Salt Pongal

Until I married my husband I have dreaded having Pongal.My mother in law was the one that cultivated my love for this dish. Ingredients: 1/2 cup Rice 1/2 cup Moong Dhal 3 1/2 cups Water 1 clove garlic 10-15 pepper corns 1/2 tsp urad dhal 1/2 tsp black mustard seeds 1/2 tsp cumin seeds 2 Green chillies Curry leaves 3-5

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The All famous Indian Biryani

Biryani is an Indian festive dish.You would always find this in an indian restaurant or if you were invited to an Indian friend’s house.This is an aromatic simply delicious easy to prepare dish.This Dish is prepared in various ways, each household has their very own version of the biryani.I ll be sharing my mom’s 🙂 I know it looks like

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Chicken Ranchero

Another recipe from Church Cookbook that turned out well.My husband fondly calls this dish american biryani 😀 Ingredients:1 breast piece cut up into small pieces1 handful minced onions1/2 green bell pepper diced1/2 tsp chilli powder(optional)1 cup rice(used basmati rice)21/2 cup chicken bouillon water(Added 2 cubes of chicken bouillon in 21/2 cups of water)1 can mushrooms(you can use fresh boiled or

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Baked Chicken and Rice

I found this recipe from a church recipe book and added some modifications.This is an easy dinner recipe which is very easy to prepare Ingredients:1 tbsp oil2 Chicken Thighs(100 gms) chopped into small pieces1 can of cream of chicken soup1 can of milk(measure using the  cream of chicken soup can)4 oz can mushrooms3/4 cup uncooked rice1 envelope dry onion soup mix1

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