Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Chikudu Ginjala Annam/Lilva beans Rice

Chikudu ginjala annam is rice cooked with lilva beans.When I was in school mom used to maintain garden in our back yard where she used to grow brinjal/egg plant,lilva beans,coriander/cilantro,spring onions,methi & she used to make all curries with fresh veggies.Especially in winter season there used to be plenty of chikudukaya/lilva beans & greens available around so mom used to take advantage of it and make many dishes like rice,sabzi,just fry the beans etc with this veggie.Frozen lilva bean seeds are always available for us in Indian stores .
Ingredients:
Rice(Basmathi/Sona masoori)- 2 cups
Lilva Beans - 1 cup
Onion - 1 small(finely chopped length wise)
Green Chillies - 2(sliced length wise)
Jeera/Cumin/Sajeera - 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon stick - 1/2 inch
Clove - 1
Cardamom - 1
Bay Leaf - 1
Oil - 2tsp
Ghee - 1tsp(optional)
Cilantro - 1/4 cup finely chopped
Spring Onion - finely chopped(optional)
Methi - finely chopped (optional)
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Garam masala - 1/4 tsp(add according to taste)
Garlic - 3 cloves(add according to taste)
Salt - to taste
Red chili powder - 1/2 tsp(add according to taste)
Method:
1.Wash & soak rice for 30 min(optional).Take a pan/vessel ,heat oil/ghee add all raw garam masala and saute for a min.Add green chillies,onions and once the onions are cooked add ginger garlic paste and after the raw smell disappears add methi,spring onion,lilva beans,salt and cook them on medium-low flame for 3-4 min.
2.Add red chili powder,half cilantro,chopped garlic mix it ,let it cook for 3-4 min until the beans are 50% cooked.Now add rice and fry for 2 min.Add water(I use 1:2 ratio,if you soak rice for more than 30 min ,use less water or else rice will become soggy) and once the water starts boiling ,check the seasoning add if anything is required.
3.Cook the rice ,garnish with remaining cilantro and switch off the heat.

Serve hot with any gravy/Non-veg dish/raita.
Sharing this dish with bookmarked-recipes event hosted by Priya & Aipi.

17 comments:

divya said...

Gorgeous and awesome color, simply delicious.

Smitha said...

Thanks Divya !!

Unknown said...

thats a nice one!...we too had chikudus in out backyard in my childhood!...one pot healthy meal!
yumm
Smitha to Smitha:)

Shobha said...

Nice one !
I love this as a sabji too.

Tahemeem said...

aah... i am nostalgic.. i remember chikkudu vine and caterpillars... :)
Beautiful rice dear :)

aipi said...

Wow that's a fantastic one pot meal recipe..a must try!

Thanks a lot for linking this to bookmark event :)

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Priya Suresh said...

Delicious one pot meal, simply wonderful.

Pia said...

Looks yummy!!!

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Unknown said...

What a great idea dear, love how the rice turned out to be,

Unknown said...

Wow... enjoying this rice at every social do's . Never tired of chikud annam.

http://cookingadventuresofjosh.blogspot.com/ said...

I love chikkudu and the idea of making rice wit them is wonderful!!

Hasna said...

thats so healthy

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Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) said...

rice looks yummy n mouthwatering..
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Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) said...

wow..looks good...yummmmmmm..
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Shobha said...

Hi Smitha,
Plz collect an award from my blog.

Smitha said...

Thanks a lot ladies for the lovely comments !!!

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