BROWN RICE CASSEROL
Ingredients
1 small onion chopped and 2\3 cloves garlic
1 tsp olive oil
1 cups cooked rice, about2\3 cup uncooked
1/2cup light sour cream or one day old curd
dash or two of tobasco sauce
1 tsp seasoned salt/pepper
½ mix boiled vegetables
Method
Saute the onion garlic in oil, in a skillet and toss the cooked rice with this. In a mixing bowl , blend the boiled vegetables with the sour cream or curd, tobasco sauce and seasoned salt/pepper. Stir this into the rice and turn into a lightly vegetable spray coated 1-1/2 qt casserole. Bake at 350F degrees for about 20 minutes
MOONG DAL UTAPPAM
Ingredients:
½ cup brown rice soaked and grinded
½ cup moong dal soaked and ground
3ybsp sour curd
2 pinch hing (asafetida)
1 cup mixed chopped onion,tomato, green chilli ginger and capcicum
Few curry leaves finely chopped
¼ tsp garam masala powder
3 tsp curd low fat
Salt to taste
Oil for cooking
METHOD
Mix the rice and moong dal together add curd and enough water to make a batter of a dropping consistency add masala,salt,hing and curry leaves.Take tawa or nonstick pan with little oil and heat.Spread a little batter on the hot tawa, put chopped vegeies on top of it(means on one side)Pour a little oil on the sides and cook it till brown on the underside.Turn and cook on the other side.Repeat with the remaining batter.Serve hot with green chutney.
MOONG DAL IDLI
Ingredients:
1 cup brown rice
1 cup moong dal
½ cup curd low fat
3 pinch baking soda or fruit salt
1 cup methi leaves
½ tsp rai seeds
few curry leaves
salt to taste
½ tsp hing
Roasted flax seed powder
METHOD
Soak brown rice and moong dal overnight.Grind it to a fine paste add salt,baking soda,hing,methi leaves and curd keep it for fermentation atleast for 2 hours
Heat water in an idli steamer,pour the batter mix & steam them for 20 minutes.
Heat oil in a nonstick pan,add rai,curry leaves.Pour it over the idlis & sprinkle flax seeds powder on top of it .Serve hot.
SEMOLINA(SUJI) GREEN GRAM (fresh green bengal gram) IDLI
*Preparation time:5 minutes *Cooking time: 20 minutes *servings 4(12 idlis)
Ingredients:
1 cup suji
1 cup ground green gram/green peas
½ cup curd low fat
2 tsp fruit salt
1 cup mint leaves
½ tsp rai seeds
few curry leaves
salt to taste
½ tsp heeng
Roasted flax seed powder
METHOD
Lightly roast suji .Grind green grams to a fine paste add salt, fruit salt , heeng, mint leaves and curd .Mix it well.
Heat water in an idli steamer, pour the batter mix & steam them for 20 minutes.
Heat oil in a nonstick pan add rai , curry leaves . Pour it over the idlis & sprinkle flax seeds powder on top of it .Serve hot.
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