,curry or salad. Specially to say that very greeny and crunchy nut inside makes my stir-fried rice or Poriyal more delicious and awesome. Today I made Karamani or yard long bean Poriyal for my family lunch which it's perfectly paired with my Prawn Briyani. Ofcouse,you may wonder 'why it's for Briyani'. In my fridge staple,yarn long bean always my perfect for a quick stir-fried vegetable. But in my inner voice telling me that it could be perfect pairing with Briyani. So I grab it for my today Poriyal. My husband would be happy to have any vegetable dish in his dail...

Podalangai Poriyal

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Snake gourd is an gourd with white speckled and long fruit that resemble snakes. Some of the most important benefits of this gourd are; to improve the strength of the immune system reduce fever detoxify the body improve the digestive process of the body improve hydration of the body  treat diabetes  enhance the strength of the hair weight loss Common name:   Snake Gourd  •   Hindi : चचिंडा Chachinda, चिचौंडा Chichonda •   Kannada : adla balli, adla kaayi, bettada padavala  • Malayalam : പടവലങ്ങ padavalanga, kaippam-patolam  •   Marathi : jangli padavala  •   Sanskrit : अमृतफल Amritaphala, bijagarbha •   Tamil : புடலங்காய் pudalankaai, alakaipputal •   Telugu : పొట్లకాయ potlakaaya, adavi potla   Botanical name:  Trichosanthes cucumerina        Family: Cucurbitaceae  (Pumpkin family) This bright green and thin skinned gourd are used to make curry,sal...

Bean Curd Red Varuval

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Bean curd or also can be called as Tofu . It is most popular stable solid food in China,Malaysia and Singapore. It's made by curding fresh soy milk and doing pressing method to make solid form as tofu or bean curd. There are also another type of bean curd which the texture is so soft and needs a gentle care to cook with it. It called as Soft Tofu. Bean curd is a good source of protein and it's good to eat during indigestion problem. Also it has a cooling character which is good for our skins and inner body. Bean curd is perfect for vegetarian dishes. More variety of dishes can be made with bean curd. In Chinese cuisine, there are many type of dishes with using bean curds. The most I love is  Chili Bean Curd in dark soy sauce . I love to cook bean curds in Chinese and Indian style way. My family loves tofu dishes but my kids really crazy on my bean curd red varuval. They loved it if pairing with sambar or rasam. Bean curd varuval was my mums signature dish. My hubby loves when ...

Sweet Leaves Sambar

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Sweet leaf (Sauropus androgynus) is very much tropic staple in Asia. It is commonly used as leafy v egetable in Malaysia and Indonesia. The purple fruits and flowers are edible. Some are preferred to use young leaf for more taste. It has a sweet and nutty flavours. In Malaysia, sweet leaves are used for any soup dishes,scrambled eggs,stir fried green,gravies or any seafood dishes. At home,with this green,I used to cook sambar,stir fried or any noodle soup dishes. Sweet leaf has its good nutrition. Some says it's good to produce breastmilk too. Botanical Name : Sauropus androgynus Malay : Sayur Manis Kera-India : Malay cheera Hindi -  मीठा पत्ता Mīṭhā pattā ( edited as my friend request) Today I would like to share a recipe with sweet leaves... Sweet Leaves Sambar Ingredients   Sweet leaves - handful..washed Dhall - 1 1/2 cups Garlic - 6 cloves... Tomatoes - 1 1/2..sliced  Onion - 1..sliced Red dry chilies - 4 nos.. Water  Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Salt Coconut ...