Dhal Rice / Paruppu Sadam / Thoor Dhal Rice / Thovaram Paruppu Sadam

Ingredients

Rice - 1 cup
Thoor Dhal - 1/2 cup
Garlic - 2 pods
Turmeric Pwd - 1/4 ts
Grated Coconut - 1 ts (optional)
Coriander Leaves - 2 strands
Salt for taste

To Grind

Cumin seeds - 1/4 ts
Pepper corns - 1/4 ts
Coriander Pwd - 1 ts
Garlic - 2 pods
Pearl Onion - 4 or Chopped Small Onion - 2 ts
Red Chili - 1 no
Curry leaves - 1 twig

Tempering

Ghee/Butter/Oil - 1 ts
Mustard - 1/4 ts
Urad Dhal - 1/4 ts
Cumin seeds - 2 pinch
Asfoetida/Hing - 2 pinch
Curry Leaves - 1 twig
Pearl Onion - 10 nos
Tomato - 1 no small size
Green Chili - 1 no (optional)



Method

1. Wash the thoor dhal and in a thick bottomed vessel boil it with a cup of water along with 2 crushed garlic pods and 2 pinch of turmeric pwd,Close the lid halfway and let it boil in medium heat. Meanwhile chop the Pearl onion,garlic,tomato,curry leaves,green chili and coriander leaves.

2. Grind the items given in the TO GRIND LIST and keep aside.

3. Once when the dhal is half done, wash the rice and add to the dhal in 1:2 ratio add the water for the rice and close the lid halfway in medium heat.

4. In a separate pan with a ts of butter/ghee/Oil temper the items, once the mustard splutters add the urad dhal,cumin seeds,hing and curry leaves, then add the pearl onion and fry for 1min then add the green chili and tomato and fry for 1min then add the grounded paste to it and fry for 3mins and switch off the gas.

5. Take the tempered masala and add to the boiling rice and stir it nicely and adjust the seasoning. Once when the rice is fully cooked and the water is evaporated add the coriander leaves and grated coconut and stir it nicely and turn off the heat.

This Paruppu sadam goes well with potato fry and appalam.