Tuesday, 8 April 2014

Tehri and cucumber raitha - kids menu

Good afternoon,

For morning breakfast I made Khandvi. The recipe is already posted. For lunch I made Tehri - vegetable rice with lots of vegetables. This recipe is especially for children who are very fussy eating food. You can prepare it for lunch or for dinner. 

Vegetable Tehri




Ingredients

Basmati Rice/Sona Masuri(Raw) - 1/2 cup
salt as required
water -  1 1/2 cup

potato - 1
carrot - 2
peas - 1/2 cup
onion - 1
ginger - a small piece
green chilly - 1
coriander leaves - 1 tsp (chopped)

garam masala - 1 tsp
jeera powder - 1 tsp
coriander powder - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Star anise - 1
clove - 2
elachi - 2 (peeled and crushed)
Cinnamon - 1 small stick
crushed pepper - 1/2 tsp
Ghee - 1 tbsp
jeera - 1/2 tsp

Method of Preparation

Wash and drain water from rice. Keep aside for about 10 minutes. 
Chop all vegetables into very small cubes. Chop ginger and chilly. 
In a thick bottomed pressure pan pour ghee add jeera, star anise, clove, elachi and cinnamon allow it to release aroma, Now add chopped onion, green chilly and ginger, saute. Add potato, stir for a while, now add rest of the vegetables and peas. Mix well and add rice add salt, turmeric, garam masala, jeera powder and coriander powder. Make sure rice is well mixed with the vegetables and masalas. Its time to add water(use room temperature water) Pressure cook for about 2 whistles. Remove from pressure pan. Just before serving add coriander leaves and crushed pepper. Serve with your choice of raitha. I made cucumber raitha.


Variation : Add a handful of soaked channa and two tomatoes chopped into large pieces with vegetables, aloo channa tehri ready. 

Cucumber raitha

Ingredients

Cucumber - 1
curd - 1 cup
red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
jeera powder - 1 tsp
green chilly - 1(chopped)
coriander leaves - 1 tsp(chopped)
salt as required

Method of Preparation

Wash, peel and chop cucumber or grate it. I prefer to chop as when grated cucumber  release its juice. In a bowl add curd, salt, green chilly, coriander leaves, red chilly powder and jeera powder. Mix well add chopped cucumber and serve with Tehri. 

I am sure your children will enjoy this simple recipe. Please do post your comments. 



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