How to Cook Tasty Jeera Rice and Dal Fry

Jeera Rice and Dal Fry.

You can have Jeera Rice and Dal Fry using 31 ingredients and 31 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Jeera Rice and Dal Fry

1. Prepare For of Dal Fry:.
2. It's 3/4 cup of Toor dal.
3. It's 2 tbsp of butter.
4. Prepare 1 tbsp of oil.
5. Prepare 2.5 cups of water.
6. You need 2-3 of green chillies slit.
7. It's 1 teaspoon of ginger garlic paste.
8. It's 2 of garlic cloves crushed.
9. Prepare 1 of medium onion finely chopped.
10. It's 2 of tomatoes finely chopped.
11. It's 1/2 cup of water.
12. You need to taste of Salt.
13. You need 1 tbsp of kasuri methi.
14. Prepare 3 tbsp of chopped coriander leaves.
15. It's 1/2 teaspoon of red chilli powder.
16. It's 1 teaspoon of coriander powder.
17. You need 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric.
18. It's 1/2 teaspoon of garam masala.
19. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of cumin powder.
20. It's 1 of Juice of lemon.
21. It's For of Jeera rice.
22. You need 1 cup of basmati rice.
23. You need 2 cups of water.
24. It's to taste of Salt.
25. You need 1 of bay leaf.
26. You need 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds/ jeera.
27. Prepare 4-5 of cloves.
28. Prepare 1 inch of cinnamon stick.
29. It's 1-2 tbsp of ghee.
30. You need 1 of green chillies finely chopped.
31. It's 3 tbsp of chopped coriander leaves.

Jeera Rice and Dal Fry instructions

1. Let's begin with Dal Fry: Wash and clean toor dal.
2. Add cleaned dal to pressure cooker.
3. Add 2.5 cups water to dal in cooker..
4. Pressure cook dal until very soft..
5. Once steam is released, open lid and mash dal with ladle or potato masher.Keep it aside..
6. Heat butter and oil in a pan..
7. Add crushed garlic cloves and roast for 2-3 minutes..
8. Add green chillies and ginger garlic paste. Saute until raw aroma disappears.
9. Add finely chopped onions.
10. Saute until golden brown.
11. Add in tomatoes, spice powders and salt. Mix well.
12. Saute until raw taste of Tomatoes disappear and it's tender.
13. Add in mashed dal. Mix well until dal is coated with masalas.
14. Add 1/2 cup water and mix well until well combined.
15. Simmer and cook for 5-6 minutes.
16. Meanwhile dry roast kasuri methi for few seconds.
17. Crush kasuri methi to powder.
18. Add crushed methi to dal and mix well.
19. Add lemon juice and mix well. Switch off.
20. Now let's starts with jeera rice Both can be prepared simultaneously. Clean and soak Basmati rice for 30 minutes.
21. Drain excess water and keep it aside.
22. Heat ghee in deep bottom vessel.
23. Add in all whole spices with bay leaf.
24. Dry roast spices until aromat and cumin seeds splutter.
25. Add in green chillies.
26. Add cleaned drained rice to the pan.
27. Saute rice for 2-3 minutes over medium heat.
28. Add water and mix.
29. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste and mix well.
30. Bring water to boil, simmer, cover and cook until rice is done.
31. Garnish both Dal fry and Jeera rice with Coriander leaves. Serve hot with pickle and papad.