Arisi Paruppu Sadam Recipe - Healthy Dhal Spinach Rice Recipe

Last Updated on May 19, 2017

This is a healthy main dish for lunch. It has dal, rice and spinach in them and taste really delicious with some pickle and papad. I love it hot with a drizzle of ghee over it. YUM.

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 45 mins
Serves: 3 to 4

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup
Dal - ½ cup ( i used masoor dal)
Oil - 2 tblspn
Ghee - 1 tblspn
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Dry Red chillies - 2 broken
Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - ¼ tsp
Curry leaves a handful
Onion - 1 large chopped
Garlic - 10 peeled
Tomato - 1 chopped
Salt to taste
Turmeric Powder/ Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
Spinach - 3 cups chopped
Water - 3.5 to 4 cups
Coriander leaves a handful finely chopped

Method:

Wash and soak rice and dal for 30 mins.

Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add mustard, cumin, dry red chilli, asafoetida and curry leaves.

Add in onions, garlic and saute for 2 mins.

Add in tomatoes and mix well,

Add in salt and turmeric and mix well.

Add spinach and mix well.

Add drained rice and dal, along with water.

Bring it to a boil and cook for 3 whistle and simmer and cook for 5 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go by itself.

Add coriander leaves and ghee and mix well.

Serve.

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