Kuska rice comes of great help when u dont have any veggies in stock or no time for chopping. This is a very simple and comforting dish.Check out hotel style kuska biryani here.
Ingredients:
- Rice – 1 cup
- Onion -1
- Tomato -1
- Ginger garlic paste – 1/2 tbsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp(optional)
- Red Chilli powder – 1 tsp
- Coconut milk – 2 tbsp
- Water – 1.5 cups
To temper:
- Ghee – 1 tbsp
- Oil -1 tbsp
- Cardamom – 1
- Brinji leaf – 1
- Cloves – 2
- Cinnamom – 1/2 inch piece
To grind to a smooth paste:
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- Green chillies -1
- Coriander leaves – 1/4 cup loosely packed
- Mint leaves – 1/4 cup loosely packed
Method:
1.Wash and soak rice for 15mins,set aside.Grind coriander,mint leaves along with green chillies to a fine paste,set aside.In a kadai add 1 tbsp ghee add brinji leaf, cloves, cinamom, cardomom,let it splutter.
2.Then add onions, ginger garlic paste saute till slightly browned then add tomato and saute well till mushy, add turmeric powder then add the mint coriander paste along with red chilli powder.Saute till raw smell leaves.Add required salt.
3.Add the rice, give a quick stir, then add water,coconut milk and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles in medium low flame.
Serve with onion raita.
2.Then add onions, ginger garlic paste saute till slightly browned then add tomato and saute well till mushy, add turmeric powder then add the mint coriander paste along with red chilli powder.Saute till raw smell leaves.Add required salt.3.Add the rice, give a quick stir, then add water,coconut milk and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles in medium low flame.Serve with onion raita.
Nithya says
September 6, 2009 at 2:20 pmThis rice looks yumm.. and the name is absolutely new to me. Will try it out soon.
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srikars kitchen says
September 6, 2009 at 10:13 pmLooks really yummy & nice click..
Sanghi says
September 7, 2009 at 12:35 amDelicious kushka sharmile.. will try it out soon!
Shama Nagarajan says
September 7, 2009 at 3:20 amdelicious rice dear..congrats on ur awards and nice to know about u
Renu says
September 7, 2009 at 5:22 amNice recipe Sharmilee….collect your award from my blog….
Hari Chandana says
September 7, 2009 at 5:47 amDelicious & Yummyy rice… Congrats!!
Nags says
September 7, 2009 at 7:37 ami love the look of that garnish right there! 🙂
Parita says
September 7, 2009 at 12:39 pmDhiksha is a beautiful name!
Rice looks mouth watering 🙂 was good to know more about u 🙂
Pavithra says
September 8, 2009 at 5:07 amWow sharmilee I love this rice so much.. looks so good and perfect.
Kitchen Flavours says
September 8, 2009 at 12:43 pmOh wow…that's an simple and comforting bowl of rice……
Cham says
September 8, 2009 at 7:58 pmKuska with samba rice should taste great! Delectable!
Purva Desai says
September 9, 2009 at 1:03 pmthis is a new dish for me, but sounds and looks delicious
Red Chillies says
September 10, 2009 at 3:59 amNew recipe for me. I first thought that Kuska was a type of rice.
Mythreyi Dilip says
September 10, 2009 at 4:02 pmI am fond of making this kuskha. Yours looks absolutely inviting.
Sakshi says
September 10, 2009 at 9:24 pmAwwww you tagged me?? after knowing how much I hate doing them…sobs!! I would like a plate of that rice to make me stop crying…sobs!!
Raji says
March 30, 2011 at 12:59 amHi, My hubby never likes rice varieties. Just gave this recipe a try…since then he likes eating this rice alone. Sometimes I add either veggies or mushroom to the rice. Like all your recipes since they are so simple and easy!
syedumar(MITTU) says
February 23, 2012 at 1:55 pmthanks for the recipie…
by the by who is this mittu?
syedumar21@gmail.com
Sharmilee! :) says
February 23, 2012 at 2:04 pm@Syedumar : She is my daughter 🙂
syedumar(MITTU) says
March 3, 2012 at 2:23 pmOH! ITS GREAT TO HEAR, MY PARENTS & FRIENDS CALL ME (MITTU) ITS MY PET NAME,I am single alone &
I try cook myself, I Tried your recipie it came nice, but the water content i pour was not enough so the rice did not boil well, actually it was my mistake, even though the taste was quiet good. thank u.
syedumar21@gmail.com THIS IS MY E-MAIL ID.
Sharmilee! :) says
March 3, 2012 at 2:27 pm@Syed: Oh thats great to hear…yeah the water level depends on the variety of rice we use too…may be next time you can adjust accordingly.
Vidya says
July 1, 2012 at 12:05 pmThank you so much for this recipe… Tried for the first time and turned out great 🙂 my dad loved it 🙂
Ethnica Jewelry says
September 4, 2012 at 9:06 amTried out this biriyani today.. as i didn't have any veggies! It's a hit! my husband loved it for his lunch! 🙂 Thanks!
CHITRA says
March 10, 2013 at 5:58 amI love kuska like anything.. must try soon 🙂
Mallika says
March 10, 2013 at 11:18 amWow! The biriyani looks beautiful and delicious!
Devi Raman says
March 11, 2013 at 5:44 amkuska rice name reminded me of khusa khusa…poppy seeds. thot the ingredient will have that as one of the items..looks simple to make. nice recipe
Thivi ashok says
February 20, 2016 at 11:47 amI tried this recipe….it came out well….