ghee rice and manchurian

Something different - veg fried / ghee rice and manchurian ! Maharaja Nalan in his Paka Darppanam talks about riced cooked with ghee , herbs etc and then flavored with kewda - thazhampoo water - so biriyani was not invented in desert - instead they stole our recipe ! And of course we cook it with no onions , mushrooms etc .. ! We should be very proud of our culture and heritage ! 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Veg fried rice with lots of pepper & veg manchruian prepared in air fryer .

Veg fried rice

1. Take 1 cup of basmati rice and wash well in water .
2. In a dry pan add the washed rice and dry roast until all water goes away and the rice becomes dry .
3. Put the rice ina plate and add 2 tsps of ghee to the hot pan .
4. Add cardamom , cloves , cinnamon , jeera ,bay leaves to that ghee and fry .
5. Now add the dry rice and fry it all together .
6. After the rice gets fried well it turns color and becomes a dark or fluorescent white .
7. Now add 1 cup water and cook in open .
8. If the water dries add little by little and make sure that rice is completely cooked
9. Add some saffron to the rice - for coloration .
10. When the rice cooks , add diced veggies - capsicum , beans , carrots , cauliflowers to hhot water and salt and cook then we’ll .
11. Now filter the water from veggies and add them to rice .
12. Add 2 more tsps of ghee and stir it well .
13. Rice is done .
14. Now take 2-3 tsps of black pepper and powder and add it to the rice .

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Manchuria

1. Grated bell pepper , carrots , finely chopped cauliflower , cabbage - 2-3 cups
2. Rice flour , corn starch , maida mixture - 3 tbsps
3. Soy sauce - 1/2 cup
4. Salt , cooking oil - 3 tbsp s , grated red pepper - 2 tsps
5. Har am masala - 2 tsps

Mix all these and make them to small balls and coat with oil and cook for 20 mins in air fryer for 20 mins

Gravy

1. Keep a little bit of Manchuria balls for gravy
2. If need cut and add more veggies.
3. Gribd 2-3 tomatoes with 5 green chilies , ginger to a fine paste
4. Now add it to the veggie mixture
5. Add more soy sauce, sugar / jaggery .
6. Since soy says is salty - adjust your salt
7. Add 1-2 tsps of corn starch
8. Now add 1-2 tsps of cooking oil to a pan
9. Add some Jira to it
10. Add the gravy base
11. When it starts to boil , check if sweetness , salt etc is all good .
12. Now add lsome me juice to make it tangy .
13. Add the air fried Manchuria balls to this gravy .
14. Super tasty yummy Manchuria balls with gravy is ready .
15. Enjoy it with rice or roti or bread !