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Kongunadu Arisi Paruppu Sadam, a signature recipe from the kongunadu region. It is a combination of rice and toor dal flavored with mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves, and with some mild spices.

This is a quick lunch recipe often made in Coimbatore. It is a very simple recipe and moreover, it is a one-pot meal made in a pressure cooker. Parboiled rice is used for making this rice. If you don't have parboiled rice, you can use raw rice like one masuri also.  Serve potato fry or chips with little curd as an accompaniment to this.

Watch the making here ↓

Preparation time: 10 mins Cooking time: 20 mins Serves: 2 Ingredients

• 1 cup Rice
• ⅓ cup Split Pigeon peas ( Toor Dal )
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• ½ tsp Cumin seeds
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 large Tomato, chopped
• 2 Dry Red chilies
• ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
• Salt as required
• 1 tbsp Oil

To dry grind

• 1 tsp Cumin seeds
• Dry Red chilies
• 4 Garlic cloves
• few Curry leaves

Preparation

• Wash the rice and dal thoroughly. Soak in 2½ cups of water for 15 mins and keep aside.

• Dry grind the ingredients mentioned above and keep aside

Method

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

• Add dry red chilies and roast for few seconds.
• Next, add onion and saute till it turns brown in color in medium flame.
• Then add the chopped tomatoes and saute till it becomes soft in medium flame.
• Add the ground coarse paste and saute for 2 more mins.
• Next, add the rice and dal along with the water. Add salt, turmeric powder, and coriander leaves. Mix well.
• Cover the cooker with lid. When the steam releases, place the weight and cook for 3 whistles in medium flame. Once done switch off the flame.
• When the pressure goes down, remove the weight, and open the cooker.
• Gently mix the rice and serve hot with a dollop of ghee.


💥 Step by step pic how to Arisi Paruppu Saadham at home

Wash the rice and dal thoroughly. Soak in 2½ cups of water for 15 mins and keep aside.

Dry grind the ingredients mentioned above and keep aside

other ingredients

Heat oil in a pressure cooker, when hot add mustard seeds and cumin seeds, allow it to splutter.

Add dry red chilies and roast for few seconds

Next, add onion, curry leaves and saute till it turns brown in color in medium flame.

Then add the chopped tomatoes and saute till it becomes soft in medium flame.

Add the ground coarse paste and saute for 2 more mins.

Next, add the rice and dal along with the water. Add salt, turmeric powder, and coriander leaves. Mix well.

Cover the cooker with lid. When the steam releases, place the weight and cook for 3 whistles in medium flame. Once done switch off the flame. When the pressure goes down, remove the weight, and open the cooker. Gently mix the rice and serve hot with a dollop of ghee.

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