Homemade Dishes - Dal Rice

 Dal Rice

This is a very simple and easy dish to prepare.  The ingredients are readily available in the kitchen cabinet.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ Cup of Rice
• ½ Cup of Dal (thuvaraparuppu)
• 2  onion nicely chopped
• 4 pods of garlic chopped
•  2 stalks of curry leaves
• ½ tsp turmeric
• ½ tsp black pepper powder
• 1 tsp garam masala
• ½ tsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp oil
•  1tsp ghee
• Salt to taste

Preparation

Rinse and cook rice and dal separately.  Add salt to rice and dal when cooking.  Do not overcook; otherwise both rice and dal will get mashed when mixing.  Drain the water from rice and dal after cooking.

 In a pan heat the oil, sauté the chopped onions, garlic and curry leaves.  Wait till it becomes golden brown; add garam masala, black pepper & turmeric powder and chilli powder continue sautéing till the raw smell is gone.  Add dal mix well then add rice mix well, careful not mash the rice and dal.

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