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Pacha payaru sadam

green gram rice
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Rice
  • 1/4 cup pachai payaru
  • 1 cup + 3/4 cup Water
  • 12 small onion chopped
  • 1 Tomato finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon garlic finely chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder
  • 1 +1/2 teaspoon sambar powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Pepper powder

To temper:

  • 1/2 tablespoon Butter/Ghee
  • 1 tablespoon Sesame oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 1 red chilli
  • Curry leaves few
  • 1 green chilli

Instructions

  • Wash and soak dal and rice overnight or few hours in hot water and drain the water
  • Add oil and ghee to a pressure cooker and heat
  • Furthermore, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red chilli, green chilli and curry leaves; let them splutter
  • Add garlic and chopped small onions and give a good mix
  • cook till onions turn translucent
  • Add tomato and cook till for a minute
  • Furthermore add turmeric powder and sambar powder; give a quick mix and cook till tomatoes turn mushy
  • Add soaked rice- dal, give a quick mix
  • Mix well and make sure nothing is stick to the pan
  • Add water and mix again; boil
  • Finally add pepper powder and salt; mix well
  • pressure cook for 3 whistles ; do natural pressure release

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