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Easy Dal Rice

Rice cooked with toor dal and coconut
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Prep Time 45 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Cuisine Tamil
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Rice
  • 1/4 cup Red gram Thuvaraparippu
  • 3 spoon Tamarind paste
  • 1 cup Grated coconut
  • 8 nos Red chillies Kollamulaku
  • 4 nos Garlic pods
  • 1 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
  • 1 no Onion chopped
  • 4 nos Small onions for grinding, Kunjulli
  • 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 7 nos Curry leaves
  • 1 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp Black gram Uzhunnuparippu
  • 1 tsp Asafoetida powder Kaayam
  • Salt As reqd

Instructions
 

  • Grind coconut, red chillies, garlic, jeera and small onion.
  • Put some oil in the pressure cooker(because the rice won`t stick at the bottom).
  • Pour the diluted tamarind, toor dal, ground coconut, salt, turmeric powder and asfoetida.
  • Allow the water to boil for 5 mins.
  • Put the rice and close the lid.
  • Pressure cook it for 2 whistles.
  • Heat oil in the pan.
  • Splutter mustard and urad dal.
  • Add onion and curry leaves and saute till onion turns brown.
  • :- If you need more spicy, you can add red chillies & green chillies.
  • Pour the seasoning of mustard and onion in the pressure cooker and stir.
  • :- Serve hot with papad and raitha.
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