Bell Peppers Mushroom Sauté

Hello Everyone! It's a late update, Sorry about that :(  

There are so many easy and healthy recipes that I want to share with all of you. We all need to be conscious of our health, No matter how old or young you are! There are so many diet foods in the market and and so many different types of diet plans available these days to lose weight become healthy. But everything doesn't work for everybody. It's not easy to follow such plans But this recipe today is really healthy and mushrooms lower bad cholesterol and cut down fat. Please do try this simple dish out.

Ingredients:

• 1 packet of button mushroom (approx: 250gms)
• 2 medium: sized green bell peppers 
• 2 medium: sized yellow bell peppers
• 50 gms: boiled green peas
• 1 big red onion
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 tsp of Apple cider vinegar.
• 1 tsp of oregano
• 1tsp of rosemary
• 2 tsp of chilly flakes
• 1 tsp of basil 
• 1-2 tbsp of olive oil
• Salt according to your taste. 

Procedure:

• Dice all the vegetables and add salt and apple cider vinegar and mix it together and keep it aside. 
• In a wok or skillet heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil and add the mushrooms and toss it for 2-3 minutes on medium flame.

                            

• Add all the herbs (oregano, chilly flakes, rosemary and basil). You an use dried or fresh herbs, as per your choice. Stir it for a minute

• Then add the marinated vegetables and toss it for 3-5 minutes.

• Now, Add salt and mix it and then turn off the gas.

Don't add the salt before while marinating or cooking as it will release a lot of water from the veggies and it won't taste nice & crispy. No one likes soggy veggies. 

Hope you enjoy this crispy fresh and tasty veggie recipe :)

PS: You can eat this with some melted cheese or butter and some bread (For those who aren't on a diet )

Vegetable Biryani made in Rice cooker

It's the month of Ramadan! What comes to mind is Haleem, Biryani and more meat. (full of calories, But they need it, after a full day of fasting!)

My dish is for vegetarians and for those who are on a diet, Here is my Recipe of "Vegetable Biryani".

It's easy to make and very healthy too! (very less calories)

Ingredients:

• Basmati rice: 2 cups
• Water: 4 cups
• Assortment of chopped vegetables (carrots, beans, potato, peas):500 grams

          

• Onions: 3 (sliced) 

 

• Bay leaves: 2
• Shajeera: 1/2 tsp (caraway seeds)
• Ghee: 5 tbsp
• Mint and coriander leaves chopped.  3 tbsp each

• Salt according to your taste

~Spices which need to be ground to paste:

• Ginger: 3 cms
• Garlic: 8-12
• Green chillies: 3
• Poppy seeds: 2 tsp
• Fennel: 2 tsp
• Coriander powder: 2 tsp
• Chilly powder: 1/2 tsp
• Cloves: 5
• Cardamom : 5
• Cinnamon : 5 cms 

After Grinding the spices it will look like this.

Method:

• Soak the rice for 15 mins.
• Heat ghee in a kadai (wok). Add shah jeera and bay leaves.
• Then add sliced onions and fry till brown.
• At this point add the ground masala and fry for 2-3 mins.
• Switch off the gas burner and add the chopped mint and coriander leaves. Mix it properly.

• First add the soaked rice and water along with diced vegetables in the rice cooker.
• Then add the whole content of the kadai which you have just prepared ,and mix properly.
• Now put the lid and turn on the cooker (Switch to Cooking mode).
• Stirring half way gently would help in distributing the flavours in the biryani uniformly.
• When the biryani is cooked the cooker switch will automatically move to " Keep Warm " position.
• Let the biryani steam for 15- 20 mins before you turn off the cooker. 
• Serve with fried dry fruits of your choice as a garnish.

    Enjoy veg biryani with raita and salad :)

                 

Serving suggestion:

Stir gently otherwise the long grain rices will break and the beauty of the biryani will get spoiled .