Jeera Rice and Dal Fry

Aromatic Rice with thick lentil soup, A yummy combination one should try. Here is the procedure for it.

Jeera Rice

Ingredients: 

1 cup cooked Rice (Soak Basmati Rice in water for half an hour, cook it in the usual way by adding little salt and ghee)

1 inch Cinnamon

1 Bay Leaf

2 - 3 Pods of Cardamom 

2 - 3 Pods of Clove

3 TBS Jeera / Cumin

1 Green Chilli slit lengthwise

1 Medium Onion chopped lengthwise

1 TBS Jeera Powder

1 TSP Kitchen King Masala

Salt to Taste

3 TBS Oil

20 Cashews Chopped

Handful Coriander Leaves

Method:

Step 1: Add oil in a pan. Shallow fry Cashews till the turns little golden brown.

Step 2: To the same oil add Cumin seeds, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Bay Leaf, Clove and allow the cumin seeds to splutter. 

Step 3: Add Green Chilli followed by onions. Saute it till it turns golden brown.   

Step 4: Add Jeera Powder, Salt and Kitchen King Masala. Saute well for 1 Minute.

Step 5: Add Cooled rice, Cashews and mix well. Finally add Coriander Leaves and mix well.

Dal Fry

Ingredients:

1 Cup Toor Dal

1 Green Chilli

1 TSP Jeera

2 TSP Oil

4 Garlic pods finely Chopped

1/2 Onion finely Chopped

1/2 Tomato finely Chopped

1/4 TSP Turmeric

1/4 TSP Red Chilli Powder

1/2 TSP Garam Masala

1 Cup water

Salt to taste

A pinch of Asafoetida

Handful of Coriander Leaves

Method:

Step 1: Rinse the Dal and Pressure cook it until 5 whistles by adding Green Chilli, salt and 1 cup of water.

Step 2: Open the cooker and whisk it well. Dal should be mashed completely. Adjust the consistency by adding some more water if required.

Step 3: Take a pan, put Oil and Jeera allow it to splutter. Add Asafoetida.

Step 4: Add Garlic, saute it till it turns golden brown. Add Onions, saute it till it turns translucent. Add Tomatoes, saute it till it turns mushy.

Step 5: Add all the dry ingredients, saute it for 1 Minute. Add the cooked Dal to the mixture. Add Salt. Bring dal to boil.

Step 6: Add Coriander leaves and the Dal is ready to be served.

The wonderful duo: Jeera Rice and Dal Fry is ready to be served.