I remember my school days when ever I cook variety rices, since my mom used to pack them for our lunch box. But they cannot be cooked and carried for long trips, as the coconut kept in room temperature for more than a day it becomes rotten. They can be packed for long trips if it’s consumed in the same day. Some people add ghee to the rice and some add milk to it to enhance the taste. I didn’t add any of these. This is my mom’s version.
Rice Dishes
Brinjal Masala Rice / Spicy Kathirikai Sadam
Masala rice turned nice aromatic with less work. Back in my childhood, when my grand father was alive, we used to have this planted in our farms very frequently. I hated brinjal all my life until I got married and started trying out new recipes on my own. I love brinjal these days and love trying variations. In this recipe since I didn’t have small brinjal, i used eggplant.
Creamy Curd Rice / Thayir Sadam
Yogurt rice would definitely be a last meal in our lunch menu. We make thick home made curd from the milk which we get from our farms. Use home made curd for best tastes, check it out the home made curd here. This recipe makes a perfect Potluck Curd Rice which creamy and rich in taste. Also this doesn’t get dry soon.
Carrot Masala Rice / Carrot Sadam
Normally we prepare carrot rice by just making carrot fry and mix them with it. Carrot Masala Rice is prepared with ground masala powders. They taste more aromatic.
Arisi Paruppu Sadam / Dhal Rice
An authentic Kongunadu Recipe. We often prepare this at our homes for lunch. The name only states it’s just cooked with the rice and the lentil with seasoning. We mix sesame oil a tsp or ghee a tsp with this rice before eating. One of my all time favorite recipes, not because it’s simple, it tastes really simple and good.
Tomato Pulao / Tomato Pulav
Making Tomato Pulav requires less work. When you have no vegetables at home to make veg biriyani, this is a nice alternative.
I always have frozen green peas handy, so it is easy for me to cook this anytime.