514; Milagu Orai/Milaghu Satham/ Black Pepper Rice

. Black Pepper Rice is a spicy, flavorful and easy to make rice recipe prepared using very basic ingredients in less than 30 minutes. If you have left over rice, this recipe can be prepared in less than 10 minutes. It served as Naivedyam Prasadam in Perumal Kovils and  Madams.

Ingredients

Cooked Rice                    2 cups

Black Pepper                   1 Tablespoon

Chenna Dal                     2 Tablespoon

Urdh Dal                         1 Tablespoon

Cumin Seed                    1 Teaspoon

Curry Leaves                   Few Leaves

Red Chilli                        1 nos

Gingelly Oil                     1 Tablespoon

For Tadka/ Temper

Ghee                              1 Tablespoon

Mustard seeds                 1 Teaspoon

Chenna Dal                     1 Teaspoon

Curry Leaves                   few

Asafetida Powder             ½ Teaspoon

Method:

• Cook the rice to the right consistency – not too dry nor too well-done.

• In a small pan, add 1/2 tsp Gingelly oil and peppercorns , Urdh dhal. Chenna Dal, Curry Levees and Red Chili. Fry till you get a nice aroma. Switch off the stove. When cool Grind coarsely. Keep Aside.

• Mix this powder with cooked rice.
• Heat Ghee in a kadai, add mustard seeds, Chenna dal, Asafetida Powder and Curry eaves. Fry it in ghee.
• When it crackle, switch off the stove. Add to the rice and Mix well.
• Serve the Iyengar Style Black Pepper Rice hot with Elai Vadam Recipe (A Traditional South Indian Rice Papad) and Cucumber Raita to complete your meal.
• Other 30 Rice recipes that you can try are:
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513: Traditional Thirattipal

Thirattipal

A popular milk sweet from Tamil Nadu. Thirattipal is a rich and delicious dessert of thickened Milk with Jaggery, Ghee and flavored with cardamom powder. It is a Rich, Delicious, and is a perfect choice to your dears to make them Happier on Birthdays, Festivals and on all Occasion.

I always craved for the kind of Thirattipal my mom used to make when I was a child. This is a very simple recipe but need time to prepare.

Cooking Time         1 hour

Recipe type:           Sweet

Cuisine:                 South Indian

Serves:                 2-4 people

Ingredients  

Whole Milk                     1 ½ Lt/ ½ Gallon

Jaggery                         1 cup

Green Cardamom           8 no (Crushed)

Saffron                          a pinch for garnish (optional)

Ghee                             1 Tablespoon

Method:

• Heat milk in a heavy bottom deep Pan over a Medium flame.
• Bring to a boil. Add saffron in it.  Mix well. Simmer the stove heat.
• Stir it every 5 or 10 minutes and scrape the sides. Milk level will start reducing and the color will also change.
•  Simmer until it is reduced to 3/4ths. Keep stirring now. You need to keep stirring to avoid sticking at the bottom.
• In meantime powder the jaggery and crush the cardamoms.
• Now add the jaggery and crushed cardamoms to the milk mixture. Mix it very well.
• Keep stirring now. You need to keep stirring to avoid sticking at the bottom.
•  Now add Ghee in it.
• When all the liquid is absorbed and you get thick halwa like mixture, switch off the flame.
• Allow it to cool down and transfer it to the container.     
• Delicious Thirattipal is ready to Serve.