Pudina Gajar ka Pulav \ Mint And Carrot Pulav

Here in our house in Sydney, our house owners love gardening. They grow many veggies like eggplant, Mint leaves, karipatta leaves, green chillies, Cucumber, etc, etc.

This time I picked some garden fresh mint leaves , tossed them in oil with some carrots and cooked them with rice. The result was amazing.

Ingriedients:
Pudina leaves (mint leaves) - cleaned and chopped - 1 cup
1 Carrot - chopped
Basmati rice - 1 cup
Mustard seeds - half teaspoon
Jeera (Cumin seeds) - half teaspoon
Garam Masala - half teaspoon
Oil
Water
Salt

Procedure:
1. Wash the rice and keep it aside for around 30 minutes.
2. In a steel pressure cooker, pour 2 tablespoon oil, add mustard and wait till it splutters.
3. Add Jeera and chopped carrots and chopped pudina.
4. Next add the washed rice and mix well. 
5. Add the garam masala  and pinch of salt and mix well.
7. Finally add 2 cups of water and required amount of salt (as per taste) and pressure cook it for 3-4 whistles.
8. Once the cooker cools down, mix it well.

Serve the hot Pudina Carrot Pulao with raita, pickle or papad.

 

Vegetable Sandwich

After moving to Sydney, the first thing that I learnt to prepare is a simple and delicious vegetable sandwich. Hence the first blog from Australia talks about sandwiches.

Here its really difficult to find vegetarian food around. So on outings, I usually like to carry some healthy sandwiches.

Relocating to Sydney ...moving to a different country...has given me a golden opportunity to try out other cuisines. More recipes to come soon.

For now...its the simplest Vegetable Sandwich

Ingredients:
Whole grain bread buns - 4
Lettuce - 1 cup
Grated carrot - half cup
Grated cabbage - 1 cup
finely chopped onion - one fourth cup
Mayonnaise
Mustard sauce
Cheese slices - 4

Procedure:
1. Slice the whole grain sandwich into two using a knife.
2. On one side of the bread, spread the lettuce, carrots, cabbage and onions.
3. Top it with Mayonnaise and Mustard sauce.
4. On the other side of bun, place the cheese slice.

5. Place this on the other side of bread.
6. Press them together.

Vegetable Sandwich is ready

Notes:
1. You can use any kind of bread buns. I prefer whole wheat or whole grain buns.
2. You can also use any other veggies.
3. In this preparation, I have used mayonnaise and mustard sauce. You can ad any other sauce like barbeque sauce, tomato sauce, etc