Totally Easy Totally Yummy Jeera Rice And Daal Fry Recipes

TOTALLY EASY TOTALLY YUMMY JEERA RICE AND DAAL FRY

Steps:

• Wash toor daal in 4 changes of water, then set to cook. put enough water in the toor daal to be about 1 1/2 inches above the daal. If you don't have a pressure cooker, it should take somewhere around 45 minutes for the daal to become soft.
• Set the rice to cook at the same time. The rice will cook a little faster and it will be perfect timing for you to add the spices to the rice and have it all prepared as the daal is becoming ready to have the spices added to it.
• The ratio of water to rice is two to one. add the salt to the water before cooking as it will be difficult to mix in later. the water should taste nice and salty.
• When the rice is almost done, take half of the ghee or butter in a large sauté pan.
• Add the cumin seeds, cilantro leaves and chopped green chillies.
• Sauté for about 3 minutes on med heat, then add the cooked rice and mix.
• Add the rest of the ghee or butter to the rice and mix until consistent.
• Set aside and cover to keep warm.
• Wash out the sauté pan and begin the spices for the daal by adding the oil, cumin, finely chopped onion and green chillies. Sauté until the onions are transparent.
• Add diced tomatoes and sauté for 2 more minutes.
• Check the daal to make sure it is soft, then mash with a potato masher until you have a porridge-like consistency. If you need to retrieve water from the pan, then do it beforehand. Just remember, you can always put the water back in if there isn't enough, but you can't take it out once the lentils are mashed.
• After the daal is mashed add the sauté mixture.
• Add red chili powder for more heat if necessary.
• Add garam masala, salt and sugar. stir over heat for 2 minute and it is ready.
• Serve over jeera rice with papad and mango pickle.

INDIAN JEERA RICE

Steps:

• Wash the rice in luke warm water, drain completely and let it sit.
• Heat the ghee or oil on medium heat, add the bay leaves and cumin seeds and saute for a minute.
• Add the rice and saute for a few minutes.
• Now add the hot water and the salt. Boil until almost all the water has evaporated.
• Cover and reduce heat to low and cook for another 10 minutes or so - stir often and make sure that it doesn't start to stick to bottom of saucepan.
• When there is a tiny amount of extra water left in the rice, remove from heat and let the rice sit for a minute. The extra should evaporate as the rice cools a bit.
• Serve! If you would like, add a dollop of butter to the top.

JEERA RICE

Steps:

• Wash the rice and soak in water for half an hour.
• Heat ghee in a heavy saucepan, add cashew nuts. Fry until brown. Take them out and keep aside. Add onions, bayleafs, cloves, cinnamon sticks, cumin seeds, peppercorns to the same ghee and fry for a while.
• Add the rice , salt, water and stir. Cover with a lid and simmer the flame.
• Cook until the rice is done.
• Serve jeera rice hot, topped with the cashew nuts, with any spicy curry or raita.