2009/06/17

CAPSICUM BLACK CHANNA DAL (KONDAKADALAI )RICE WITH CAPSICUM RAITHA



INGREDIENTS:


  • Kondakadalai -- 1/2 cup
  • Mint leaves -- few
  • Spring onion
  • Capsicum ----1
  • Tomato---1
  • Onion ---1
  • Salt to taste
  • Garam masala powder---1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder and Chilli powder- --1 tsp
  • Curd --1 tsp
  • Ginger--garlic paste -- 1 tsp
  • Coconut milk ---1 cup

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Soak black channa dal over night .
2) Heat a spoon of ghee in a pressure cooker . Saute chopped onion , capsicum ,chopped tomato , ginger-garlic paste till tender .
3) Add kondakadalai,spring onion, all the powders.Saute till the raw smell leaves .


4) Add washed rice and a spoon of curd .
5) Saute the rice for a minute .


6) Then add coconut milk and a cup of water .Add salt and stir well . Add mint leaves.




7) Pressure cook for 3 whistles .

Serve hot with raitha or kurma .I served it with Capsicum Raitha .

CAPSICUM RAITHA :

Mix a cup of curd , 1/2 cup of water , chopped onion , chopped capsicum , dania leaves , a piece of chopped ginger , a spoon of pepper jeera powder and dania leaves with little salt .

Sending this to AFAM- Bell Peppers hosted by Priya ,event started by Maheswari .

30 comments:

Finla said...

I have never added chickpea to rice , i am sure going to do that once, this looks really yummy yumm.

ARUNA said...

wow this carrot rice is definetely a great dish to the taste bud!!!

Vikis Kitchen said...

Capsicum , carrot n blk channa with rice sounds so healthy. Delicious.

Parita said...

rice looks fulfilling and tasty, one question thought what are brinji leaves? are they same as bay leaves?

gtyuk said...

I've never tried rice with konda kadalai, capsicum raita sounds interesting too! (good substitute for green chilies, a good idea for those who fear biting the green chilies...)

Sailaja Damodaran said...

very healthy...

Poornima Nair said...

Thats a delicious meal, really tempting.

chef and her kitchen said...

Nice platter gal..yummy combo

Kalai said...

Delicious one pot meal! :)

Pavithra Elangovan said...

Nice and healthy platter

Yasmeen said...

Hearty combo,I'll enjoy every bit of it:)

Vrinda said...

Thats a very healthy rice with all those veggies..never added black channa in rice,looks great...

Gita Jaishankar said...

What a nutritious and protein-packed meal dear...look yummy too :)

Dhanya Ganesh said...

Interesting recipe.Looks yum.

kittymatti said...

nalla idea da.. i like all the veggiesu've addded and yes konda kadalai makes it complete!

Vijitha said...

wow yummy rice girlie! looks so good.

Manju said...

the rice just looks awesome! i recently made a capsicum raita with coriander rice..love the subtle capsicum taste in it.

Varsha Vipins said...

Chickpea in rice sounds so good Shama..:)

Padma said...

Very delicious rice.... great combo :)

Unknown said...

This dish is multi ingredients..very healthy.

Nithya Praveen said...

I've never mixed chicpeas and rice...looks wonderful.Nice idea...let me try this.Thanks for sharing.

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

Looks healthy and yummy.

Priya Suresh said...

Thats a great and awesome combination..just love the rice...raitha looks prefect!!Thanks for sending this delicious rice to AFAM Shama!

Sanghi said...

Rice looks yummy shama.. Picture looks tempting..! Nice presentation!

Unknown said...

wow what a combination shama both loos so perfect and yummy

lubnakarim06 said...

Oh wow that's an drooling combo.....looks yum....

Chitra said...

Sounds healthy...both r new to me..thanks for sharing!!

AnuSriram said...

Lovely recipe! Looks delicious!

Mangala Bhat said...

wow! thats soo tempting rice item ..Thanks for shairng shama ...:).bell pepper sounds intersting:)

Sowjanya said...

delicious rice. Today is thursday and I don't eat rice once a week but your carrot rice seems to be tempting me.

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