Рецепт Ulantha Satham/Black Urad dhall Rice

by meena

This is a very traditional one pot meal which is very healthy and tasty.We are using black urad dhall.In this recipe we have used more garlic , if you dont like garlic you can use it less.This is not a spicy dish ,pepper gives aroma,you can add red chillies while seasoning if you want to make a spicy one. Ingredients Black split urad dhall -1/2 cup Rice - 1 cup Garlic - 8 pods ,skinned Whole Black pepper - 1/4 tsp Whole Jeera - 1/4 tsp Vendhayam / Fenugreek seeds- 1/2 tsp Hing - 1/4 or less Coconut - 1/2cup , grated Curry leaves - 10 leaves Water- 3 1/2 cups  Salt as needed Ghee - 1/2 tbsp Gingelly Oil - 1 tbsp Method  Roast Fenugreek seeds in ghee and keep it separate Crush Whole Jeera  in your hand and keep it separately. Dry roast urad dhall for 2 min,just enough for the urad dhall should have some heat (the heat that is bearable for us to touch the dhall , too much roasting will not be good). Heat oil in Pressure cooker add garlic , roast it till golden brown  then add hing ,curry leaves. Then add water, rice, urad dhall , coconut, fenugreek seeds , whole jeera, whole black pepper ,salt.Give a stir. Pressure cook for 2 whistles. The best side dish is Mutton gravy , sesame seeds chutney , tomato thokku.