Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Another Mini-Thali...



Its been a long day and want to end a day simple by eating nutritious as well as tasty. And also 7 months pregnant, you know, its so much exhausting to do any sort of work. Being in a kitchen or after eating meals, makes tiring. But, without food cant survive too... So I just prepared , simple mini-thali which consists of Rajma, Jeera Rice, Chapati!

Yesterday, as I watching Oprah show, Dr.Oz was the guest in explaining the antiaging checklist. If you want to get more healthy and increase your life span there are certain things you got to do everyday!

Here is the link, which shows the checklist.

Antiaging List

Yes, there comes beans for fiber !!! Yeah its our great Rajma beans.
Here is the recipe of Beans and Jeera rice.

RAJMA

Ingredients:

1 cup of Rajma
1 medium onion ( Chop roughly)
2 medium tomatoes ( Chop roughly)
1 tsp Chilli powder
1 tsp Garam masala
Salt

Method:

1) Soak Rajma overnight and then put it in the cooker for 10-12 whistles.
2) While doing so, in a Kadai with oil
Fry Onions ,
then put tomatoes,
Add Chilli powder
and fry till the raw smell goes.
3) Once it is cooled, grind in to a fine paste
4) Again in a kadai,
Heat oil,
Add little bit of Jeera,
1/4 onions chopped finely,
Add the grinded mixture and let it boil till the raw smell goes
then Add cooked rajma
5) After 10-12 mts, Add garam masala

Garnish with Coriander. Yummy Rajma is ready....

JEERA-RICE:

A quick 5 minutes recipe as follows:

In a kadai with 2 spns of Ghee and E.V.O.O ( Extra Virgin Olive Oil),
Add Jeera and let it splutters,
Add Thin sliced onions ( 1),
and 1-2 split cut green chillies

and fry till the onions turn light brown.If you wish, you can add a cup of frozen peas which makes it much more yummy. Just add those things to a rice and keep it in the rice cooker.

Yummy Jeera-rice is ready.

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