Ingredients for main dish:
Rice – 3 cups
Yellow lenthils – 1.5 cup
French beans – 100 gm
Carrot – 100 gm
Onion – 1
Bottle gourd – 1/4 th
Capsicum – 1
Potato – 2 medium sized
Tomato – 2
Green peas – 1 cup
Tamarind – size of big lime
Dried coconut – 1
Jaggery – size of big lime
Curry leaves – 1/2 bunch
Coriander leaves – 1 bunch
Salt – 2 tbsp
Turmeric – 1/2 tsp
Ghee – 2 tbsp
Oil – 2 tbsp
Ingredients for powder:
Red chillies – 100 gm
Byadagi chilli – 100gm
Coriander seeds – 50 gm
Gram dal -50 gm
Urad dal – 25 gm
Black pepper – 20 gm
Jeera – 20 gm
Fenugreek seeds – 10 gm
Mustard seeds – 2 tbps
Dried kapok buds – 5
Cinnamon – 3 inch bark
Cardamom – 5
Cloves – 5
Poppy seeds – 20 gm
Dried curry leaves – 1/2 cup
Preparation – powder:
Heat a pan with a small amount of oil and fry the ingredients. Once cooled, grind these into fine powder.
Preparation – Main dish:
Pressure cook the yellow lenthils and rice separately. Chop vegetables into 1 inch length pieces and microwave them for 5 min. Meanwhile add water to tamarind and extract juice.
Heat oil and ghee in a handi and jeera, mustard seeds and curry leaves to it. Then add the vegetables to it. Add tamarind juice, turmeric, salt, jaggery, powder and 3 glasses of water and bring it to boil. Now, add cooked lenthil and rice to it. Stir it well and let it cook till the water is almost evaporated. Add chopped coriander and grated coconut to it before switching off the stove. Serve it hot with raitha.
