Arisi Parupu saadham ( Lentil Rice )

Yet another recipe from kongunadu cuisine called 'Arisi Parupu Saadham'. I like this b' cos its taste like biriyani and easy to prepare also, just only need pressure cook. Whenever i go to my native, i ask my mom to prepare this. One of my favorite in vegetarian recipes. Serve potato fry or chips with little curd as an accompaniments to this.

Ingredients

• Rice - 1 cup
• Split Pigeon pea (Toor Dhal) - 1/4 cup
• Onion - 1, chopped lengthwise
• Tomato - 1, large one, chopped
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Coriander leaves - few
• Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
• Cashew nuts - few (optional)

To Make Paste

• Garlic - 4 cloves
• Dry Red Chilly - 4
• Curry leaves - few
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Black Pepper Corns - 1/2 tsp

Method

• Grind the ingredients said above to a coarse paste and keep aside.

• Wash rice and Dal, soak for 15 Min's. Drain and keep aside.

• Heat oil in pressure cooker, add mustard seeds to it and allow it to splutter.

• Put the onions and fry until golden brown.

• Now add chopped tomatoes to it and fry till the tomatoes are completely cooked.

• Then add the ground paste to it and fry till the raw smell goes.

• Now add rice and dal to it and add enough water to it.

• Then to it add salt, turmeric powder and coriander leaves to it and mix well.

• Pressure cook for 2 or 3 whistles.

• Fry the cashew nuts in ghee and add to the rice and serve.