Dal Rice/Spicy Dal/Arisi Paruppu Sadham

About the Recipe:

This is a very simple dish. It is often called as Arisi Paruppu Sadham. You can prepare this dish when u run out of vegetables at home or when u need to prepare quick and that too yummy. This is can be accompanied by any raitha or potato curry or pickle or just papad. Now, let us get to know how to prepare this Dal Rice/ Arisi Paruppu Sadham

Preparation Time: 10 mins (excluding soaking time)

Cook Time: 15-20 mins

Serves: 2

Ingredients needed:

Rice: 1Cup

Toor Dal: ¼  Cup

Channa Dal: ½ Cup

Onion: 2

Tomato: 1

Ginger: 1 inch piece

Garlic: 4-5 nos

Dry Red Chilly: 5-6

Sambar Powder: 1 tsp (optional)

Turmeric Powder: ½  tsp

Water: 3 Cups

Salt: as required

Oil: 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds: 1 tsp

Cumin seeds: 2 tsp

Curry leaves: a few

Coriander leaves: a few

Preparation:

1. Wash and soak rice, toor dal and channa Dal with 3 cups of water for atleast 20 minutes

2. Slice onions and garlic lengthwise

3. Chop tomato and ginger finely

Method:

1. In a pressure cooker, heat a tsp oil oil and add mustard seeds

2. After the mustard seeds splutter, add the cumin seeds and dry red chillies

3. Then add sliced onions, garlic and ginger

4. Add a little salt and cook till the onions are soft

5. Now, add the chopped tomatoes and turmeric powder, sambar powder and cook till soft

6. Finally add the soaked rice and Dal along with water and check for salt

7. Add chopped curry leaves, coriander leaves. Close the lid and cook for 3 whistles in medium flame

8. After the pressure completely subsides, open the cooker.

9. Serve the hot Dal Rice (with a spoon of ghee on it if needed)  along with any raitha

Note:

1. If your dry red chillies are not hot enough, you can add the sambar powder.else you can skip ot

2. Add water only for the rice alone with cooking it. Do not add extra water for the Dal

3. Adding small onions will enhance the taste of the rice. So if you have small onions/pearl onions go ahead and add them

Do not forget to Hit +1, if you like the recipe :) :)