Kitchen Tantra

Simple Dal Rice:

Ingredients:

Rice 1 cup
Thoor Dal 1/2
Onion 1 small finely chopped
Garlic 3-5 cloves finely chopped
Ghee 1 cup
Mustard seeds 1/2 spoon
Cumin seeds 1/2 spoon
Dry red chilies 6
Asafoetida 1/4 spoon
Salt
Curry leaves (fried crisply in ghee - for garnishing.)

Method:

1. In a pressure pan add ghee. Once its smoky hot. Add mustard, cumin, asafoetida and red chilies. Let them pop and spruttle.

2. Later add garlic and onion. Let them fry till its raw smell goes off.

3. Now add dal and rice to it. (Measure 3 cup of water in the same cup you measured rice and dal). Add 3 cups of water and enough salt. Pressure cook for upto 3 whistles. Maintain the stove in medium to high flame all this while.

4. Once it is done mix well and add few spoons of ghee and garnish with crisply fried curry leaves.

This simple main dish can be served along with some spicy veetables like....Potatoes, Eggplant, Fried eggs....etc.

Labels: Main Dish - Rice