Toor Dal Rice is one of the rich protein food. Simple and healthy vegetarian dish. Lets see the recipe.
Ingredients:
Rice Preparation:
Toor Dal - 1 cup
Rice - 1 1/2 cup
Tamarind - 1 lemon sized ball
Red chilli - 6 count
Small Onion - 1 count
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Asafoetida - a generous pinch
Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Seasoning:
Mustard - few
Onion - finely chopped
Curry leaves - few
Preparation Time: 30 mins
Method:
Soak tamarind in water for atleast 30 mins. Clean dal and par boil for 15 mins.Add asafoetida along with dal. While boiling, take care not to add excess water. Just add enough water for dal to boil. Once dal is boiled half way, add rice with required amount of water for rice only.
In the mean time, grind together chilli, cumin seeds and onion into a fine paste. Squeeze the soaked tamarind and prepare water which should be little thick. Make tamarind water for one cup only.
Add the ground mix and tamarind water to rice and dal. Add salt and grated coconut. Add the seasoning items into cooker and close the lid. After 3 whistles switch off the flame.
Toor Dal rice is now ready. It goes well with papad.
