Tuesday 17 March 2009

Jeera Rice and Chicken - hubby's special

Sometimes i get bored of eating food cooked by me.I am sure some of you may also feel the same.Last friday i announced that i won't cook today,so hubby dear said he will cook his bachelor recipes.He made zeera rice and chicken curry.Here is the recipe:-

Zeera rice

Ingredients:-

Rice 500gms
Onions 2
Green chillies 3
Jeera 3 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste 1tbsp
Cinnamon 1
Clove 2
Vegetable stock 1 cube
Salt as per taste
Oil 4 tbsp

Method:-
  1. Fry Cinnamon,clove,jeera.Add onions,green chillies and fry till they turn pink in colour
  2. Add ginger garlic paste and fry till it is cooked.
  3. Then add veg stock and saute so that it doesn't stick to the bottom of the vessel.
  4. Add rice and salt,mix thoroughly.
  5. Add water (for 1 glass of rice 2 glass of water)This measurement varies according to the rice used.
  6. Cook it on a low flame until cooked.

Chicken

Ingredients:-

Chicken 500gms

Onions 1

Green chillies 2

Curry leaves few

Coriander powder 2tbsp

Pepper powder 1 tbsp

Whole pepper few

Cinnamon 1

Clove 1

Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp

Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp

Oil 2 tbsp

Salt as per taste

Method:-

  1. Fry all the masala and curry leaves,onions and green chillies.
  2. Add chicken,coriander powder,turmeric powder,pepper powder and salt.
  3. Then add ginger garlic paste and mix thoroughly.
  4. Cover and cook on slow flame.If needed add little water.

When i asked him what is the name of the curry he said he doesn't know,but this was a regular chicken curry he used to make when he was a bachelor.It's taste is similar to chettinad chicken.

18 comments:

hitch writer said...

wow... the curry is easy to make it seems... we have never cooked chicken in our house... maybe I need to try this sunday !!

Kitchen Flavours said...

Wow aromatic and flavourful....Making me hungry..... :-(

Happy Cook said...

Wow i would love to have the rice and that delicious chicken.

Preety said...

nice combo..jeera rice is so easy to make and goes with almost everything..

AnuSriram said...

Jeera rice is always easy to make and good to go with either gravy or dry side dishes... Delicious!

Ramya said...

simple and tasty recipe

Poornima Nair said...

Seems like hubby is a great cook too..lucky you...the chicken looks delicious...great combo.

Lavanya said...

wow..rice and chicken both looks awesome varunavi..want to taste it :))

Manju said...

wow..that looks like some very tasty bachelor recipe!!

Hema said...

simply looks delicious!

Deepa Hari said...

Your husband seems to be a good cook too...Lovely combo Varunavi...very easy and delicious.

Pooja said...

Mee hubby kuda mee la manchi cook anukunta ...looking delicious varunavi.....

Priya Sriram said...

looks so yummy n delicious varunavi! thanks for sharing!

Andhra Flavors said...

Enduko mari nenu eppati varaku jeera rice try cheyaledu. mi combination chustunte tempting gaa vundi.

Meenal Mehta said...

Hi Varunavi,

first time here ...sometimes its best not to cook and thats when the hubbies take out gems from their treasure troves ...nice recipes
-Meenal

Suparna said...

Fantastic blog u have :)my first time here. LOvely chicken curry....easy and seems very flavourful. love the combi with zeera rice.
TC

Varunavi said...

Welcome suparna and thanx a lot

Priya said...

Wow dear, u are very lucky..am damn sure u would have enjoyed having those delicious treats na!!! am just drooling over the chicken curry...

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