Choclate cake

The best chocolate cake recipe. Ever? There are plenty of claims for the best chocolate cake recipe. I get that. But with one bite of this decadent, moist chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, every single person around the table commented that this was the best chocolate cake they’d ever tasted.

So as for my house, this chocolate cake recipe now holds that honor.

As the compliments continued, I didn’t begin to tell them how easy it was to make.

In all honesty, it is probably one of the easiest cakes I’ve made in a long time, really, but I just smiled and thanked them

Pav bhagi

.                                        Pav Bhaji – a spicy curry of mixed vegetables (bhaji) cooked in a special blend of spices and served with soft buttered pav (bread bun shallow fried in butter), is any Indian food lover’s dream. The boiled and mashed veggies give it a smooth yet chunky texture while specially blended Pav Bhaji Masala gives it a irresistible, mouthwatering aroma and taste – serve it with a piece of buttery shallow fried bun and voila! – it’s a perfect party food that can be made in advance. It’s also a best way to make your kids eat some veggies as sometimes kids don’t like the taste of a particular veggie, but in pav bhaji they wouldn’t even notice any veggie and eat joyfully. Whether you want to entertain the guests or feed your kid, this recipe’s step by step photos, tips and variations will help you make best pav bhaji at home in just 40 minutes.

Jerra Rice

jeera rice recipe with step by step photos – a mildly spiced and flavorful indian rice dish flavored with cumin.

jeera rice is one of the most popular rice dish in restaurants. many people prefer to have jeera rice instead of plain basmati rice to go along with dals or curry dishes. the tempering with cumin and fragrant whole spices, takes the simple rice dish a level notch up.

making jeera rice is very easy and even bachelors can make it. you can make jeera rice for guests or special occasions or also for every day food when you want to add more flavors to rice.

jeera rice goes very well with some north indian curries like punjabi dum aloo, punjabi kadhi pakora, chole masala, rajma masala or dals like dal fry, dal tadka, dal makhani, dhaba dal. apart from the dals, our suggestion would also be to serve palak paneer, malai kofta, paneer pasanda, paneer butter masala, kadai paneer and shahi paneer with jeera rice.     there are two methods of making the jeera rice or cumin rice:

1: in the first method, the whole spices are sauteed first in oil and the rice is cooked along with the spices. this method is similar to that making of pilaf/pulao. i have already posted this method in this jeera rice recipe.
2. this jeera rice recipe is the second method, where the rice grains are cooked first. then the tempering with cumin is added to the cooked rice. this technique is mostly used in restaurants.

if you are looking for more rice recipes then do check saffron rice, biryani rice, garam masala rice, kuska biryani and ghee rice recipe.

4.8 from 5 votes

 PRINT

jeera rice recipe

jeera rice recipe - an easy version of cumin flavored rice.

 COURSE main

 CUISINE north indian

 PREP TIME 30 minutes

 COOK TIME 25 minutes

 TOTAL TIME 55 minutes

 SERVINGS 4

 CALORIES 324 kcal

 AUTHOR dassana

INGREDIENTS (1 cup = 250 ml)

for cooking rice:

• 1.5 cup basmati rice
• 5 cups water
• 1 tej patta (indian bay leaf)
• 2 green cardamom (hari elaichi or choti elaichi)
• 1 black cardamom (badi elaichi)
• ½ inch cinnamon (dalchini)
• 2 cloves (lavang)
• 1 to 2 strands of mace (javitri)
• 1 teaspoon salt or as required

for tempering jeera rice:

• 2 tablespoon oil or 1.5 tablespoon ghee
• 2 teaspoon cumin seeds(jeera)
• 1 green chilli (hari mirch) - chopped, optional
• 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves (dhania patta)

HOW TO MAKE RECIPE

cooking rice:

1. rinse basmati rice till the water runs clear of starch. soak the rice for 30 mins and then drain them. keep aside.
2. heat 5 cups water. add all the whole spices. add rice and salt. simmer the rice on a low flame uncovered.
3. the rice grains should be cooked till tender and yet separate. drain the water and keep the cooked rice aside.
4. if you want you can rinse also the rice with water at room temperature. this stops the cooking of the rice and keeps the grains separate.

making jeera rice recipe:

1. heat oil in a small pan. add cumin/jeera.
2. let them crackle. they have to be fried well otherwise you will taste uncooked cumin in the rice.
3. add the green chilies. stir for a few seconds. no need to brown the chilies.
4. add the tempering to the hot or warm rice.
5. with a fork, gently mix the tempering with the rice grains. even if some rice grains break, its alright. do gently taking care so as not to break the rice grains.
6. add coriander and gently mix or garnish jeera rice with coriander at the time of serving.
7. serve jeera rice hot or warm with a dal or vegetable/paneer curry of your choice.

RECIPE NOTES

this approximate nutrition info is per serving:

Nutrition Facts

jeera rice recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 324 Calories from Fat 63

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 7g 11%

Saturated Fat 0g 0%

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 640mg 27%

Potassium 97mg 3%

Total Carbohydrates 57g 19%

Dietary Fiber 1g 4%

Sugars 0g

Protein 5g 10%

Vitamin A 0.3%

Vitamin C 1.6%

Calcium 3.8%

Iron 7.2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.                                      

step by step cumin rice or jeera rice recipe:

1. rinse 1.5 cup basmati rice till the water runs clear of starch. soak the rice for 30 mins and then drain them. keep aside.

2. heat 5 cups water. add all the whole spices – 1 indian bay leaf, 2 green cardamom, 1 black cardamom, ½ inch cinnamon, 2 cloves and 1 to 2 strands of mace.

3. add rice and 1 tsp salt. simmer the rice on a low flame uncovered.

4. the rice grains should be cooked till tender and yet separate.

5. the texture of the cooked rice grains is shown in the below pic. i usually cook rice grains a bit more softer than what is served in restaurants. the reason being that if the rice grains have even a small bite in them, then they cause indigestion problems.

6. drain the water and keep the cooked rice aside. if you want, you can rinse also the rice with water at room temperature. this stops the cooking of the rice and keeps the grains separate.

7. heat 2 tbsp oil or 1.5 tbsp ghee in a small pan. add 2 tsp cumin/jeera.

8. let them crackle. they have to be fried well otherwise you will taste uncooked cumin in the rice.

9. add 1 chopped green chili. stir for a few seconds. no need to brown the chilies.

10. add the tempering to the hot or warm rice.

11. with a fork, gently mix the tempering with the rice grains. even if some rice grains break, its alright. do gently taking care so as not to break the rice grains.

12. add 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves and gently mix or garnish jeera rice with coriander at the time of serving.

serve jeera rice with gravy dishes like paneer butter masala, paneer korma, rajma masala, chana masala, kadai mushroom or even any dal like chana dal fry or palak dal.

Tandoori chicken

Tandoori chicken recipe – One of the world famous tandoori recipes is this Indian chicken starter that has its roots from the Mughali cuisine of the Mughal era. This chicken tandoori recipe can be used to grill drumsticks or boneless fillets to make kababs. I am sharing the recipe to grill in oven or on stove top/ gas stove.



This mouth watering delicious chicken is well known as murgh tandoor or tandoori murgh, murgh meaning chicken and tandoor is a clay oven in which the spice and yogurt marinated chicken or meat is grilled. We get to see little variations to the authentic recipes such as addition of chickpea flour or besan etc which adds aroma to the appetizer. This is done mostly to the tangri or tangdi kabab meaning the legs.

Today I am sharing an easy recipe to make a restaurant style tandoori chicken in an oven & on gas or stove top without using color or butter, making this a low fat chicken starter. I have not charred the meat, I do not suggest eating charred meat as it is dangerous to health.

This tandoori chicken recipe yields spicy chicken drumsticks or kababs that are soft and juicy with all the flavors of spices infused. These are spicy but not hot, even kids can enjoy them.

You can use store bought / ready made tandoori masala, however I have never used one to suggest. All the ingredients

Chicken biryani

Chicken biryani recipe video | Easy chicken biryani in pot or pressure cooker.                              Easy chicken biryani recipe in pot or pressure cooker with video & step by step photos. This tastes delicious, flavorful and can be made in a jiffy. You can also find my video on how to make easy chicken biryani recipe. You may also like to check these Top 10 chicken biryani recipes. This is one of most simple among the 35 Biryani recipes shared on the blog. I have tried my best to keep it simple and explain very well for the beginners so that you do not go wrong.l.                     

Veg pulav

   Food Tricks .com.           Welcome to our new website that is food tricks.                          

                            Vegetable Pulao (Veg Pulav) is a spicy rice dish prepared by cooking rice with various vegetables and spices. In this recipe, assortment of spices, veggies and rice are first sautéed in oil and ghee and then cooked in pressure cooker as you would cook plain rice. However, the uniqueness of this easy mixed vegetable pulao recipe lies in use of bay leaf, cinnamon and cloves which provides nice and complex aromatic feel that simply makes juices flow

ing in mouth.

Pulao recipe with video & step by step photos – an easy one pot Indian rice pilaf cooked with mild spices and veggies. Pulao or pulav is one of the most common rice dishes that is often made in most Indian homes. It is also the one most commonly on the menu for parties or celebrations served along with a yogurt raita. There are a few different variations of making pulav, I am sharing a simple andhra style pulao recipe that goes good in lunch box or for a quick meal or for a party. This veg pulao recipe is ridiculously easy to make and can be served alone without any side dishes.