Sunday, May 30, 2010

Karuvepilai Saadam/Curry-Leaves (Brown) Rice - Reposting for Green Gourmet Event

Another Tasty Recipe using Brown Rice. Curry leaf is used in South Asian traditional medicine to treat the digestive system, skin conditions and diabetes. Its anti-diabetic properties are supported by scientific research

Ingredients
2 cups of Brown Rice, Cooked
2 fistful of curry leaves
3-4 no. Red Chillies
1 tbsp urad dal
1 small lemon-size of Tamarind
Grated Ginger 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Seasoning
1 or 2 tsp Canola oil
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Chana Dal/Gram Dal
hing a pinch
turmeric a pinch

Method
Wash and Dry roast the Curry leaves, Roast urad dal, red chillies with lil oil. Let it cool, now grind urad dal, chillies, tamarind, ginger and curry leaves together to a fine paste.
Heat oil in a wok, splutter mustard seeds, add hing and turmeric, and chana dal, let the dal roast a bit then add the grinded paste and saute for 2-3 minutes. Take it off the flame and mix with Rice.Enjoy it with a Raita

I made some Cucumber-Onion Raita. 

Ingredients
Half a Cucumber
one small Onion
1/2 a cup Low-fat Yoghurt
Salt to taste

Mix them all together and adjust the salt.
Sending this post to Show me your Whole Grains, Event hosted by Divya of Dil Se
Reposting for Green Gourmet Event @ W'rite 'Food