How to prepare Masala Rice bath | Have you tried this colorful and tasty masala Rice Bath?

Masala Rice Bath: 

Rice is major part of food in south India, whether its a morning breakfast or afternoon lunch or evening dinner, rice must be there in any of the format for South Indians.

For breakfast, there are many masala or rice baths versions of recipe available in South India. Many would have tried different types of pulao rice or vegetable bath rice items. But trust me if you try this recipe, you will like this most...!!

This is one of the delicious item I have learned from my sister and I am sharing this recipe. 

How to prepare masala rice bath:

Ingredients:

Rice-250 grams 

Mixed vegetables-1 big cup 

(Chose different kinds of vegetables and green peas, I have used Beans, Potatoes and carrot)

Cloves- 4-5

Star anise- 1 to 2 
Bay leaf- 2
Cinnamon stick-1 to 2
Cardamom -  2 to 3
Onions - 2 
Tomatoes - 2,3
Ginger garlic paste- 1 spoon
Black pepper- 3-4
Coriander leaves- 1 cup

Curd- 1 small cup

Oil-4 spoon
Salt-for taste

Extra ingredients used for masala rice bath(Taste maker):
Byadagi red chilli:   8-10

(Byadagi red chilli is important ingredient here and gives the rich red color to the bath)
Red chilli:          2-3
Coriander seeds:         1 tbl spoon

To grind:
Firstly you need to fry below-mentioned ingredients in medium flame and then grind it.

Byadagi red chilli:8-10
red chilli:          2-3
coriander:    1 tbl spoon
Coconut paste: 1 small cup

1 onion: sliced
2 small tomatoes
Clove: 3 to 4
Cinnamon stick: small pie

Coriander leaves-1 small cup

black pepper

Method-Step by step procedure of Masala Rice bath:

1. First you need to fry all these ingredients(which is in 'To Grind' list ) in medium flame and then grind it.

2. Take a vessel. add oil,cloves, cinnamon stick, cardamom, star anise,bay leaf and fry for sometime.

3. Add 1 more sliced onion, ginger garlic paste and fry

4. Add all the veggies and fry it.

5. Add grounded coconut, tomato,masala paste and fry it.add 1 small cup of curd to it(curd gives that extra flavor also).

6. Add washed rice and coriander leaves. and saute for sometime

7. Add water and close the lid.cook till 15-20 min.

8. If you are preparing in a pressure cooker, let it cook for 2 whistles.
and serve it hot and tasty Vegetable masala rice bath is ready to eat

Karnataka Nati style Fish Sambar Recipe | How to prepare Fish sambar with authentic Karnataka style | Fish sambar recipe with less ingredients

Here I have listed a different style of Fish sambar recipe which is prepared in Karnataka and village style. You don't require to use more ingredients for this sambar. with fewer ingredients, nice aromatic fish sambar will be ready to eat.

How to prepare Fish Sambar : 

Ingredients needed:

Fish ->1  kg(I have used catla fish)

Turmeric -> 2-3 tea spoons

Salt for marination

Tamarind juice-> 1-2 small cups

To grind/ For masala:

Coconut ->1 cup grated

Onions-> 2

Poppy seeds->2-3 spoons
(you need to add poppy seeds in more quantity for this recipe compared to your regular measures)

Cloves-> 4-5

Cinnamon-> 1-2 medium pieces

Sambar powder-> 2-3 tbl spoons

Coriander leaves-> 1 small cup 

Fried gram(Hurigadale) -> 1-2 tbl spoon

Ginger grlic paste- 1 tble spoon (or less)

(In nati style, we dont add ginger garlic paste more or you can even skip it)

For tempering:
Curry leaves-> 2-3 sticks of leaves

Onion->1 small one

Preparation time: 30-40 min

Recipe or Method:

1. Clean the fish thoroughly. Add turmeric and salt and keep it aside

2. Roast onions in little oil before grinding.

Grind all the above-mentioned masala and keep it ready.
Note: here in this recipe, I have not used ginger garlic paste. Poppy seeds needs to be added more

3. Next take a vessel for preparing sambar, heat the vessel.

4. Add Oil, Curry leaves, medium sliced Onion, and fry till onions become translucent.

5. Add Grounded masala, and fry the masala paste till the raw smell goes away

6. Add Tamarind juice accordingly and also add water to the required quantity. 1st add 1 cup of juice 1st and see the sourness. If you need a little more sourness add some more tamarind juice.

7.Adjust salt as per your taste and let it boil

8. Once Sambar is cooked and boiled enough(let it boil for 10 min at least), later add fish to it.
Once you add the fish you shouldn't stir the sambar since the fish cooks very quickly and will break.

9. Leave the fish to cook in sambar till 15-20 min. and serve it hot with rice and Ragi balls.

Step by step procedure with pictures:

1. Clean the fish thoroughly. Add turmeric and salt and keep it aside

2.

Roast onions in little oil before grinding.

Grind all the above-mentioned masala and keep it ready.
Note: here in this recipe, I have not used ginger garlic paste. Poppy seeds needs to be added more

3. 
Next take a vessel for preparing sambar, heat the vessel.

4. 
Add Oil, Curry leaves, medium sliced Onion, and fry till onions become translucent.

5. 
Add Grounded masala, and fry the masala paste till the raw smell goes away

6. 
Add Tamarind juice accordingly and also add water to the required quantity. 1st add 1 cup of juice 1st and see the sourness. If you need a little more sourness add some more tamarind juice.

7.

Adjust salt as per your taste and let it boil

8. 
Once Sambar is cooked and boiled enough(let it boil for 10 min at least), later add fish to it.
Once you add the fish you shouldn't stir the sambar since the fish cooks very quickly and will break.

9.
Leave the fish to cook in sambar for another 10 min. Fish cooks faster.  and Now Fish sambar is ready to serve.

Serve it hot with rice and Ragi balls.

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Fish sambar recipe in Karnataka style | How to prepare Fish sambar | step by step recipe of fish sambar with pictures

Ingredients:

Fish - 1 kg
(I have used Bangda fish. you can add catla or any other type of fish also instead of this)

For masala paste:

poppy seeds - 2 spoons,
cinnamon and cloves - 1 spoon,
coconut -1 cup,
Onions - 3 medium,

khara pudi( sambar powder)-2 to 3 spoons
Tomato-1-2 medium
Ginger garlic paste-1 spoon

Tamarind- 1 small boul
Salt for taste

Method:

1. Clean the fish and drain them.Add turmeric and salt to the fish and keep aside.
2. Take above-mentioned masala items and fry them in oil for some time till it loses its raw smell.

3. Grind them well

4. Soak tamarind and squeeze to take out the juice.

5. Take a vessel and heat it. Add oil, curry leaves,1 more sliced onion and fry.

Then add grounded masala, and fry

6. Add tamarind juice, salt and let it cook till it reaches boiling point.

7. Once sambar starts boiling, add cleaned fish pieces and boil for 10-15 min.

Note: Once you add the fish into the masala dont stir it and mix it often. Since fish is very delicate, it will break into small pieces. Fish also cooks very faster. so dont cook more than 15 to 20 min

8. Now Fish sambar is ready to eat. Serve this with Ragi balls and Rice. This goes well even with roti's or Dosa also. Eat with any of your favourite combo and enjoy..!!

Khara pongal recipe | How to prepare khara Pongal | Easy and quick morning breakfast recipes | South Indian breakfast recipes

Khara pongal: 

This is one of the most common and frequently prepared south Indian breakfast as rice is main and more consumed food in south India. and this particular item can be prepared very quickly and saves time for working women's/or people.

How to prepare khara pongal:


Ingredient required:
Rice-half glass
Moong dal - half glass

Jeera- 1 spoon
Pepper corn-1 table spoon
chopped ginger- 1 spoon
chopped/grated coconut- 2 spoons(optional)
Green chilli-1 (optional)
Coriander leaves
Turmeric- 1 tea spoon
Ghee

How to prepare Khara pongal:

1. Wash rice and moong dal and keep it aside
2. Take a cooker. add 1-2 spoons of oil, heat it.
3. Add rice and moong dal into it, roast it for sometime
4. Add  salt, double the quantity of water into cooker and cook till you get 2 wishtels.
5. Take another vessel.heat the vessel, Add ghee, mustard seeds,jeera,crushed pepper corn,curry leaves. allow it to splutter.
6. Add finely chopped ginger,garlic, little turmeric.
7.Add cooked rice and moong dal.
8. Allow it to boil it for sometime, if water is less, add sufficient quantity of water.
9. add coconut and coriander leaves at the end.

10. and serve hot.

Egg omlet | Quick and easy snacks | Healthy and quick snacks

Egg omlet is also one among the simple and quickly made recipe.

As you all know that egg is very rich in proteins.Especially if you have kids at home, you must give eggs to kids for the nutrition purpose. If kids doesn't like to have boiled egg, try making burji or omlet. You can add veggies to omlet to make it colorful to attract kids. This will be best healthy food or snack which you can prepare and serve them in a very less time!!.


Ingredients:

Egg- 1 or 2
Onions -1
Tomato-half 
chopped Coriander leaves- 1 spoon
green chilli-1(optional)
Salt for taste
pepper powder


Preparation steps:

1. Take a boul. Break the eggs and pour them into the boul.

2. Add finely chopped onions, half tomato, chopped coriander leaves, salt, pepper powder and mix well.
(Note: if you beat the mixture nicely, omlet will be thick.)

3. Take a pan and allow it to heat it. 

4. Apply oil on the pan and pour the egg mixture on the pan

5. Leave it for 5 min and turn to other side and cook well. 

6. And serve hot

Karnataka style Vegetable Rice bath | How to prepare vegetable rice bath

How to prepare vegetable rice bath

Ingredients:

Rice - 250 grams(or 2 medium glass rice) 

Vegetables- 1.5 cup mixed vegetables

    Chose different kinds of vegetables
    (I have used Beens, Potatoes, carrot)

Required ingredients for frying:

Cloves-4-5 

star anise-1-2
Bay leaf - 2
Cinnamon stick-1
Cardamom -2
Onions-2
Tomatoes-2
Green chilli-2
Ginger garlic paste- 1 spoon
Black pepper- 3-4
Chilli powder-1 spoon
Coriander leaves
Oil-4 spoon

Salt-for taste

To grind:

Grated Coconut - 1 small cup

Small tomatoes -2
Clove- 3 to 4
Cinnamon stick- 1 piece
Green chilli -2 or 3 
Coriander leaves-Small cup

Mint- 7-8 leaves(Optional)

Black pepper- 4-5

How to prepare:

1.Grind coconut,2 tomato and other items which is in 'To Grind' list and keep aside

2. Take the vessel. add oil. Once the oil is heated, add cloves, cinnamon stick, cardamom, star anise,bay leaf and fry for some 2-3 minutes.

3. Add sliced onion and green chilli, ginger garlic paste and fry

4. Add all the chopped begetables and fry them.

5. Add grounded coconut, tomato, masala paste and fry it. Fry till the raw smell goes away

6. Add red chilli powder as per your taste(optional).

7. Add washed rice and coriander leaves. and saute for sometime

8. Add water and close the lid.cook till 15-20 min until the water drains off and rice is cooked thourughly.

9. If you are preparing in a pressure cooker, let it cook for 2 whistles.
and serve it hot and tasty Vegetable rice bath is ready to eat

 

 

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Dont forget to try this Mango Rice during Mango season ( Mavina kayi chitranna ) | Tangy Raw Mango Rice Recipe | Simple south Indian Breakfasts

Who doesnt like to eat mangoes..not only the ripen mangoes, raw mangoes are also many people's favourite. With raw mangoes we have so many options of cooking to try out..One among them is tangy mavina kayi chitranna (mango rice)!!

Lets see how to prepare this delicious rice item...!!


Ingredients:

Rice: 1 cup

Onion: 1 medium sized (slice it long)
Green chilli: 2-3
Garlic: 3-4 slices
Mango: half grated raw mango
Urad dal: 1 spoon
Chenna dal: 1 spoon
Ground nuts: 1 small cup spoons
Jeera- small tea spoon 


For tempering: 

Mustard seeds, Curry leaves, jeera(small tea spoon)


Method:

1. Prepare rice(add salt also for taste during cooking rice) and let it cool.

(Or you can use left over rice too) 

2. Take a kadai, allow it to heat.

3. Fry groundnuts and keep them aside(if we keep groudnuts in a frying pan and add other items, ground nuts will lose their crispness. you can add the fried groundnuts at the end while garnishing.

4. Add poppy seeds, chenna dal,urad dal, and add oil to fry.

5. Add little jira, finely chopped onion, curry leaves, green chilli, 4-5 slices of garlic.

6. Fry till the onion turns little golden brown or translucent.

7. Add grated mango and sort for sometime.

8. Add turmeric and little salt (as per taste).

9. Later add the cooked and cooled rice.

9. Add finely chopped coriander and fried groundnuts. and mix it thoroughly.

Now the tangy Mango rice/ mavina kayi chitranna is ready to eat.

This can be served with coconut chatni or you can eat it as is !!

Tags:

#Raw Mango recipes | # Food items prepared with raw Mango #Mavina kayo chitranna recipe

#different type of chitranna using raw mango #tangy and yummy mango rice

#Dishes from Raw mango

Tomato bath recipe | Easy Rice bath recipes for busy mornings | Karnataka style recipes

Tomato bath recipe:

Ingredients:

250 grams of rice - measured approximately around 1 big glass 

Servings: Serves 2-3 people

(Green peas or potato or Field Beans )

Cloves- 4-5

star anise - 1 or 2
bay leaf - 1 or 2
cinnamon stick - 1
Black pepper - 5-6
Cardamom -2
Onions - 2
Tomato - 4 medium sized( more tomatoes adds that tangy taste).
Green peas -optional 
Green chilli -3
Ginger garlic paste- 1 spoon

Chilli powder / home made sambar powder- 1 spoon( this is optional)
Coriander leaves - 1 small cup
Oil-4 - 5 spoon
Salt-for taste


To grind:

3-4 small tomatoes

small cup of Coriander leaves
Ginger, garlic-1 spoon

black pepper
cloves, cinnamon stick

Method:

1. Grind the items mentioned above and keep aside( dont grind green chillies since it becomes more spicy). 

2. Take the vessel. add oil, cardamom, star anise,bay leaf and fry for sometime

3. Add sliced onion and green chilli,ginger garlic paste and fry

4. Add green peas and fry(skip this step if you donot have green peas).

5. Add 1 more extra tomato if you have it and fry

6. Add washed rice and little coriander leaves. and saute for sometime

7. Add water and close the lid.cook till 15-20 min.

8. If you are preparing in a pressure cooker, let it cook for 2 whistles.

9. And serve it hot and tasty tomato bath is ready to eat

**********************************Note*********************************

Instead of green peas, you can use lablab beans(avarekalu in kannada) to prepare avarekalu rice bath

Horse gram sambar(with tamarind) and fry | How to prepare Huralikalu sambar | Karnataka style recipes

How to prepare Horse gram sambar:

This is one of the gram mostly used by local karnataka people and this can be used to prepare sambar and palya(dry fry of the gram).  and I especially love to eat this sambar as this particular version sambar has tamarind in it and I love that tangy and spice taste). 

This has lot many health benefits, in my home we often prepare this when someone is having cold, as its heat food and removes cold content.and has benefits like weight loss and good food for diabetic patients.

Ingredients for sambar:
Horse gram-250grams
Garlic-5-6
Onion-2 or 3
Tomato-1
Red chilli-5-6
Tamarind juice-1 small cup
Curry leaves
Oil
Mustard seeds

If you want thickness for the sambar, take 2-2 spoons of cooked horse gram, 1 small onion, 1 small tomato and small quantity of coconut and grind it and add it after thadka is given)

Method:

1) Wash horse gram, add water and salt, and cook it in pressure cooker till you get 4-5 vessels. Horse gram take a lot of time to cook

2) Drain the boiled gram water and keep aside. This water is added to sambar.

Pressure cooked horse gram

3) Now take a vessel, add oil, mustard seeds,onions and curry leaves for tempering

4) Add Crushed garlic, red chilli and fry

5) Add tamarind juice and cook till the raw smell goes. At this stage if you need the sambar to be little more spicy add sambar powder

6) Now add the cooked gram water and also add little cooked horse gram and allow it to boil(I have added only  small quantity of gram to sambar and kept the remaining for making dry fry palya from the gram).

7) If you need think sambar, you can grind little coconut, onion and tomato,cooked horse gram and add it after adding garlic and redchilli

This sambar is a nice combination to be eaten with ragi ball(mudde) and rice.

Horse gram Fry:

1)Take a frying pan and add oil mustard seeds, allow it to pop up

2)Add curry leaves, onion, garlic and red chilli and fry

3)Add required salt for taste

4)At last add the cooked horse gram and mix it properly. you can add coriander leaves at last.

5)If you feel that salt is less for cooked gram, add salt accordingly.

Serve this along with horse gram sambar, ragi mudde and rice


Health benefits of Horse gram:

=>Helps to reduce excessive weights
=>Helps to control and lower cholesterol levels
=>Helps in control various menstrual problems
=>Helps in keeping body warm during winter and cold and controls fever.
=>Widely used in Ayurvedic medicine for treating many health problems like worm, conjunctivitis and piles



Nutrition Facts:
100 gram of Horse gram contains nutrition facts as below:

Nutrients	Amounts
Energy	321  Ecals
Moisture	12 gm
Protein	22 gm
Fat	0 gm
Mineral	3 gm
Fiber	5 gm
Carbohydrates	57 gm
Calcium	287 mg
Phosphorous	311 mg
Iron	7 mg

Simple Home remedies with easily available spices:

Turmeric is one of the medicinal and antiseptic spice easily available in every house kitchen.

Few instant usage of turmeric: can apply to small wounds/cuts to stop the bleeding and stops the  infections.

Vegatable kurma or mix Veg Gravy | Karnataka style vegetable Kurma

How to make Vegetable kurma:

Kurma is South Indian word to the curry which is thick in density and usually prepared to eat along with dosa/idli and chapati. I have tried this style of kurma and this came out very well.

Ingredients:

Toor Dal- 1/2 cup(optional)
lablab dal- 2 spoon(optional)

Beans-1 cup
Carrot- 1/2 cup
Patato-2
Brinjal-2
peas-1/2 cup
(you can use veggies of your choice here and finely chop the vegetables)

For frying:
Onion- 1 small size

Tomato-1
Green chilli- 2 or 3
Ginger garlic paste- 1spoon
Sambar powder- 2 spoons(i have used home made sambar powder here)

For masala to grind:
1 Onion
2 small tomatoes
2 green chilli
Coconut-2 tbl spoons (if you want thickness in curry )
Coriander leaves


Method:


1. Grind the masala with the items mentioned above

2. Finely chop all the veggies and keep

3. Wash dal and add it to pressure cooker along with chopped veggies(optional). add double the water to it.

4. Cook in pressure cooker till 3 whistles and keep aside.

5. take a vessel and heat it.

6. Add mustard seeds, curry leaves and allow it pop.

7. Add oil and allow it to heat

8. Add 1 chopped onion, ginger garlic paste and fry

9.Add grounded masala and sambar powder(I have used home made sambar powder here. this will be commonly prepared and kept in all south Indians houses. if you donot have this handy, you can replace this with ready sambar powders, /or use the 1 spoon garam masala powder+ 1 spoon coriander powder+ 1/2 spoon chilli powder combination)

10. Fry till the raw smell goes

11. Add cooked dal and veggies(i have added toor dal to just get thick consistency in curry. and this is just optional). add salt and allow it to cook for some 10 minutes.
once that starts leaving oil at end of the vessel, its done.

Serve this along with chapati's, roti, dosa or rice.