Sticky masoor dal rice is one of the easy and delicious weekday meal recipes you can prepare in 20 mins. This recipe is prepared in a pressure cooker but you can make it in instant pot too. This recipe is flavorful and light to consume.
Sticky masoor dal rice is a recipe that is pretty close to “Indian Khichadi” as khichadi is also a kind of sticky lentil rice.
Ingredients used in this recipe are pretty common and you will get it at any Indian store. I used Indrayani rice variety along with the whole red lentils(masoor), onion, tomatoes, green chilies, turmeric powder, red chili powder, salt, oil, mustard seeds, and cumin. You can always add a pinch of garam masala to enhance the flavors.
how to make sticky masoor dal rice?
sticky masoor dal rice
Equipment
- Pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice
- ½ cup whole masoor dal
- salt to taste
- 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- ¼ tsp cumin
- a pinch of mustard seeds
- a pinch of asafoetida
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- ¼ tsp red chili powder
- ¼ tsp garam masala
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 medium tomato chopped
- 1 medium green chili chopped
- fresh coriander for garnishing
- 3 cups water to pressure cook rice
Instructions
- take a pressure cooker and heat oil in a pan.
- add mustard and cumin. when the seeds are crackle, add asafoetida.
- add chopped onions and tomatoes. Also add green chilies.
- saute for a while.
- add turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder and garam masala.
- mix well.
- add rice and masoor dal and mix.
- add water and cover pressure cooker with the lid.
- pressure cook it for 3 to 4 whistles on medium flame.
- garnish with coriander and serve hot.
Cosy rice with loads of fresh herbs and spices is one of our go to dishes any time of the day,
Anything with rice and dal becomes such a comforting meal 🙂
thank you taruna 🙂