Pineapple Kesari Recipe – Pineapple Kesari Bath

Usually I make Pineapple Kesari just by adding Pineapple essence and yellow food color to the normal rava kesari. I have never tried it with Pineapple chunks. Yesterday I bought a small pineapple to try this authentic pineapple kesari served in weddings, functions and Karnataka special Pineapple Gojju recipes.So this morning I made kesari bath for my Thursday Guru pooja. 

I followed my microwave rava kesari procedure and ingredients which I adapted from Revathy Shanmugam mam’s recipe. It came out very well, soft and flavorful. Being a Pineapple lover, I loved each and every bite of it in the kesari. But the only thing I felt was, I chopped Pineapple into big chunks thinking it would mash up in the kesari but it remained as it is. So please chop the pieces very finely or make it a coarse paste to avoiding biting chunks in between the super soft Kesari. 

Friends, do try this different type of kesari using pineapple for your friends & family, Enjoy!! Lets see how to make pineapple kesari recipe with step by step photos.

Check out my basic rava kesari recipe, Karnataka kesari bath recipe, Milk kesari, Semiya Kesari, Microwave rava kesari & mango kesari recipes

Check out the health benefits and more details about Pineapple HERE

Pineapple Kesari Recipe

Pineapple Kesari Recipe - An easy, Indian dessert recipe !

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Sweet

Serves: Serves 3-4

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 15 Minutes

Total time: 25 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 200ml Rava/ Bombay Sooji - 1/2 cup Sugar - 1 cup Small Pineapple pieces - 1/2 cup Pineapple essence - few drops Yellow food color - 2 pinches Water - 2.5 cups Ghee - 2 tbsp + 2 tsp Cooking oil - 2 tbsp ( No flavored oils) Cashews and raisins – few ( optional)

METHOD

Wash and chop the pineapple into very small pieces or coarsely grind the pieces ( I chopped it big by mistake). Take them in a bowl and add 2 tbsp of sugar from 1 cup of sugar. Mix well and cover the bowl. Let the pineapple pieces soak in sugar for 20 minutes and becomes soft. Take a wide plate and grease it with ghee.Set aside. In a kadai , heat 2 tbsp ghee + 2 tbsp oil. After its heated, reduce the flame to medium and roast the cashews & raisins.Remove it in a plate after cashews turn golden and raisins bloat. Now add the rava. Rava should sizzle as soon as you add it. Roast the rava well for 2-3 minutes by staying nearby. Make sure you don’t burn the rava or change its color.Switch off the flame and let the rava be in the same kadai. In a bowl, roll boil 2.5 cups of water adding yellow food color and soaked pineapple pieces. Do not add the sugar water in the pineapple pieces. Add the fruit alone. Cover & cook the pineapple pieces. Add this water to the roasted rava. Take care, water will splash. Now switch on the flame and keep stirring. As soon as rava becomes thick, close the kadai with a lid & simmer the flame completely. Cook the rava for 3-4 minutes. Open the lid and mix the cooked rava. Add sugar and stir it without lumps. Do it fast, Sugar will melt, mixture will become thin and watery. Add pineapple essence. Keep stirring till the kesari starts to leave the sides of pan. As soon as kesari starts to leave the sides of pan, add 2 tsp pf ghee, mix well & switch off the flame. Transfer to the ghee greased plate. No problem if the kesari is not thick, it will thicken as it turns warm. Enjoy !

Note

I used rava and sugar in the ratio of 1:2. You can reduce to 1.5 cups if you want mild sweetness. Adding more water makes the kesari soft. So I used 1:5 rava and water. Oil helps to maintain the texture of kesari and prevent its from hardening. So do not skip it. Use unflavored oils like refined oil or olive oil. Never use groundnut oil/Kadalai ennai. If you don’t like eating pineapple pieces in the kesari, chop it very finely so that it will mash up while cooking and you won’t get pieces in your mouth. You can also try grinding them coarsely. If you don’t have pineapple essence, skip it or add cardamom crushed seeds if you like.

  Yummy , flavorful kesari is ready to enjoy !

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Ridge Gourd Curry – Beerakaya Curry–Turai Ki Sabji

I started to explore varieties of ridge gourd recipes (Ridge gourd in English, Turai/Luffa/Torai in Hindi, Peerkangai in Tamil, Beerakaya in Telugu, Hirekai in Kannada, Peechinga in Malayalam, Ghiya Tori in Urdu ) in my kitchen. Recently I shared Andhra style Ridge gourd dal / Beerakaya pappu recipe for rice.Today I have posted a North Indian style Ridge gourd curry. I followed this recipe from Mullai’s blog. It is known as Turai Ki Sabji/Sabzi in Hindi. It tastes good with rice and roti as well. Yesterday I prepared this sabzi and dal for my lunch. It was simple yet comforting. I ate this curry with plain rice adding ghee. You can make this as a side dish for roti. I am sure it tastes better with roti. Lets see how to make this easy, yummy and healthy Ridge gourd sabji recipe.
Check out my South Indian Peerkangai chutney( gravy )for rice.

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Muslim Khichdi Recipe – Dal Khichdi

I got this recipe from Captain TV cookery show. It was demonstrated by a Muslim lady, Mrs. Humayun ( Sorry I don’t remember her name exactly) and she told its one of the traditional breakfast recipes of Tamil Muslims. This is an entirely different version from our usual dal kichdi recipes served in hotels. Its cooking procedure and ingredients are more like biryani. So I got impressed with the recipe and thought of trying out this authentic version. I made it for our Sunday lunch along with curd rice and fruit custard. It was mildly spiced and tasted yummy with nice flavor of moong dal and masala .I served this khichdi with Mint leaves chutney/Pudina chutney as suggested by her. Sendhil & Raksha loved it and told me prepare this for their lunch box too . Its a very easy, quick, one pot meal ideal for breakfast and lunch box. Try this once. Ok, lets see how to make this easy, one pot Muslim style Khichdi recipe for breakfast/ lunch!
Check out my Muslim Veg Dalcha and ghee rice recipes too !

Muslim Khichdi Recipe

Muslim khichdi recipe using rice, moong dal and vegetables served with Mint chutney - A healthy breakfast recipe with a side dish !

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Breakfast recipes

Serves: Serves 3

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 240ml Basmati rice - 1 cup Moong dal - 1/4 cup Mixed vegetables - 1/2 cup (1 carrot, 1 potato, a handful of green peas) Water - 1.5 cups Salt - as needed To saute Cooking oil - 3 tbsp Cinnamon, cloves, cardamom - 2 each Big onion - 1 no G&G paste - 2 tsp Green chillies - 2 nos ( use 4 nos for more spicy) Tomato - 2 nos ( small) Mint + coriander leaves - a handful Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Ghee - 2 tsp

METHOD

Wash and soak basmati rice for 30 minutes. Wash and soak the dal in another bowl separately. In the mean time, chop the onion, tomato, mixed vegetables. Heat oil in a pressure cooker base and saute cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. Now add the sliced big onion,g&g paste slitted green chilli and saute until onion turns transparent and raw smell goes off. Now add the chopped tomato pieces, mint + coriander leaves, turmeric powder, salt. Saute till tomato turns pulpy. Drain the excess water from the soaked dal and add the dal to the cooker. Saute for a minute. Add the chopped vegetables and mix well. Add 1.5 cups of water and check for taste after the water starts to boil Add more salt or put some slit green chillies if you want to add more salt or make it more spicy.Mix well and add the soaked, drained rice. Mix well and pressure cook in low flame for one whistle. Remove the lid after the steam is released. Fluff the rice with a fork.  Serve hot with Mint chutney and onion raita .Enjoy ! For Mint chutney Take a handful of mint leaves + coriander leaves in a mixie jar. Add 3 tbsp of grated coconut, 2 green chillies, 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds, salt , a pinch of turmeric powder and a small piece of tamarind. Grind everything to a smooth paste. Serve it with khichdi.

Note

Add 3-4 green chillies for spicy taste. Do not forget to use mint+coriander leaves as it gives a nice flavor. Add Mint leaves at least. Adding ghee at the end gives richness and nice flavor. Skip it if you don’t want to increase the calorie.

Try this easy, healthy one pot meal at home and enjoy !

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Batata Poha Recipe Without Onion – Gujarati Aloo Poha – How To Make Potato Poha

Batata poha ( Batata – Potato, Poha – Rice flakes in English, Aloo Poha in Hindi) is a quick breakfast and teatime snacks recipe which is very popular in Gujarat and Maharashtra. Recently I posted Maharashtrian Kanda pohe recipe( Onion poha). Following that, I tried this Gujarati style Batata poha recipe without onion and garlic for our breakfast.There is no much difference between ingredients of Gujarati & Maharashtrian style batata Poha recipes. So I don’t want to follow the same recipe with slight variations instead I tried this recipe in which spice powders and Garam masala powder were used. I am really not sure whether this is the authentic Gujarati version but it came out very flavorful and definitely tastier than our usual Kanda batata poha. Working women and bachelors can try this for making quick breakfast or dinner and enjoy it with a hot chai. You will find it tummy filling and healthy too ! Lets see how to prepare Gujarati Batata poha/ Aloo Poha recipe without onion with step by step photos !

Check out my Karnataka style Chitranna & Tamilnadu Lemon Aval upma, Milagu Jeeraga Aval recipes too.

Batata poha recipe - Gujarati Aloo Poha Recipe

How to make aloo poha - Gujarati Batata poha without onion and garlic for quick breakfast !

Cuisine: North Indian

Category: Breakfast/ snack

Serves: Serves 2

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 250ml Thick poha - 1 cup Potato - 1 no ( medium. peeled and sliced thinly) Peanuts - 2 tbsp Cooking oil - 3 tbsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Curry leaves - few Asafetida/Hing - a pinch Red chilli powder - 3/4 to 1 tsp Dhania powder -1 tsp Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp Sugar – 1 tsp Salt & water - as needed Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp To garnish Coriander leaves - few Pomegranate seeds - a handful Lemon juice - few drops Raw onion - finely chopped ( optional, I din't use)

METHOD

Wash the thick poha at least twice to remove the dust. Soak it in enough water. i.e the level of water should be just 1/2 inch above poha. Close the bowl with a lid and let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes. In the mean time, wash & peel the skin of potato. Chop it into thin slices as shown in the picture so that it can cook quickly. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a kadai and roast the raw peanuts first. In the same kadai, add another 2 tbsp of oil and splutter mustard seeds, cumin seeds and turmeric powder along with roasted peanuts. Add the chopped potato pieces, curry leaves and mix well ( If using boiled potato cubes, add it at the end along with Poha, no need to saute it).Add turmeric powder and salt for the potato to saute & cook quickly. Cover the kadai for sometime, simmer the flame and let the potato pieces cook till soft. Now add the red chilli powder, dhania powder, garam masala powder , sugar and if needed some turmeric powder. Mix well till all the spices well blend with cooked potato. Lastly add the soaked poha and mix well till all the masala coat well. Check for taste and add more salt or spice powders as per your need.

After the poha is heated well, switch off the flame and garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves, sprinkle some lemon juice. Add some pomegranate seeds if you wish. Serve hot with a cup of Chai/Tea. Enjoy !!

Note

You can saute finely chopped onions along with potato pieces if you wish.It is known as Kanda batata poha in Hindi i.e Onion Potato Poha Do not reduce the quantity of oil. Oil is more important to make a tasty poha. It doesn’t look dry ! Adjust the quantity of spices as per your taste Adding sugar gives a mild sweetness to the dish. So skip it if you don’t like. Using thin poha is also OK but soak it adding correct amount of water else the dish will become mushy.

Try this easy, yummy Gujarati breakfast dish at home and enjoy with a cup of chai !

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Eggless Digestive Cookies Recipe – Whole Wheat,Oats Cookies Without Butter

We buy digestive biscuits regularly even though its costly.Every time I used to see the list of ingredients on the back of pack to try on my own.And I kept searching some good recipes for homemade digestive biscuits aka whole wheat,oats cookies. In Raksha’s school, this year they have strictly restricted store bought cakes, cookies and packed juices for snacks box. Only homemade digestive cookies are allowed. Finally time hath come to try my hands on it.I followed this recipe & I baked an eggless, butter less digestive cookies using whole wheat flour, quick cooking oats and plain milk.For Vegan version, use almond milk instead. Actual recipe had butter in it. But I substituted butter with cooking oil and tried it today.You can call this as oats cookies too.It came out very well, perfect with a crunchy texture. We loved it very much & ate 2-3 cookies without any guilt. Its so easy to make and a good tea time cookies for weight watchers.For kids, you can use butter, add some Choco chips, M&M etc for variations. After tasting these cookies, Raksha told its taste is similar to UNIBIC digestive biscuits . I felt very happy and proud with my baking .Friends, do try this easy, simple oats cookies without eggs and butter at home & enjoy it for your tea time with your loved ones. Even beginners can dare to try it. Ok, lets move on to the recipe !

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Pumpkin Sambar Recipe – Poosanikai Sambar–Parangikai Sambar

Pumpkin sambar is my recent try in pumpkin recipes. Usually I make red or yellow Pumpkin gravy or pumpkin poriyal ( Manjal Poosanikai/Parangikai in Tamil, Mathanga in Malayalam, Kumbalakayi in Kannada, Kaddoo in Hindi) – My mil’s recipes for our lunch. Both are my favorite recipes. But Sendhil doesn’t like them. So I have to make some other kuzhambu or side dish specially for him whenever I cook Pumpkin.  Recently he suggested me to try pumpkin sambar for rice instead of making other dishes with it. Usually I add few pieces of yellow pumpkin in my hotel idli sambar recipe to get the mild sweetness. But this is the first time, I am making manjal poosanikai sambar for rice. So I asked the recipe from my MIL, combined it with my mixed vegetable sambar recipe and made it for our lunch along with Vendakkai poriyal. Sendhil liked it very much and ate all the pumpkin pieces happily.He told sambar tastes much better than pumpkin chutney and poriyal. Abbaaa, I am feeling relieved that I can make him eat pumpkin with this sambar recipe. Friends, do try this easy and yummy poosanikai sambar/pumpkin sambar for your lunch. You can have this sambar with idli,dosa too. Ok, lets see how to make it with step by step photos !

Pumpkin sambar recipe

Pumpkin sambar/poosanikai sambar recipe for rice

Cuisine: South Indian

Category: Sambar recipes

Serves: Serves 3

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 200ml To pressure cook Toor dal - 1/3 cup Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Cooking oil - few drops Water - 2 cups Poosanikai/Pumpkin pieces - 12 cubes To temper & saute Cooking oil - 1 tbsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Methi seeds/Vendhayam - 1/4 tsp Urad dal - 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Red chilli – 1no ( pinched) Curry leaves - few Hing/Asafetida - 1/8 tsp Big onion or small onion – 1 no / 10 nos Green chilli - 2 nos (slitted) Sambar powder - 2 tsp Dhania powder - 1 tsp Red chilli - 1 no Ghee - 2 tsp ( to add at the end) Coriander leaves – few ( to garnish)

METHOD

Soak tamarind in 1 cup of warm water for 15 minutes.Wash and soak toor dal adding 2 cups of water, turmeric powder and cooking oil. Wash and peel the skin of pumpkin and cut into big sized cubes as shown in the pic below. You can also chop it with skin because skin becomes soft after pressure cooking. Take the pieces in a small bowl that fits in the cooker and keep it inside the cooker without adding water. Let the dal pressure cook for one or two whistles in very low flame. Open the cooker after the steam is released and remove the pumpkin bowl. Mash the dal well with a ladle. Chop the onions, slit green chillies and keep it ready. In a kadai, heat oil and temper mustard seeds, methi seeds.Once they start to splutter, add the urad dal, cumin seeds, pinched red chilli and curry leaves. Add sliced onion, slitted green chillies and saute until onion turns transparent. Now add 1 cup of tamarind extract, sambar powder, dhania powder, turmeric powder, salt and cooked pumpkin pieces. Add raw hing and few torn curry leaves while the sambar boils. Let it boil for 5 minutes. Add 1/2 cup of more water in the middle if needed. Now add the cooked & mashed toor dal. Mix well and let the sambar boil for another 3-4 minutes or till the desired thickness is reached. Switch off the flame and transfer the sambar to a bowl.Garnish it with coriander leaves and add 2 tsp of ghee.Cover it with a plate and serve after 30 minutes standing time. Mix with hot rice and enjoy with any poriyal and appalam ! Enjoy !

Note

The spiciness level would be normal for this sambar. If you want more spicy sambar, add more green chillies or some red chilli powder along with dhania powder. You can use red pumpkin or white pumpkin too. But chop them into big pieces so that it doesn’t become mushy while pressure cooking. Never cook pumpkin pieces along with dal. Keep them in a separate box inside cooker but do not add water. This helps to cook the pumpkin soft and it retains its shape too.

Enjoy this yummy yellow pumpkin sambar with plain rice and poriyal.Tastes yumm !!

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Keerai Masiyal Recipe Without Dal – Arai Keerai Masiyal/ Kadayal

I got this Keerai masiyal recipe without dal (also known as keerai kadayal) from my reader Priyadarshini. She shared some of her mom’s specialty recipes with me. This Arai Keerai masiyal is one among them. Last week, I tried it for our lunch along with Raw mango, drumstick vatha kuzhambu and shared a picture in my Instagram page too. In our family, we feed Keerai kadaiyal to one year old babies by making in a simple way adding garlic. But this recipe is entirely different from ours. So I was happy that I learnt and tried a new keerai recipe for lunch apart from my usual Keerai kootu, poriyal and sambar. Thank you so much Priyadarshini ! You can try this recipe if you want to consume more quantity of keerai in your diet. I guess this recipe works for mulai keerai and siru keerai too. Do include this healthy keerai recipe in your lunch menu and enjoy. Lets see how to make Keerai masiyal recipe with tomato, onion and tamarind.

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Veg Dalcha Recipe, Ghee Rice – Brinjal Gravy For Biryani

When I shared Muslim wedding biryani & Kuska recipes in my Biryani series, few readers asked me to share Muslim home style Brinjal gravy ( Kathirikai Kuzhambu) for biryani. I did share an Ennai Kathirikai Gravy for biryani. But later I realized it was not the one my readers asked for. Again I got a mail and a comment in my biryani recipes to share Muslim Veg Dalcha recipe which is served as a side dish for ghee pilaf/Nei choru and they call it as Bahara Khana. Its very special among Nagore,Tamilnadu and Hyderabad Muslims. I started searching for the authentic recipe and found it in Jaleela Kamal mam’s blog. Recently when I was telling about Thalcha kuzhambu to my dad, he told he had tasted it in his friend Mr.Ibrahim uncle’s house & called him immediately.I talked with his wife Sharmila Banu aunty and got the recipe for Dalcha along with ghee rice. She told they make dalcha with mutton & vegetables. But she suggested me to use brinjal and bottle gourd as I asked for a vegetarian version.It was very similar to Jaleela mam’s recipe.It is so easy and quick to make. So I was double happy and satisfied of trying the authentic, original, traditional Muslim style Dalcha gravy recipe.You can prepare Dalcha and ghee rice simultaneously if you have 2 pressure cookers in hand. Sharmila aunty told me to use DUM method for making ghee rice just like Hyderabadi biryani . But I did it in my cooker directly as I started cooking very late. Soon I will try to make a detailed and perfect ghee rice post. Aunty was sooo sweet and patient. She spent nearly half an hour over phone and shared many of their specialty recipes for Iftaar and Ramadan. I must try to post them one by one soon. Thanks a bunch Aunty and Jaleela Mam for sharing this wonderful Dalcha recipe.Now lets see how to make South Indian Veg Dalcha gravy with step by step pictures.
Check out my 40 Veg Biryani Recipes too !

Dalcha recipe&Ghee rice

Veg dalcha rcipe with ghee rice - Muslim style

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Lunch recipes

Serves: Serves 2

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup – 240ml To Pressure cook for Dalcha Toor dal - 1/4 cup Chana dal - 2 tbsp Big onion - 1 no or small onion - 5 nos ( sliced) Tomato - 1 no Green chilli - 1no Garlic cloves - 4 no Red chilli powder - 1 tsp Dhania powder - 1 tsp Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Ginger garlic paste – 1/2 tsp Tamarind – medium gooseberry size  Brinjal - 2 nos ( cut into 4 or 5 pieces) Salt & water - as needed Raw mango – 2 pieces ( optional, I din’t use) Mint+coriander leaves - a handful To temper: Ghee – 2 tsp Big onion – 1/2 no ( sliced) Cinnamon – 1 no Cloves -  1 no For ghee rice Basmati rice - 1 cup Water - 1.5 cups or 1 cup water + 1/2 cup coconut milk Cooking oil + Ghee – 2 tbsp  Ghee – 1 tbsp ( for garnishing) Whole garam masala – 1 each ( Cinnamon, cloves, Cardamom, Kalpasi, biryani leaf, marati moggu) Big onion – 1 no Ginger garlic paste – 1/2 tsp Mint + coriander leaves – a fistful Green chilli – 1-2 no ( slitted) Tomato – 1/2 no (optional) Lemon juice – few drops ( optional)

METHOD

In a pressure cooker base, take the toor dal + Chana dal and soak it adding 2 cups of water. Soak tamarind in 1/2 cup of warm water separately in a bowl. Chop onion, peel garlic and slit green chilli. Chop the brinjal into pieces vertically and immerse in water till use.Add the chopped onion, green chilli, one whole tomato, Mint + coriander leaves, turmeric powder,garlic cloves, few drops of oil, G&G paste to the pressure cooker. Mix well and pressure cook the dal mixture very low flame for one whistle.( You can  add chopped tomatoes if your dal cooks well. My dal doesn’t cook mushy if I add chopped tomatoes.So I added as a whole tomato) Open the cooker after the steam is released. Mash the dal well with a whisk or mathu. To this, add chopped brinjal & bottle gourd ( and Mutton pieces if using), salt, red chilli powder and dhania powder. Again pressure cook in high flame for 1 whistle just for the brinjal to cook. Brinjal should retain its shape. ( ** Refer NOTES for an easy method). Open the cooker after the steam is released and add the tamarind extract + Mango pieces ( If adding). Mix everything and check for taste.Add more salt , chilli powder based on your taste. Let the mixture roll boil well. Heat ghee in a small pan and saute cinnamon, clove, sliced big onion. Saute till onion turns golden brown.Remove and add it to the boiling dal mixture. Switch off the flame and remove it. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with Ghee rice or biryani. Enjoy !  For ghee rice : Wash and soak basmati rice in 2 cups of  hot water for 20 minutes. In the mean time, chop the onion, tomato, slit green chilli. Heat a pressure cooker with Oil +ghee and splutter the whole garam masala items.  Add the chopped onion, green chilli, g&g paste and tomato pieces ( skip tomato if u want white pulao). Saute until tomato turns mushy.Now add 1 cup of water and 1/2 cup of coconut milk and soaked basmati rice ( U can use water or coconut milk completely) . Add the required salt and add chopped mint+coriander leaves, few drops of  lemon jucie.Mix well and pressure cook in low flame for 1 whistle. Remove after the steam is released.  Fluff the rice with a fork and serve it. Keep dalcha as the side dish ! This combo tasted simply great : )) Enjoy !! NOTE **While making dalcha, you can keep the brinjal pieces in a small bowl inside the cooker and cook all the other ingredients together.After opening the cooker, mash the dal well, add the cooker brinjal pieces and then you can add tamarind extract, give a boil & temper it. By doing this way, you can avoid pressure cooking for 2 times. I just followed what Aunty told me. So I have cooked twice here. Next time, I am planning to try this method. If you want to follow DUM method for making ghee rice, Just add the rice, water, coconut milk and mix well till all the liquid is absorbed by the rice and becomes thick. Now switch off the cooker. Heat a dosa pan well ( Use a very old, unused dosa pan) and Place the cooker over it. Cover the cooker with a cotton cloth and then place a plate or lid. No need to use the cooker lid. Above this, place a bowl full of hot water. Let the flame be high and dosa pan be very hot. This heat will spread to the cooker and rice cooks soft n fluffy. Remove the cooker after 10 minutes and check the rice. This was the method suggested by aunty. Soon I will try to make a detailed post for this. By doing this way, color of rice can be maintained white.

Try and enjoy this most popular Muslim style Ghee rice + dalcha combo at home. I am sure you will love it. I made this and some curd rice for our Sunday lunch. It was comforting !

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