GHEE RICE / NEI SORU There are variety rice items from India but the taste of NEI SORU feels heaven. Shallots,ginger and garlic are sautéed in ghee along with spices releases a wonderful aroma that will just uplift your whole house.This is one of the classic recipes with a handful of ingredients, quick and easy to make, very tasty and filling. It is perfect to pair with vegetarian or non-vegetarian recipes. When it comes to vegetarian, you can pair it with peas paneer curry, cashew paneer, paneer makhanwala or mushroom peas curry. Or you can pair it with any kind of curries. When it comes to meat recipes, it tastes great with  fish curry ,  chicken curry ,  egg curry . Lets cook with step-by-step pictures. Now lets see how to cook: GHEE RICE / NEI SORU Prep time 10 mins Cook time 30 mins Total time 40 mins Quick and easy rice which is so tasty. The rice is perfect to put on kids lunch box.  Author: Shalini Recipe type:  Ma

Mappilli samba Rice Payasam (Bridegroom Rice)  Mappillai samba rice is a good source of iron and zinc. Iron contributes to the production of myoglobin and hemoglobin. Myoglobin and hemoglobin deliver oxygen to muscles and tissues keeping body high in energy level. It also contains pro-anthocyanins which help to reduce cholesterol and hyper glycemia  Mappillai samba rice is very healthy rice. At least we have to take this rice weekly twice or monthly twice . All age person can take this rice Because its very healthy . Mappillai Samba rice having thick skin layer so, soaking take more than normal rice we have to soak Mappillai Samba rice more than the normal rice. People often do either dosa or kanji, so i thought of trying it like payasam, since i love any dish with jaggery and coconut milk. Check out more details about Mappillai samba rice in this recipe  Mappilai Samba Rice Kanji |The Bridegroom’s Samba Rice Kanji Kavuni Arisi, Chettinad Kavuni Arisi Sweet

Kattu Yanam Sweet Pongal   There are many varieties of rice grow in South India, one of the most popular and has an abundant amount of nutrient is Kattu Yanam. Kattu Kattu Yanam is one of the red rice varieties originally planted in India. Its name consists of two words, Kattu or Kadu which means forest and Yanai meaning elephant. It is because the plant can grow up to 7 foot tall, it can hide an elephant amidst the crop.  This light red color rice has so many benefits from health and also environmental. It consists of many fiber and mineral that is not only benefiting adults but also children. It helps to hold flood greatly, also helps to fertilize the soil. Kattu Yanam rice is basically a bowl of red rice, it has a firmer and less sticky texture. It usually takes longer to cook it but also took longer in the digestive process. The duration required to yield is 125-130 days. It is also called parboiled rice. Thus, the red coloured kernel is due to the presence of anthocyanins like api

Kavuni Arisi, Chettinad Kavuni Arisi Sweet "Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food." The olden day Chettiar community was a very affluent community and traded all over the world. The community had trade as far flung as Rangoon (Current day Myanmar) to Singapore. They brought back a lot of things from their travels which included exotic ingredients as well. Black rice is a very popular ingredient in South Asia and it must have found its way into the Chettiar households through these routes. The rice has become so customary that its a ritual to serve it in weddings. Black Glutinous Rice is also sold in the shops as Kavuni Arisi, Karuppu Arisi or Karuppu Puttarisi. Even though the rice is black in colour, it gets a hue of burgundy after soaking and the colour intensifies after cooking. All these ancient rices are packed with health benefits than these Modern day supplements. There is rice for every human need. Sample this, there is a rice called a maapil