Ingredients:
- Yellow dal (tur) - 1/2 cup
- Rice - 1 1/2 cups
- Brinjals - 2 small
- Onion - 1 no.
- Carrot - 1 no.
- Drumsticks - 2 nos (optional)
- Tamarind - size of a small lime
- Dry red chilies - 6 (you can reduce or increase as per your taste)
- Green chilies - 4 nos
- Fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp
- Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
- Mustard - 2 tsp
- Cashew nuts- 20 gm
- Fresh grated coconut - 1 tbsp
- Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves - Few
- Coriander leaves - Few
- Poppy seeds - 1 tsp
- Aniseed's - 1/2 tsp
- Cloves - 4 nos
- Cardamoms - 4 nos
- Cinnamon - Small piece
- Ghee / oil - for frying
- Salt - as per taste
preparations:
Peel the onions and cut into big pieces.
Chop the vegetables into square pieces.
Wash rice and dal. Place it in one of the containers and add 2
1/2 cups of water, a pinch of turmeric powder and chopped vegetables
and cook it in a pressure cooker .Heat a little oil in a frying pan. Add 3 red chilies, fenugreek, coriander seeds and grated coconut. Fry until fenugreek turns golden brown in color.
Powder the above and keep it aside.
Heat some more oil and fry poppy seeds, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and aniseed's. Powder them and keep it aside.
Soak tamarind in a little water and extract juice.
Heat little oil, add remaining dry red chilies, mustard, curry leaves and green chilies.
When the mustard crackles, add to the rice and mix well.
Add tamarind juice and salt to taste and mix thoroughly.
Heat little ghee and fry cashew nuts until golden brown in color. Add to the rice along with powdered ingredients and masala powder.
Mix well. Remove from fire. If you like ghee, add just before serving.