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18 Oct 2017

Chicken Dum Biryani in Pressure Cooker

Dum biryani always tastes great but I have never tried to make it at home. One weekend my husband offered to cook and he made this dum biryani. Seeing how flavorful and tasty it was, I ended up tweaking what he did a little bit and made this biryani. Now I make this biryani quite often and we love it!
Usually dum biryani is not made in pressure cooker but I like this method since I am sure that the meat gets cooked completely.

In a dum biryani, frying the onions is an important step. The fried onions gives such an exotic taste to the biryani. I have made this biryani a few times and every time my onions are different! One time I burnt it and some other times, it doesn't get brown enough! If the onions are even slightly burnt, it spoils the whole taste of the biryani. So I tend to remove the onions one stage before browning.

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Palak Paneer Biryani

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This is another easy and kids favorite lunch box recipe that you can try. I make some kind of pulao/biryani every week for my kids and this time I tried this palak paneer pulao. I first came across this recipe here and this is a nice way to include palak greens and panner. Since most kids love paneer, this will be a sure shot winner with them!
I made this in a pressure cooker for convenience and ease but you can also cook the rice separately and add it to the palak gravy. That way the paneer will also not get over cooked.

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Coconut Milk Pulao

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Coconut milk enhances the flavor of the pulao. I always add coconut milk to all my pulao recipes. I always prefer the taste of pulao with coconut milk than without it. This time I was making a small batch of pulao just for my kids and I decided to make a coconut milk pulao for them using only coconut milk. This made the pulao so rich and so tasty. You can use half water and half coconut milk too.

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Peas Pulao

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Peas pulao is a tasty and well loved Indian dish that I make quite often at home. In fact, I make a lot of pulao at home and the most common is this peas pulao. I have already posted 2 other version of peas pulao that we make at home and this is the simplest version of my peas pulao.

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Moong Dal Khichidi

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I was introduced to this khichidi by my perima when she came to Chennai. She lives in Delhi and they make this often in her house. We had gone shopping and came home late and when we were thinking about ordering food from a restaurant when she made this khichidi so quickly and we enjoyed a simple home cooked meal.

I loved the taste of this khichidi so much that I made a note to try this out later. But I completely forgot about it until I came across this recipe and I made it for my family and we all loved it. Now I make this recipe quite often at home except I make it with millets. Check out this varagu arisi moong dal khichidi.

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Varagu Arisi Moong Dal Khichidi

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My periamma taught me to make moong dal khichidi with rice and I thought it would be a great idea to make the same with millets. I gave it a try and it came out very well. Now I make this quite often at home. Whenever I feel lazy to cook, then I make this with a simple side dish and it works very well!

We just love this khichidi, the taste is so heavenly and yet so simple! I do not like to add more masala to this dish other than the turmeric powder, as I feel it takes away from the 'delishiousness' of this dish so I use only turmeric powder and add more green chillies for the spice. You can add some red chilli powder or even garam masala to it.

Millets are considered to be a super food! They are so much more healthy and nutritious than rice and so we try to include it atleast 3 meals in a week. I made this with Varagu Arisi (kodo millet), you can do the same with kuthiraivali, thinai or samai also.

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Kuthiraivali Sambar Sadam

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My sambar sadam is an easy one pot meal and we enjoy it so much. So I thought why not try the same with millets since I try to include millets 3 times in a week. This is one of the most healthiest meals you can make, loaded with veggies, millets and dal. I even pack this for lunch box and it tastes really good!
Kuthiraivali is called as Barnyard millet in English and one of my most favorite!

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Peas Pulao

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I make a pulao every week for lunch box and every time I try to make a different pulao but the most favorite of all my pulao recipes is always the humble peas pulao. I have already posted another recipe of peas pulao that my mother makes in an electric cooker.

This is my version, that I make in a pressure cooker with some garam masala (optional) and coconut milk. Most people don't add coconut milk to pulao but I tell you once you add coconut milk, you will never make pulao without it! Coconut milk makes the pulao so flavorful and delicious that we find a pulao without coconut milk a tad bland!!

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Sambar Sadam

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Sambar sadam is an easy and simple lunch recipe that I make during lazy days. The steps involved in making this sambar sadam is straightforward and easy and yet it tastes awesome! I adapted this recipe from here. A simple side dish makes this a filling meal! I don't pack this for lunch boxes however I do make a sambar sadam with millets which I pack for lunch boxes.

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Paneer Mushroom Biryani | Easy Biryani Recipes

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Here's a simple and easy biryani recipe that everybody will love. Paneer and mushrooms are one of my favorites and putting them together in a flavorful biryani rice is just awesome! My kids and me enjoyed this biryani and my husband who doesn't like paneer, picked them out for us and enjoyed the biryani!

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Kuska Biryani | Easy Biryani Recipes

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I pack lunch for my kids and whenever I ask them what they want for lunch, they always say biryani! Although I don't pack biryani everyday, I do make some kind of variety rice for them. This kuska biryani, which is nothing but plain biryani, is a big hit with my kids since it's just plain rice without chicken or mutton or vegetables and they enjoy the plain biryani!

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Kuthiraivali Mushroom Biryani | Millet Biryani

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This is a delicious and favorite combination for me and my husband, we love mushrooms and millets are our latest favorite and who doesn't like the flavor of biryani! It was such a pure joy to make and eat this dish! Seriously! I know it sounds silly but I really really loved this combination and was very happy with the outcome. Out of all the millets, kuthiraivali (barnyard millet) is my favorite so I tried with it.
I'm obsessed with mushrooms, I have already posted lots of mushroom recipes and millets are becoming a favorite dinner too. I cook any of my favorite millet recipe atleast 3 times a week. So you can imagine how much we loved this biryani among all other biryani recipes!
The taste is delightful! If you love millets then this is a must try!

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Varagu Arisi Bisibellabath | Millet Recipes

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One of my favorite one pot meals is bisibellabath. It's so simple to make and such a delicious rice. Bisibellabath is the fancy cousin of sambar rice. Since we have been including millets in our diet, I thought of trying out this bisibellabath with millets and it turned out to be delicious and a very healthy option too. This has become a regular fixture in our house and I make this bisibellabath with all the millets.

Varagu arisi is called as Kodo Millet in English. Some people add tomatoes to bisibellabath and some don't. I have not used, you can add some tomatoes if you wish.

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Egg Biryani

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This is an easy biryani recipe that you can make on a weekend. Eggs are always a favorite with kids and this will definitely be well received! I sometime make it for lunch box too. It's very simple to make and my family loves this dish! I made this less spicy since I was going to pack this for my daughter's lunch box and she doesn't care much for spicy food.

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Double Beans Biryani

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This is an easy one pot dish that can be prepared in a jiffy. I make this sometimes to pack for lunch boxes and a simple raita will make it very tasty. Double beans is very healthy and you get fresh double beans and dried ones. I used the dried variety. If using the dried double beans then you will have to soak in overnight. If using fresh double beans then you need not soak it. I soaked it for 12 hours and when cooked they were soft and lovely.
I was going to make double beans pulao but you for that you need a good gravy but this you can have with raita or even chips.

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Chana Biryani | Chickpeas Biryani

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Here's another easy to make lunch box recipe. My daughter does not like taking sambar rice so I try to make some sort of a variety rice for her and my husband. And this is another recipe that worked well.
Channa is also called as chickpeas, it is very healthy so it makes a wonderful dish for kids lunchbox.
Check out the other channa recipes - chana masala, chana sundal, oven roasted chana dal.

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Corn and Peas Pulao

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We love to have pulao in our house and when my aunt visited us from Delhi she made this corn and peas pulao. We loved this pulao especially the kids loved eating the sweet corn and peas. We make peas pulao regularly since it's a favorite now we have another favorite!
Check out the beetroot pulao and mushroom pulao.

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Keerai Sadam

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Here is a nutritious lunch box recipe that you can pack for your family. I love to make this for my daughter's lunch box and it's one of the few days when the lunch box comes home empty! This is a healthy dish and greens being very rich in iron, it's a very good option for lunch boxes.
You can make this with any variety of keerai (greens), on this particular day I made it with arai keerai.

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Kuthiraivali Vegetable Pulao | Barnyard Millet Vegetable Pulao

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Like I mentioned in my earlier post, thinnai pongal, my husband wants us to include more millets in our diet. And I think if we start including millets when our kids are small, they will get more used to it than when they are older and their taste buds are accustomed to rice.

So this time I tried kuthiraivali pulao and I should say it tasted really good! I loved the flavor of this pulao. The only thing is, it can get a little dry if you eat it after sometime so I would suggest have a nice side dish and it tastes awesome! Even my kids ate some and I was happy about that. My husband wants me to pack his lunch boxes with millets so I will be making a lot more dishes with these!

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Mushroom Pulao

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Mushrooms are one of my most favorites! And the best part is, my husband also loves mushrooms, unlike paneer. He hates paneer so I can't make a lot of paneer dishes but since we both love mushrooms, I make plenty of mushroom dishes. Our most favorite mushroom recipe, is mushroom biryani. I make this biryani very often and we enjoy it a lot. This time around I decided to try mushroom pulao and this was another hit!