24 February, 2018
Parippu sadam | Lentil rice |
ಪರಿಪ್ಪು ಸಾದಂ | ಬೇಳೆ ಅನ್ನ |
One of the Tamilnadu special dish which I have tasted many a times in one of the famous south Indian restaurant “Saravana Bhavan” in Delhi (Connaught Place) and have recreated/made for numerous number of times at home till now.
They basically make it using rice and lentil (pigeon peas), and I have tried it with different combinations like rice-lentil, wheat dalia-lentil and little millet/Samak chawal/saame akki-lentil.
Mainly pigeon peas/arahar dal/togaribele & rice is used in this preparation along with onion, tomato by adding basic tempering.
Very simple, healthy, filling spicy dish which can be prepared when you don’t have much vegetables at home or when you don’t feel like cooking in detail or when you are in a hurry or when you feel like eating this particular dish …ha ha !
This Parippu sadam or Lentil rice dish resembles most the North Indian style khichdi, but they use moong dal/yellow lentil to prepare it , where as we use pigeon peas/togaribele. This dish is suitable also for people with diabetes when prepared using lentil & wheat dalia.
Ingredients : measuring cup used – 250 ml
- Rice/Little millet/Wheat Dalia – 1/2 cup
- Pigeon Peas/arahar dal/togaribele – 1/2 cup
- Water – 4 cups
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Salt to taste
Others :
- Oil – 1 tsp
- Ghee – 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
- Ginger – 1/2 tbsp
- Green chilli – 2 to 4 (adjust)
- Curry leaves – 2 tbsp
- Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp
- Chopped Onion – 1 big
- Chopped tomato – 1 big
- Red chilli powder – 1/2 tsp (adjust)
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Water – 1/4 cup
PROCEDURE :
- Boil 4 cups of water in cooker, add in rinsed lentil, rice/little millet/wheat dalia, turmeric powder and salt, mix well, close the lid and cook till one whistle
- Heat 1 tsp oil and add in mustard seeds, cumin seeds, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves, coriander leaves saute well
- Now add in onion and fry till translucent and then add tomato and mix everything well
- Then add in red chilli powder, turmeric powder and required salt, combine everything and add in 1/4 cup of water, slower the fire , cover and let it cook for 2 minutes
- Now add in cooked lentil-rice or lentil-millet or lentil-dalia mixture, mix well and boil everything together well, turn off the fire and put ghee on the top
- Serve hot as such or with any raita/papad
By the way below you can also have a look at many more rice dishes recipes, like –
- Puliyogare using green chilli
- Brinjal tamarind rice or Vangibath – 2 methods
- Tarakari anna or vegetable rice
- Tomato rice
- Amla rice
- Fennel seeds rice
- Ginger rice
- Red lemon rice
- Kayi sasive chitranna – 2
- Kayi sasive chitranna – 1
- Curry leaves rice
- Huli nuchhu or Sour curd broken rice
- Palak onion rice
- Ghee rice
- Sesame seeds rice or yellu pudi chitranna
- Spicy carrot rice
- Capsicum lemon rice
- Cluster beans rice or gorikayi anna
- Chutney chitranna