A Healthy Tasty Lunch

I was born in a wonderful town called Tiruneveli. Tirunelveli is famous for its "halwa" and taste of water.There r many varieties of food prepared there and here is one of my favourites and an easy one too!!

Black Gram Dhal Rice / Ullunthamparuppu saatham::

Ingredients for the Rice:

Rice - 1 cup

Black Gram Dhal- 1/2 cup

Garlic-10 cloves (cut into halves)

Coconut shredded - 1/4 cup

Salt

Preparation:

1.Wash rice,gram dhal

2.Add garlic cloves,coconut and salt to the rice and gram dhal.

3.Cook everything together in the pressure cooker for three sounds.(water 1:3 cups for those who want well boiled stuff or 1:2 for those who want it separate and clear)

We have to eat this rice with Ellu thuvaiyal.While the rice is getting ready prepare this tasty accompaniment::

Sesame Seed Paste/ Ellu Thuvaiyal::

Ingredients::

Sesame Seeds/Ellu (white) : 100gms/ (according to the need)

Red chillies:4-5 / (according to the taste)

Urad dhal: 1tsp

Tamarind: a little

Coconut: equal to Sesame seeds.

Salt

Preparation::

1.Dry roast Sesame Seeds lightly in a pan till they become hot and slightly brown and not too much.

2.Roast Red chillies,urad dhal and coconut in little oil.

3.Grind the tamarind,salt,red chillies,urad dhal and coconut first finely with water and then add sesame seeds to it finally.
4.Grind it for a few seconds only till everything gets mixed properly as a paste adding water if needed.(Do not grind the sesame seeds for a long time or too much cos the taste will become very sour).

When the rice is ready take it out of the cooker and mix it gently, the aroma of the rice mixed with black gram dhal and garlic will carry u away!!Serve hot with thuvaiyal and oil.

Note: We Should mix this Ellu thuvaiyal in the rice ,add some oil to it (coconut oil-if u like the taste or regular,cooking oil) and eat!We can also eat the rice by adding oil alone.. that is a different taste.After eating the hot and spicy thuvaiyal u can also add curd in this rice and eat it just like that! wow.. it is really good and yummy!

Black gram dhal rice is very good for our health,especially for women.This is a very good rice variety to do during weekend lunches/ as Brunches.Enjoy and dont forget to comment!