Name: Naatu maadhulai saadham recipe by Subashini Krish at BetterButter
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Native pomegranate 1; Cooked rice 1 cup; Shallots 10; Green chillies 2; Red chillies 2; Broken cashews 10; Raisins 10; Curry leaves few; Asafoetida a pinch; Salt accordingly; Oil 1 tablespoon; Mustard seeds 1/2 teaspoon; Urad dal 1 teaspoon; Red kabul pomegranate kernels 1 fistful; Coriander leaves few

ABOUT Naatu maadhulai saadham RECIPE

Nattu maadhulai or native pomegranate is tangy in taste and seeds are hard to chew. Hence my mom used to cook variety rice with the extract. The fruit is from our own garden

Ingredients Serving: 2

Native pomegranate 1
Cooked rice 1 cup
Shallots 10
Green chillies 2
Red chillies 2
Broken cashews 10
Raisins 10
Curry leaves few
Asafoetida a pinch
Salt accordingly
Oil 1 tablespoon
Mustard seeds 1/2 teaspoon
Urad dal 1 teaspoon
Red kabul pomegranate kernels 1 fistful
Coriander leaves few

Instructions

TAKE A NATIVE POMEGRANATE OR NAATTU MAADHULAI(TAMIL)
SEPERATE THE KERNELS FROM THE FRUIT
THEY ARE NOT DEEP RED IN COLOUR LIKE KABUL POMEGRANATE AND SEEDS ARE HARD TO CHEW. NOT AS SWEET AS RED ONE AND TANGY IN TASTE
ADD THEM TO A BLENDER
GRIND IT BY WHIPPING IN INTERVALS. IN NATIVE VARIETY THE SEEDS DON'T GET CRUSHED
IT APPEARS LIKE THIS
FILTER IT IN A LARGE HOLED COLANDER
EXTRACT THE JUICE AND YOU CAN SEE THE SEEDS ARE WHOLE
TAKE POMEGRANATE JUICE, RED POMEGRANATE FOR GARNISHING,CHILLIES,RAISINS,CASHEWS,SHALLOTS,ASAFOETIDA CURRY LEAVES
COOKED RICE 1 CUP
HEAT 1 TABLESPOON OIL IN A KADAI AND ADD MUSTARD SEEDS
ADD 1 TEASPOON URAD DAL
THEN ADD CASHEWS,RAISINS,SHALLOTS AND SAUTE WELL
ADD CURRY LEAVES AND BROKEN RED AND GREEN CHILLIES AND SAUTE WELL
ADD ADEQUATE SALT
ADD A PINCH OF ASAFOETIDA AND STIR WELL
NOW SWITCH OFF THE FLAME
NOW POUR THE EXTRACTED POMEGRANATE JUICE .THIS IS ADDED NOW TO AVOID THE JUICE TURNING BITTER( AS WE DO FOR LEMON RICE)
ADD THE COOKED RICE
MIX WELL
FINALLY ADD CHOPPED CORIANDER LEAVES AND KABUL RED POMEGRANATE KERNELS FOR GARNISHING
STIR WELL WITHOUT BREAKING THE RICE
NATIVE POMEGRANATE RICE OR NAATTU MAADHULAI SADHAM IS READY

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