For this week’s Cooking with Cookbook Challenge, I have chosen a simple rice dish. I used to buy this magazine called Women’s Era mainly for the recipes. Not having enough space to store all the book, I tore out the recipe pages and got it bound to a book form.
I have made a couple of changes to the original recipe .The dish is very easy to prepare and has a good flavor too…
I used:
Baby corn-10 numbers
Capsicum- 1 small
Basmathi rice-1/2 cup
Onion- 1 large
Ginger- 1″ piece
Garlic-2 cloves
Garam masala- 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder- a large pinch
Cinnamon stick- a small piece, broken
Cardamom-1 pod
Saunf / Aniseed- 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Oil- 1 teaspoon
1. Chop the vegetable and cook the basmati rice ensure that the grains are separate. Spread on a plate and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a pan and put in the aniseed and the cardamom and the cinnamon bits.After a couple of seconds, add the onion, garlic and ginger and saute for a minute.Put in the capsicum and baby corn and saute for a couple of minutes.
3. Once the onion turns brown , add the garam masala and a little water and mix well.Add salt.Cover and cook for a few minutes. I like the vegetables to be a little crunchy but you can cook them till soft.Sprinkle a little water and mix once in a while if the mixture turns dry.Cook on medium heat.
4. Add the cooked rice and turmeric powder and mix well.
Serve garnished with coriander leaves…
I served this with a curry leaves raita and some fried crispies….
This post is for the Cookbook Challenge of the month….
Bon Appetit…
PJ, you totally rock! Imagine making a book out of those pages…and yes even I used to buy only for that and used to look forward to the special edition that has 100 recipes..I used to go bonkers over it and Mom used to buy that specially for me when she realized that I forget to get the book..I also have those torn out recipe pages..:)..thanks for reminding..my next one will be from those pages..yes your rice dish has come out so well..better than the picture one..
thanks for putting up that logo, I must confess it looks so cute in your layout and pavani's as well..:)
Seriously am missing this kind of paper clipping here…Such an incredible pulao.. Delicious one pot meal.
very nice to see those clippings… Superb pulao…
oh i so miss these kind of paper clipping. very delicious and yummy pulao 🙂 looks s inviting !!
with anise must be such a nice flavor…great choice!
ohhhh yumm very flavorful dish kids will love it.
I too have these torn pages from magazines PJ!!! still stuck in a paper file in my blog-prop cupboard. Will try to cook something from those pages.
Pulao looks yum!!!
Ahh! memories of Women's Era. I actually threw away all my paper recipe collections couple of years ago when I moved. I realized I rarely cook from them and use blogs more frequently. At times I regret it.
This pulav is a favorite at home as we love the combo of corn and capsicum
My aunt used to get me women's era for the recipes 🙂
Your pulav looks amazing.
Wow ! That is very yummy rice dish !
Awesome pulao, PJ..It reminds of the days gone by when WE was always in my hands 🙂
First picture is very inviting and love pulaos/biryanis and one-pot rice dishes
wow!!Book from those pages:-)…Rice looks delicious!
Lovely recipe and beautiful pictorials 🙂