 |
| Nani's Summer Tahiri |
Memories of long summer vacations spent at Nani's house always bring about fond memories of tahiri on summer afternoons. Yellow rice with spices and peas, with dahi (plain yogurt) on the side and nimbu-pani (lemonade) could cool down any hot summer day. So that is what we had for dinner today - "Nani ki Tahiri". I also made some ham to add some protein, and while my nani was pure vegetarian ;) Nikky and I sure aren't!!
Total Prep Time: 20-30 minutes
Ingredients:
1) 1 cup long grained basmati rice (washed and soaked for 10 min)
2) 1 tsp turmeric powder
3) 1 tbsp cumin seeds
4) 1/3 cup peas (thawed)
5) 1 tbsp canola oil
6) 2 cups water
Directions:
Preheat the canola oil and fry cumin seeds and turmeric powder for a few minutes before quenching the heat with the peas. fry peas for a few minutes and add rice and water. Bring to a rolling boil and then turn the heat down to medium low and cover the pan. Test the rice after about 15 min and if done, turn off the heat and let the rice sit for a few minutes (in India that is called "Dum" with a soft D ... which means to give it strength ... or something like that!!).
In a skillet, I heated thick ham slices for just a few minutes on either side. For Nikky I diced one of the slices into bite sized pieces. Overall - it was a hit!!!
* Maternal Grandmother
How is canola oil, yogurt, and ham WFPBNO? Or all the other dishes I see here, for eggs, chicken, meat sauce, cheesy rolls, etc.?
ReplyDeletePlease see the date on the post. It's before I went #Wfpbno
DeleteI went #Wfpbno on 30Dec2011. All the dishes since then are #Wfpbno. The name the blog is called rugratchow is because it started out as a place for me to record recipes I fed my toddler! I've left the older posts here as they are part of my journey.
Delete