Flavorful and Easy Green lentils and rice

There was a time when I didn't know the difference between green lentils and whole masoor dal or red lentils. Since they both looked the same I thought they both are one and the same. Since I didn't use either of the lentils that much, I didn't know the difference in their cooking times either. Now I know the they both are different, other than the looks which is the whole red lentils are kind of smaller than the green lentils and where as the...

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Instant Egg rice (with Dhaniyalu podi or coriander lentil powder)

If I ask my little one what should I make for lunch, he will reply Peas rice....little does he know that egg also goes into it and its more like an Egg rice instead of a Peas rice. He doesn't mind eating it everyday, only I do get bored of making it everyday! I guess he just likes the taste of what goes into it! He will say I don't like onions..don't feed me onions, but then he sees that rice and say..thats fine, just feed me the onions, I like...

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Easy Okra Rice / Lady's finger Rice / Bendi Rice

Bendakaya is the most popular vegetable in my house. Every week we have to have Bendi fry or any dish which has Bendi in it. I use it in rasams, sambars and pulusus too! My kids, along with me love it a lot and so no one had any complaints when I make any dish with okra. I just wish I had a constant supply of okra all the time! :) well my grocer is not too bad in carrying fresh ones most of the time. So having this is in lunch box it surely...

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Easy Channa or Chick pea rice

Having Canned or frozen channa / Chick peas on hand is quite useful for those rushed mornings. When using canned chick peas, you don't even have to cook for long. I usually soak channa overnight and then freeze them, so that I have them ready whenever needed. Any kind of chick peas is fine. While you find of white or kabuli channa for the canned ones, we can always get black and the littler ones at the Indian grocery always (along with the...

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Quick and easy Carrot rice

Here is another simple and easy dish which I am sure your kids will enjoy! My kids do and I love to eat it with them. Its pretty quick and very easy to make when you have cooked rice ready. If you are going to make this the kid's lunch box, you can always grate or shred the carrot the night before and keep it ready. Shredding one carrot doesn't take much time and therefore this rice get ready very quickly! I don't use ginger garlic paste in...

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Quick Egg and Green onion Rice

Eggs are very common in my house. I use them almost everyday. There might be a day or two when I may not use them but my fridge is always stocked with eggs. Though we don't eat more than 1 per person per day, I think having one per/day is good for your health. Egg burji and hard boiled egg dishes are a favorite of my old son and my husband. My younger one prefers them little lesser than the older one. For this reason, for him its mostly burji...

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Easy Paneer and Peas rice - BM # 13

HI Guys...I am back again with Blogging Marathon # 13....the only reason why my blog gets some blogs posted by me! The only way I get up and do something for the blog, otherwise my busy life just takes over and I don't find enough time to blog hop or even write up posts! I always promise myself to write and be regular but that doesn't seem to happen very often! Something or the other has to happen...this time around its the crashing of the...

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Dhaniyalu Pappulu podi / Coriander and Lentil Powder

When ever my Mom or my MIL is here they used to make all the podis, garam masalas and pachadis for me. But these days I try to make them myself and learned that they are not very difficult to make. This is a recipe I got from my MIL. Its called Dhaniyalu podi...My kids call it brown powder :) Its a simple podi which is like a life saviour to me. My kids like to eat it with anything like idli, dosa or rice. If I give them this chapathi too...they...

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Martinelli's Vanilla Ice cream float for Valentine's Day

Hi Everyone! How is everyone doing? I hope you missed me :) just kidding!! Hopefully my computer problems are solved for the time being and I will be able to blog more often! Well what can you say 'Technology'...its likes you or it doesn't! But for sure I am loving my iPhone technology...as it has helped me in not missing a day of my photo blog :) I could use it very easily to post pictures right from my phone! As I wanted to edit pictures for...

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