Recipes
Mahatma Gandhi’s Favourite Dal And Rice Recipe
Prep Time | 10 minutes |
Cook Time | 20 minutes |
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Ingredients
Dal
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1 tsp black mustard seeds
- 6 cloves garlic sliced
- 2 inch piece fresh ginger sliced
- 1 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 cup onion diced
- 1 cup tomato diced
- 1 cup tur dal/ yellow pigeon pea
- 2.5 cups Water
Rice
- 1 cup Basmati rice
- 1 cup Water
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp Salt
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Dal
Rice
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Instructions
- In a pan, add all ingredients of the rice, mix well, and set aside.
- Add ghee to a pan. Once this ghee starts to shimmer indicating that it is hot, add cumin seeds, mustard seeds. These seeds will sputter within 10-15 seconds.
- Add the ginger and garlic and sauté for 10 seconds.
- Add onions, tomatoes, turmeric, and salt, and stir until well mixed.
- Pour in toor dal and water and scrape well to ensure nothing has stuck to the bottom.
- Place the tall steamer rack inside this liner (on top of the dal basically). Place the pan of rice on the steamer. It is not necessary to cover the rice.
- Cook at high pressure for 10 minutes, and allow it to release pressure naturally for 10 minutes. Then release all remaining pressure.
- Using little silicone mitts, carefully remove the rice, as well as the steamer rack. Check the consistency of the dal. You want a thick mixture akin to porridge.
- Serve each bowl with rice and dal, and pass around some extra ghee!