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Coriander Rice and Cucumber Raitha

Nov-27-2016
Vins Raj
15 minutes
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
2 People
Serves
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ABOUT Coriander Rice and Cucumber Raitha RECIPE

No Onion No Garlic recipe. Ideal to pack lunch for lunch

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Easy

Ingredients Serving: 2

  1. For Coriander Rice
  2. 1 Cup Rice - Basmathi or Sona Masoori
  3. 2 cups of chopped or 100 gms Corainder leaves
  4. 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  5. For tempering
  6. 1 tsp oil
  7. ¼ tsp Mustard Seeds
  8. ¼ tsp Urad dhal
  9. ¼ tsp Cumin seeds
  10. 4 tbsp Peanuts
  11. ¼ tsp Asafoetida
  12. 4 Red whole Chillies
  13. 1 sprig curry leaves
  14. 1tsp Melted ghee
  15. For Cucumber Raitha
  16. 1 cup diced Cucumber
  17. 1tsp Bengal gram
  18. 1tsp Urad dhal
  19. 2 Whole dry red chillies
  20. 10 gms Tamarind - Gently prress de-seeded tamarind into 1/2 tsp measuring spoon
  21. ½ tsp oil

Instructions

  1. Cook Rice with 2 cups of water in a pressure cooker till 3 whistles time and allow it to cool down.
  2. Grind coriander leaves to a smooth paste by adding water.
  3. In a kadai, add oil, mustard seeds, after spluttering add peanuts urad dhal, cumin seeds, break the Red whole chillies into two pieces and later add asoafetida and curry leaves.
  4. Now add ground coriander paste, turmeric powder and required salt.
  5. Let the mixture boil for 4 mins till the raw smell of the coriander leaves the mixture.
  6. Now Add cooked rice and mix it well and finally swirl the melted ghee.
  7. Cucumber Raitha -
  8. Wash and dice Cucumber.
  9. In a kadai add oil, first roast tamarind and chillies and remove from pan . Next in the same pan add Bengal gram, urad dhal. Roast and keep aside the roasted ingredients till it come to the room temperature.
  10. Ground the roasted ingredients to a coarse powder
  11. Now mix the cucumber pieces with salt and ground powder.
  12. Add the powder at the time of serving for a crunchy bite , if not the moisture in the cucumber will soak the dhal giving a chewy texture.

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Annam Shri
Nov-28-2016
Annam Shri   Nov-28-2016

sounds like a soulful dish! feeling hungry

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