Bengal gram rice

How to make Bengal gram rice

Ingredients required: –

• Rice – 1 glass or say 200 gm (soaked for hour)
• Bengal gram (chana dal) – 100 gm (soaked in water for one hour)
• Ginger – 1 inch piece (grated)
• Red chilly powder – ½ tsp
• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
• Dried coriander powder – ½ tsp
• Garam masala – ¼ tsp
• Bay leaves – 2-3
• Cinnamon – 1 inch stick
• Cloves – 3-4
• Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
• Asafoetida – a pinch
• Oil – 1 ½ tbsp
• Salt – as per taste
• Fresh coriander leaves
• Water – 600 ml

Procedure: –

• Firstly, take pressure cooker and add oil and warm it. Then put cumin seeds, asafoetida, bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves and sauté.
• Now add water and add Bengal gram and pressure cook till one whistle with salt, turmeric powder and other species like dried coriander leaves, garam masala and red chili powder.
• Take out the lid and add rice and fresh coriander leaves and mix well. Don’t place lid back.
• Stir till all water evaporates with continuous stirring and then off the flame and place lid for 10 minutes.

• Your chana dal rice is ready… to be served hot with curd or tomato sauce.

Tips: –

• To try in new style.

 Ingredients: –

1.    Potatoes – 1 medium sized (chopped)

2.    Onion – 1 medium sized (chopped)

3.    Garlic – 3-4 cloves (chopped)

4.    Tomato – 1 medium sized (chopped)

5.    Peas – ½ cup

6.    Chana dal – 100 gm (as mentioned above) + all above ingredients

Procedure: –

1.    Follow first step and then add onion and garlic and sauté till they turn pink and add tomato and sauté for 2 minutes.

2.    Then follow second steps accompanied by potato peas and give whistle.

3.    Then all similar to above follow those above steps.

4.    And your rice is ready with a twist. Serve hot…