Who doesn’t enjoy a one-pot meal? They’re simple to prepare and, with carefully selected ingredients, can be nutritious as well. This one-pot dish made with brown rice, toor dal, and spices is both wholesome and comforting. When paired with a vegetable stir-fry, it makes an ideal weeknight meal!
Ingredients:
1 cup brown rice, washed
1 cup toor dal, washed
5 cups of water
2 tbsp peanut oil
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
2 dried red chilies, split
a few curry leaves
a pinch of hing
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 large tomato, chopped
Salt to taste
A handful of chopped coriander leaves
For masala:
1 tsp black peppercorns
1 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2 green chilies
2 garlic cloves
a small marble-sized tamarind pulp
Method:
- Crush black peppercorns, cumin seeds, green chilies, garlic cloves and tamarind in a mortar pestle and make a coarse powder.
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker on medium heat. Add mustard seeds, dried red chilies, curry leaves, hing, masala powder and saute for a minute on low heat.
- Add turmeric powder, chopped tomatoes, and salt. Cover and cook until tomatoes soft.
- Add brown rice, toor dal, and water and bring it a boil.
- Pressure cook until 5 whistles or until rice and dal done. Allow pressure to release naturally.
- Add water to adjust consistency if necessary and cook for a couple of minutes.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve warm with a generous amount of ghee on top, with potato chips on the side, and/or a vegetable side dish of choice. Enjoy!
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