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Vegetable Brinji, a special kind of rice dish which is very popular in TamilNadu, made during weddings and special occasions. Basically its a mixed vegetable pulao kind of dish…. where rice is cooked in thick coconut milk base with loads of veggies and flavoured with special spices. This is one type which normally shows in every wedding reception menu and…
Side Gravy for Biryani is a side dish/ chalna kind of gravy that is usually served along with biryani. Most restaurants serve a free side gravy as accompaniment for biryani which taste ridiculously amazing.. We usually get these in small portions packed in tiny cartons and enjoy licking every last bit of it. I was trying to replicate something similar…
Simple homestyle Chicken gravy prepared with light coconut base, a perfect side for parotta, idli dosa or chapati!
Just the usual vegetable biryani with the inclusion protein rich soy nuggets. Ah ha !! what a way to camouflage meat. Not a great deal of taste for your taste buds nor appealing, that’s how they are and its ok to try once in while, specially if it good for you. For many its a tough job to incorporate these…
Kadai Vegetable is a semi thick vegetarian dish made with colorful medley of vegetables cooked in creamy rich sauce!
Kudamilagai ~ Capsicum/ Bell Pepper, Kozhi ~ Chicken, Varuval – Dry Fry is a simple, spicy chicken curry made with everyday spices easy to find around your kitchen pantry, an excellent side dish for pulao/pulavs, fried rice or even our routine staple sambar/rasam/curd. Green Bell pepper with her sharp chili aroma weds chicken on a cold winter afternoon with spice powder showers is a delight and keepsake forever.
Bell pepper Chicken Curry / Capsicum Chicken Curry / Kozhi Varuval / Green Capsicum Chicken Fry / Chicken with Bell Peppers
Ever since I tried the "My Dhaba" (Punjabi style restaurant, Radhakrishnan Salai, Chennai) biryani, my craving started more for Sindhi style foods. Usually their style biryani is kind of strong flavoured, pale greenish.. due to herbs and spices and moreover inclusion of sour yogurt makes them slightly pungent. Here is my attempt in matching one of their mint chicken style biryani.
Biryani / Mint Biryani Briyani / Pulao / Pulav / Sindhi Biryani / Punjabi recipes / Mint Chicken Biryani / North Indian Biryani
What could be more satisfying than rice topped with a scoop of fresh yogurt served with an array of pickles on the side ??? This magical yogurt making process wonders many even though this is a routine in many households back home…in particular, all first timers, newly wed girls…. just pondering over Google for help, considering it to be a difficult task. But in reality, its just a few steps away. After a relaxing break, here comes the most healthy, all natural and nutritional white wonder from my kitchen.
Birinji or Brinji is basically a mixed vegetable pulao , the difference is that it has coconut and spices ground and fried with oil; the rice is then cooked in the spice paste and coconut milk which gives it a creamy flavor.That is why I think of it as a fried rice and not a pulao. Some people say that the name comes from “birinji elai” – the Tamil word used for Tej Patta – a spice similar to Bay leaf used to flavor this dish.
One of the article says “birinji” or “brinji” is the Persian word for rice.
