Dal Rice Recipe for Babies, Toddlers, and Kids
Dal Rice- A one-pot meal made with rice and lentils. Nutritious lunch for kids.
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Ingredients
- Rice - 1 cup
- Toor dal - ½ cup
- Small onions- 10 or Big Onion - 1 medium sized
- garlic - 5 small
- Tomato - 1 medium-sized
- Green chili - 1 or 2
- Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
- Coriander leaves - a handful
- Water - 3 cups
- Salt - as required
To temper
- Ghee - 2 tbsp
- Oil - 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds - ½ tsp
- cumin seeds - ½ tsp
- Fenugreek seeds - ¼ tsp
- Hing - a generous pinch
Instructions
- Wash rice and toor dal together and soak it in warm water for 20 minutes. Slice onions, chop tomatoes finely. Slit green chilies. Roughly chop coriander leaves. Set aside.
- Heat a pressure cooker with ghee & oil. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds,hing, and fenugreek seeds. Let mustard seeds crackle. Then add onions along with green chilies. Saute them nicely until golden brown.
- Once onions become transparent, add tomatoes. Fry tomatoes until the raw smell of tomatoes leave and becomes mushy. Then add turmeric powder and required salt
- Then add soaked rice & dal mix well. Add water (3 cups of water) and bring it to a boil.
- Then close the lid of a pressure cooker and cook everything in a medium flame for three to four whistles. Once the pressure releases, open the cooker and fluff the rice with a spoon slowly, top with ghee if required. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Nutrition
Serving: 3g