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The carrot-cabbage-onion mixed rice Serves : 2 Ingredients : 1 cup of grated cabbage 1 medium sized carrot - grated 1 medium sized onion - grated Jeera Salt 1 medium-sized tumbler rice Pepper pow der Ghee Optional: 1-2 Green chilli 2-3 garlic pods. Method:  Soak the rice for at least 10 minutes before cooking . Put the pressure cooker on the flame. Add some teaspoons of ghee and put jeera in it. When you get the aroma of jeera , add the grated vegetables and garlic. Saute for 2-3 minutes. Add the rice to the cooker. Pour 2 glasses of water using the same tumbler you used to measure the rice. Mix the ingredients well and allow it to come to a boil. Add the required quantity of salt. Then close the lid and place the whistle.Allow 2 whistles and then set the flame to small for 5 minutes and then stop it. Now after you are able to open the cooker, add the pepper powder( depending on the level of spiciness you need). Mix it up well and now the rice is ready to be serv...

Food specially prepared for a new mother . If you are a Brahman and a Tambram at it, you would have heard these words in a household that has just been blessed with a new -born baby. The food items prepared under this category is mainly meant for the new mother, to help her out in recovering from the internal wounds that she would have after the delivery. The main ingredients used for flavouring are pepper, pepper and some more pepper, ladles of ghee, salt. It is the post-natal care for both the new mother and the baby, making sure they don't suffer from indigestion. Nowadays , however, either due to the lack of support system( elderly people or parents) many of us just about take the normal food we have during normal times. But you can actually feel the difference the specially prepared food has compared to the normal diet we follow.   The options one has for this particular food preparation might be a tad bit limited, but with new experiments you can prepare a variety...