Dhal Rice / Paruppu Satham

June 22, 2008 at 8:44 pm (Rice, indian recipes) (, )

Not one of my favs but its my hubby’s and my fathers fav dish. Very simple and fast to make. This dish goes well with any spicy veggie stir fry and papadoms. You can see in the pic i have done, ladies finger fry with chilli powder. My sunday cooking was done in less then 45 mins :-)

Ingrediants :-

2 cups of rice
1/2 cup of dhal
1 onion
1 chinamon
3-4 garlic
1 tsp small jeera
2 tomato
3-4 green chilli or small red chilli
curry leaves
1 tsp Tumeric Powder
2 tsp of chilli powder
ghee

Method :-

Soak the dhal for 10-15 mins.
Heat the wok and pour some ghee. Add in the chinamon, curry leaves and small jeera. Add the choppen onion and chillies. Once the onions is soft add the chopped tomato. Once the tomato is half cooked, add the tumeric and chilli powder. Stir fry for few mins.

In a rice cooker, wash the rice and put in the dhal together. Add in the mixture from the wok and add some salf. Pour abt 2.5 cups of water.

Once the rice is cooked, add one tablespoon of ghee and stir well with the rice. Ready to serve for four people.

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Ghee Rice / Briyani Rice

June 22, 2008 at 8:13 pm (Rice, indian recipes) (, )

A simple dish which i have seen my mom do since i was small. I like this dish due to its colourfulness. Chicken curry or green chicken or yogurt salad or mutton curry goes well with this rice.
Ingredients:-
2cups of Basmathi rice
2 tablespoon of garlic ginger paste
2 bay leaves
1 cinnamon
3 cardamons
3 star anise
3 cloves.
1 big onion
Frozen mix veggies or
1/2 cup of square chopped carrots
1/2 cup of peas
1/2 cup of corn
Ghee
Coriander and fried onions for garnishing.
Method:-
Soak the basmathi rice for 15-20 mins. Wash and drain the water away.
In a wok, put some ghee. When the ghee is hot, add the cinnamon, cardamons, star anise, cloves, bay leaves. Then add the chopped onions. When the onion is half cooked, add the ginger chilli paste. Stir fry for few mins.
Add the basmathi rice and the vegetables. And stir fry for 3 mins.
In a cooker rice, pour the basmathi rice from the wok. Add small salt and add abt approx of 2.5 cups of water.
Once the rice is cooked, take one tablespoon of ghee and mix well with the rice. Ready to serve.
P/S : Not sure of the measurement of water for the rice. Usually i will measure with my index finger. The water level should touch my 2nd line of my index finger.

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