Veppam Poo (Neem Flower) is a very medicinal ingredients and has a lot of advantages.. If you have a neem tree in the house, then fresh flowers are easy, but otherwise you could get dried neem flowers from many grocery shops or Naattu Marundhu Kadai (Natural medicine shops / Health Food stores). This rice is very flavorful, soothing and comforting...
Ingredients
Dried Veppam Poo - 1/4 cup
Cooked Rice - 1 cup
Ghee / Sesame Oil - 2 table spoons (preferably ghee)
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tea spoon
Garlic cloves - 5
Asafetida - 1/8 tea spoon
Salt - 1/2 tea spoon
Pepper powder - 1 tea spoon
Method
Crush the cumin and garlic together.. I used a mortar and pestle to do it..
Heat ghee in a pan add the crushed cumin and garlic
After sautéing for 30 seconds, add the dried veppam poo, salt and asafetida and cook for a minute
Make place in the pan and add little ghee and sauté the pepper powder and now mix all together
Remove from heat and mix it with hot steamy rice and serve!!!
Ingredients
Dried Veppam Poo - 1/4 cup
Cooked Rice - 1 cup
Ghee / Sesame Oil - 2 table spoons (preferably ghee)
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tea spoon
Garlic cloves - 5
Asafetida - 1/8 tea spoon
Salt - 1/2 tea spoon
Pepper powder - 1 tea spoon
Method
Crush the cumin and garlic together.. I used a mortar and pestle to do it..
Heat ghee in a pan add the crushed cumin and garlic
After sautéing for 30 seconds, add the dried veppam poo, salt and asafetida and cook for a minute
Make place in the pan and add little ghee and sauté the pepper powder and now mix all together
Remove from heat and mix it with hot steamy rice and serve!!!
I have some veppam poo that i bought from India last year! Will try to make this rice..Sounds very flavorful!
ReplyDeletethis is a very new recipe.. i had never heard of them..
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Healthy rice.try it soon.thanks for sharing
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a new and interesting recipe , looks real comforting.....
ReplyDeletevery healthy rice, it has been ages i tasted this!!!
ReplyDeleteI heard of veppam poo rasam,Sadam .but feard to try it bcz it will be bitter.When you add to rice the bitterness will go .So waiting to try
ReplyDeleteThats a totally new dish for me. This rice looks very healthy
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