Ingredients:
- Basmathi rice - 1glass (soaked for 1/2 an hour)
- Coconut milk - 2 cups
- Green chilli - 2
- Onion - 1 big (cut lenghtwise)
- Green peas - 1/2 cup
- Ginger - 2 tsp (finely chopped)
- Salt - As required
- Oil - 2 tbsp
- Curry leaves - little
For seasoning:
- Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
- Cardamom - 2
- Cinamon - 1 small piece
- Cloves - 2
Method:
- Take a pressure pan, add oil & wait for a while.
- When it becomes hot, add the seasoning.
- Then add onion along with little salt till it changes into light pink colour.
- Then add ginger, green chilli, green peas & mix well.
- Now add coconut milk along with soaked rice.
- Add salt.
- Close the cooker & wait for 2 whistles to come.
- Serve hot with raitha.
Ingredients:
- Red tomato - 1 kg (chopped)
- Tamarind purie - 1 1/2 tsp
- Jaggery - lemon size
- Salt - As required
- Turmeric - 1 1/2 tsp
- Red chilli powder - 2 tbsp
- Green chilli - 2-3
- Til oil - small cup
For grinding masala:
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
- Methi seeds - 1 tsp
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Roast without oil & grind to a powder & keep aside.
- Til oil - 2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
- Dry red chilli - 4-5 (broken)
- Broken black gram - 1 tsp
- Channa dal - 1 tsp
- Cumin seeds - little
Method:
- Take a kadai & add oil to that.
- When it becomes hot, add chopped tomatoes, tamarind paste, jaggery, salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, little oil & mix well.
- Allow to boil in low flame for 10 mins till all the water gets evaporated & the oil leaves aside.
- Now add the ground masala to it & mix well.
- Meantime, take a small kadai, add the remaining oil & the seasoning.
- Then add it to the thokku after 2 mins.
- Remove from the gas.
