Mushroom Garlic rice

A simple and classic dish to prepare for a Sunday Brunch. Colorful on plate and tasty to taste.

Nutritional Information  (Approx)
(per serving)
Energy	230		Calories
Fat	10		%
Carbohydrate	17		%
Dietary Fiber	1		%
Sodium	39		%
Vitamin A	4		%
Vitamin C	0		%
Calcium	2		%
Iron	10		%
Protein	6		Grams
Sugar	2		Grams

Ingredients
Rice cooked	2 cups
Mushrooms cleaned and chopped	2 cups
Garlic chopped	8-10 cloves
Onion chopped	1
Carrot chopped (Optional)	1
Green beans chopped	1 cup
Bell pepper chopped	1
Green chillies slit	8
Salt	to taste
Water	1/2 cup

To Temper
Oil	2 tsps
cardamoms	3
Cinnamon	1 small stick

Heat oil in a pan, add cardamoms and cinnamon and fry for a minute. Add chopped onion and green chillies and fry till they look transparent.

Add water, mushrooms, chopped carrot, Green beans, Bell pepper and other veggies if you are adding any and fry with the lid covered for 5 minutes. Add garlic, salt, mix well and cook for 2 more minutes with the lid covered.

Add the cooked rice to the pan, give it a stir to mix well and let it stand on stove for a minute. Serve hot with Raita or any gravy.

• I add some vegetables to all the rice dishes I prepare to make it a bit more healthy. You can skip the veggies or add any if you wish.
• Decrease the number of chillies you add if you want it less spicy.
• I have added Red bell peppers, you can add green ones if you want.

Vegetable stew with Pasta

Soupy, spicy, starchy stew!!! Oh the thought of it makes me drool :D

Stew is the first thing that comes to my mind when I wish for a hearty dinner. There is nothing much to do other than sit and cut a whole lot of Veggies. Also, you don't have to choose and pick vegetables, so just throw in all that you find fresh in your fridge!!

Since we add the vegetable broth to stew, you get all the nutrients from the veggies and easy to digest. You can prepare and serve the stew with or without pasta. I add pasta since I don't have to prepare anything else to serve it with.

Nutritional Information  (Approx)
(per serving)
Energy	120		Calories
Fat	3		%
Carbohydrate	8		%
Dietary Fiber	12		%
Sodium	39		%
Vitamin A	60		%
Vitamin C	4		%
Calcium	4		%
Iron	6		%
Protein	4		Grams
Sugar	9		Grams

Ingredients
Pasta (Any)	1 Cup
Carrots chopped	2
Onion chopped	1
Capsicum red/green chopped	1
Mushrooms  chopped	5
Green beans chopped	10
Potato chopped	1
Parsnip/radish chopped	1
Garlic cloves	4
Any lentil/dal	2 tbsps
Water	5-6 cups
salt	to taste
pepper powder	1 tsp
Green chillies(Optional)	3
Coriander leaves chopped	1/4 cup

To Temper
Oil	2 tsp
Star anise	1

Chop all the veggies, boil a pot of 5 cups of water and add the veggies (except onion), green chillies and lentils and 2 cloves of garlic.

Cook till the lentils and vegetables are tender and soft and keep it aside. (Don't drain the cooked water)

In a different pot, add oil and wait till it is hot. add star anise, rest of the garlic and onion and fry till the onion looks transparent.

Add the boiled veggies with the broth and bring it to boil. Simmer the flame, add pasta, salt, pepper powder and cook for 7-8 minutes or till the pasta is cooked.

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and enjoy this scrumptious super meal with family and friends.

• You can cook pasta separately and add it to the serving bowl later. You can also skip the pasta and enjoy the stew with bread or noodles.
• You can also add green peas, Cooked kidney beans, soya chunks and any other vegetables and also can skip any of the veggies I have given in my recipe.
• You can also add cooked/fried chicken if you want a chicken stew.
• I have added start anise for a nice spicy aroma but you can skip it if you want.