Thursday, 18 September 2008

KONDA KADALAI SADAM / RED CHANNA DAL RICE

This goes to "CWF - LB : Chickpeas", hosted by Nithubala and started byKiran.

Here comes the rice,




INGRDIENTS :


Rice- 1 cup
Coriander and curry leaves.
Salt to taste
Chopped Onion-1(Medium)
Coconut milk-2 cup
Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp
Red channa dal - 1 cup
Bay leaves-2

Chilli Powder - 2 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Garam masala powder - 1 tsp



Note:

Soak channa dal for 10 hrs.Pressure cook separately for 3 whistles.



METHOD OF PREPARATION:



1) Heat a 3 tbsps of ghee in a pressure cooker.Add onion,Fry then till onion becomes transparent.
2) Add bayleaves,curry ,coriander leaves and finely chopped tomato.Fry till tomato is cooked well.
3) Then add ginger - garlic paste.Fry them till the raw smell goes.
4) Add channa dal,chilli powder,coriander powder and garam masala podwer.Sprinkle some water and mix well.

5) Add rice to the mixture and mix well.Then add coconut milk and a 1/2 cup of water.Add salt to taste.Leave for 3 whistles.Turn off the flame.Serve hot with raitha or any spicy vegetable kurma.

8 comments:

srikars kitchen said...

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notyet100 said...

first time here..u have nice blog,..;-)nice recipe too,.

Kitchen Flavours said...

Wow something new. Red chana dal means? First time here, u have a nice and yum blog. Nice to know that u r from Hyderabad.

Divya said...

Hey nice one. Did you use the black channa dal? Looks like it... looks yum

Illatharasi said...

Very healthy recipe:)

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Swati Raman Garg said...

hey....innovative i must say... i love chana ... and you know what i cooked chana a few days back without soaking it... :) wish had read this before it was a pain that day.....

Srivalli said...

Thanks for the lovely entry!