How is Dal Chawal Palida made?!
Answers: Its an Indian Dish
Ingredients
1 cup Rice
1 cup Turdal
1 tbsp oil
4 cloves
1 cinnamon
4-5 peppercorn
1 tsp cummin seeds
2-3 cloves garlic (crushed)
? tsp. turmeric powder
salt to taste
1/4 cup sliced onions
Garnish
handful of onion rings
handful of boiled carrots and green peas
1 sprig of mint
few strands of saffron + 1 tbsp warm water or milk
Method
1. Rinse rice and daal separately. Add a pinch of asafoetida and turmeric powder in daal.
2. Pressure cook rice and daal in a separate containers.
3. Strain and keep aside water for palida.
4. Heat oil in a big saucepan. Add crushed garlic, sliced onions, peppercorn, clove, cinnamon, cumin seeds. Saute till onion is brown.
5. Add dal and rice, mix well and allow to simmer on low fire for 15 minutes.
6. Cover with a foil and bake in an oven for 10 minutes.
7. Garnish with onion rings, carrots, green peas & mint. Drizzle saffron milk or saffron water on top.
8. Serve hot with Palidu.
Note -
1. You can deep fry onion rings, cashews and raisins and use them as garnish for a richer taste.
2. I used saffron+water instead of saffron+milk.
Palidu
Ingredients
3 cups dal water
7 - 9 drum stick pieces
1 tsp besan
1tsp oil
1 tsp methi (fenugreek seeds)
1 tsp cummin seeds(jeera)
A pinch of asafoetida
2-3 garlic cloves, minced
2 tsp coriander-cummin powder
1 tsp chili powder
4 Kokum
Garnish
1 tbsp chopped cilantro/coriander leaves
Method
1. Heat oil and add garlic, jeera, methi, asafoetida.
2. Add besan and saute. Do not let it burn.
3. Add chili powder, dhania-jeera powder and saute for a minute.
4. Then add dal water and allow to boil.
5. Add drumsticks and allow to cook.
6. When drumsticks soften, add Kokum, boil for 2 minutes and serve hot.
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