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Tomato Rice (from Leftover Rice) for Vegan Thursday

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Today I am sharing you a simple rice made from the left over white rice,my mom makes this rice whenever we have lots of leftover rice. This rice is slightly tangy and bit spicy at the same time very delicious and filling,tastes great with simple fry and chips. Here I used the leftover rice which I made for lunch,if you want you can use the cooked basmathi rice to make it more flavorful.Lets get into the recipe ................ Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Cooked rice(left over rice) 11/2cups Shallots/chinna vengayam(chopped) 15 Garlic/poondu(finely chopped) 3 cloves Tomato(finely chopped) 2 Green chilly(finely chopped) 2 Red chilly powder/milagai podi 1/2tsp Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/4tsp Curry leaves/karivepillai 1 sprig Coriander leaves/kothamalli as needed Salt 3/4tsp Oil 1tbs For the tempering Ingredient Quantity Mustard seeds/kadgu 1/2tsp Urad dhal/ulutham paruppu 1tsp Channa dhal/kadala paruppu 2tsp Cashews(optional) 2tsp(broken) Asafoet

Chettinadu Pepper Chicken Kulambhu

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I have already posted the pepper chicken fry which is a dried version but today's recipe is a gravy version goes very well with rice. The recipe I have given is slightly a spicier version as we prefer to eat this one bit spicy and made it with the chicken drumsticks.The spice level can be altered for the milder version,now on to the recipe.........   Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Chicken drumsticks 6nos. Onion 2 (medium size) Tomato 2(medium size) Ginger&garlic paste 1tbs Chilly powder/milagai podi 11/2tsp Coriander powder/kothamalli podi 2tsp Turmeric powder 1/2tsp Garam masala powder 1/4tsp Salt to taste Coriander leaves(chopped) 2tbs Curry leaves 2 sprigs Fennel seeds/sombhu 2tsp Black pepper corns/milagu 1tbs Salt to taste Oil 4tbs For the tempering Ingredient Quantity Cloves/lavangam 4nos. Cinnamom.pattai 1 inch piece Star anise 2nos. Fennel seeds/sombhu 1/4tsp To grind Ingredient Quantity Coconut (grated) 4tbs Fennel seeds/s