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.
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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 – 1/2 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 – 1/4 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.
Pictorial:
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| Wash dal and rice |
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| soak for 30 mins |
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| prepare your other ingredients |
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| heat oil or ghee in a pressure cooker |
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| add mustard, cumin and dry red chillies |
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| add a good amount of asafoetida |
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| add turmeric powder |
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| add lots of curry leaves |
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| add onions and garlic |
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| saute for couple of mins |
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| add tomatoes |
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| mix well |
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| add salt and turmeric powder |
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| mix well |
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| add in some spinach |
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| mix well |
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| add the drained rice and dal |
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| add water |
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| bring it to a boil |
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| cook till done |
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| add ghee and coriander leaves |
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| mix well |
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| Serve |
What spinach to use