Friday, September 13, 2013

Coriander rice

Serves 4

Ingredients:
Green coriander leaves 1 bunch
Rice 1 cup
Urad dal 3 tbsp
Chana dal 3 tbsp
Red chilli 4
Salt to taste
Ing 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
Oil
Curry leaves handful

Method:
Cook rice separately with little salt.
Take a frying pan. Add 1 tsp of oil. Add urad dal and Chana dal and fry it well.
Add  red chillies to it ad fry well, till the dals are roasted well.
Keep it aside and let it cool.
To the frying pan add 1 tsp of oil, add the coriander leaves and sauté till the moisture in it is reduced. The quantity of green coriander almost becomes half.
Grind the dal mixture with the chilli into a coarse powder. Add the coriander to it and grind it again coarsely.
In a pan take a tbsp of oil. Add the mustard seeds. Allow  it to splatter.
Add ing, 1 tsp of urad dal and Chana dal respectively and fry it, till it turns light brown.
Add the curry leaves and ground mixture. Add salt to it.  Remember to add salt, according to salt , which has been added while cooking the rice.
Mix the rice to it. Serve hot with raita.

Note:
Some thinly sliced capsicum can also be added, when adding the ground mixture.
Try to avoid  onions, it masks the taste and good smell of this rice.

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