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Small onion rice

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Ingredients

COARSE crush

  • 1/2 fennel seeds
  • 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 25 small onion
  • 3 garlic

Temper

  • 1/2 Bay leaf
  • 1 clove
  • Small piece of cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1/2 tablespoon chana dal
  • 1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1/2 tablespoon urad dal
  • 1 Red chilli
  • 5 cashews
  • 1 tablespoon roasted peanuts
  • Curry leaves few
  • 1/2 teaspoon asafoetida

Small onion rice

  • 2 cups rice
  • Required salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon garam masala
  • 1/2 teaspoon sundal podi
  • 1/8 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon ghee

Instructions

  • First coarse grind fennel seeds, pepper, and cumin
  • Furthermore add small onions, and garlic and crush well
  • Add sesame oil to a pan and heat the oil
  • Furthermore, add Bay leaf, cinnamon, clove, mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, red chilli, cashew, peanuts, curry leaves; splutter
  • Add asafoetida and mix well
  • Furthermore, add crushed onion mixture; mix well and saute till color changes
  • add turmeric powder and salt; saute till the raw smell goes off
  • furthermore, add garam masala and sundal podi; mix well for 15 seconds
  • Turn down to low flame
  • Add rice; mix well and cook for 15 seconds
  • Finally, add ghee; mix well and turn off the stove

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Notes

  1. If you are using regular onion, fine chop them
  2. Mortar & pestle is  optional but it gives the best taste and texture to the rice. Alternatively you can fine chop small onion and garlic
  3. if you are using leftover rice make sure you keep the rice at room temperature for some time. Warm the rice, spread the rice on a plate then use it
  4. I generally use Sona masoori rice. You can also use basmati rice/ raw rice / brown rice/hand point rice/millet. Cook the rice well but not mushy. Avoid al dente cooking for better digestion
  5. sundal podi is optional but gives a good flavor to the rice
  6. Ghee is optional but gives amazing flavor so I would highly recommend

HOW TO MAKE A PERFECT POSTPARTUM-FRIENDLY vengayam POONDU SADAM?

  1. Avoid fluffy rice. Rice shouldn't be mushy but not so dry
  2. Use ghee and sesame oil for cooking
  3. You can adjust pepper according to your taste but avoid red chilli
  4. Avoid peanuts
  5. skip sundal podi
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