For the second day in Blogging Marathon #31 under the theme Microwave cooking, I made this simple rice with Gooseberries...
With an abundance of Goose berries from the back yard, it is only fair to put it to good use. I made some pickle and sweet preserve with the Gooseberries and used some to a make this rice. I am still left with a whole batch of Gooseberries and I don't have a clue as to how to use them up before they go waste...
This recipe is inspired from Gayathri's version and I have made a few changes to the original recipe....
I used:
Rice - 1/2 cup
Gooseberries - 15 numbers [Adjust to taste.Some varieities are very tart.]
Mustard seeds- 1 teaspoon
Red chilies- 2, broken
Urad dal- 1 teaspoon
Curry leaves- a few
Gingelly / Sesame oil- 1 teaspoon[You can use any other vegetable oil too]
Flax seeds chutney powder- 2 teaspoons
Salt to taste
- Wash and soak rice for half an hour.Wash and drain the water. In a large microwave proof bowl, take rice and 1 1/4 cups of water[ or a little less than the quantity of water that you use to cook your variety of rice] and cover and microwave on high for 10 minutes or till the rice is done.Allow a standing time of 5 minutes. Remove from microwave and spread on a plate to cool.
- Grate the gooseberries and keep aside.
- In a large microwave safe bowl, take oil, mustard, red chillies, urad dhal,curry leaves and mix well. Close the bowl but leave a small gap. Microwave on medium for 2 minutes or till the dal browns a bit.
- Put in the grated gooseberry and the gooseberry juice [if there is some while you grated the gooseberry] , mix and microwave covered on medium for 5 minutes, stirring after 2 minutes.
- Add the flax seed chutney powder,salt [ add just half the normal quantity as the chutney powder also has salt, check after cooking and add more if needed] and the cooked rice. Mix well and microwave on medium covered for 5 minutes. Let it stand for a few minutes inside the microwave.
- Remove from the MW and serve with raita / curry and pappad..
Note :
The cooking time will vary depending on the MW and the quantity. So adjust it accordingly.
Also take a look at the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM #31
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Bon Appetit...
Labels: Blogging Marathon, KLBRice, Microwave Magic, Rendezvous with Rice, Vegan varieties
