Dal and vegetable rice

This is a time saving main dish you can make easily with all nutirents.
Ingredients:
Rice- 3/4 cup
Toovar dal-1/4 cup
Onion- 2
Tomato-2
Green peas,chopped carrot and potato,drumstick-1 cup(you can use any vegetable)
Red chillies-2
Mustard-1 tsp
Channa dal-1 tsp
Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
Oil-1 tbsp
Salt to taste.
Curry and coariander leaves-for garnishing
Method
Chop onion and tomatoes.
Wash rice and dal.
In a pan heat 1 tbsp oil ,add mustard seeds and chillies.
Add channa dal and saute till brown.
Add onion saute till glassy,add tomatoes fry till wilted.
Add all the cut vegetables and washed rice and dal mixture.
Add 2 to 2&1/2 cups water,salt and pressure cook till done.
Garnish with curry leaves and coariander,
Serve with onion raita,pickle or chips.

THALAPPAKATTU CHICKEN BIRYANI

Ingredients

• Chicken-500 gms
• Basmati rice-500 gms
• Onion-250 gms
• Tomato-3
• Green chillies-10
• Chilli powder-1tsp
• Elaichi & cloves-6 each
• Ginger,garlic paste-2tsp
• Curd-1/2cup
• Cashews-20 gms
• Garam masala-2tsp
• Lemon-1
• Coconut milk1/2cup
• Ghee-200gms
• Oil-200gms
• Mint & coariander leaves-1/4cup each.
• Salt to taste

Directions

• Cook rice and keep aside to cool.
• Chop onion,tomato and green chillies.
• Add ghee to a pan fry cashews and remove.
• Add cloves and elaichi,fry,ad onion saute till golden. 
• Add ginger garlic paste ,fry till you get a nice aroma.
• To this add tomatoes,green chillies,curd,garam masala powder and saute till well blended.
• Add coconut milk an cook in medium heat till dry and chicken is cooked.
• Add lemon juice,mint and coariander leaves.
• Mix chicken with cooked rice and sprinkle cahews.
• Serve with onion raita

ONION RAITA

• Curd-1cup
• Onion-2
• Green chillies-2
• Coariner leaves chopped-2tsp
• Salt to taste(one pinch )

Method

• Chop onions finely and slit chillies
• Beat curds with fork,add salt,chillies and onion
• Serve garnished with coariander leaves.