Dal rice

l Dal rice

Serves: 04

Preparation Time: 30 Minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

For rice 

• Rice (Soaked) 
• Toor dal (Soaked) 
• Garlic 
• Onion (roughly chopped) 
• Tomato (roughly chopped) 
• Green chili (slit) 
• Turmeric powder 

For Tempering 

• Refined oil 
• Mustard seeds 
• Cumin seeds 
• Curry leaf 
• Red chili 
• Green chili (slit) 
• Onion (chopped) 
• Garlic 
• Tomato (Chopped) 
• Turmeric powder 
• Chili powder 
• Coriander powder 
• Tamarind (Optional) 
• Salt
  
• Coriander leaf 
• Asafoetida 
• Butter/ ghee (optional)

Preparation

• Soak tamarind (if including) in lukewarm water an prepare extraction 

Cooking

• Cook (preferably in pressure cooker) rice, toor dal, garlic, onion, tomato, turmeric powder 
• Add extra water to get a wet mashy/sticky consistency
  
• In a another pan over medium flame: 
• Heat oil – temper mustard, cumin seeds, curry leaf, red chili, green chili 
• Add and saute onion & garlic 
• When onion starts turning little brown, add tomato and saute 
• Add powdered chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder salt and saute until it starts sticking to bottom of pan 
• Then add tamarind extraction (if including) water – allow to boil once and then simmer in low flame until completely off raw flavor 
• If no using tamarind, sprinkle water little by little until and simmer in low flame until completely off raw flavor 
• Add asafoetida and mix just before removing from flame. 
• Pour this on top of cooked rice+dal, add little butter or ghee and mix well 
• Sprinkle with chopped coriander leaf