As part of this initiative many in Bangalore have taken up cooking at their home or converting their Kitchens into Micro Kitchens for community cooking that will generate as many as 1000 meals per day. To bring about uniformity we thought we will place a suggested menu of One Pot Meals that are nutritious , tasty and complete meals in themselves.
One suggested Menu item is Arhar Dal Pulao:
Arhar Dal Pulao is a quick “Bachelor’s Meal”. It has Dal / Lentils and Rice, not too many ingredients required and yet tasty. You get the nutrition of lentil without making it separately. An easy to carry meal to work.
Notes:If you plan to make it in a pot , then you need to soak dal well in advance. At least 3-4 Hours in advance. If you are using a pressure cooker then soak an hour before.
| Prep Time | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time | 30 minutes |
| Passive Time | 4 minutes |
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- Wash and Soak the dal 3-4 hours before and Rice 1 hour before
- Strain the water from Dal and Rice before you start cooking.
- In a pot heat the oil and Asafoetida. Keep stirring and add all the items one after the other at a gap of 10 - 15 seconds, starting from Cumin seeds to Red Chilly powder.
- Add Dal in the pan and stir for 4-5 minutes. When the dal is fried well add rice and stir for 2-3 minutes.
- Add water and salt and cover the pot with a lid. Stir every 3 to 4 minutes. Rice will be cooked in 12 to 15 minutes. Once water has dried, switch off the gas. Check if Dal and rice are cooked well by pressing it between your fingers. If Dal and Rice are not completely cooked cover the pot with the lid and leave for 5 minutes for dal and rice to cook in the steam.
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Looks tasty
Hi Pulak, Thanks for this easy and healthy recipe. You gave me a taste of the tunday kebabs. Any chance of the recipe? A gentle reminder… Any recipes with Zataar Masala…
Thanks Monica… Tunday Kebabi have their own secret spices but I will post a recipe that will be similar …. Spread some olive oil on a pita bread and sprinkle Zaata, season Chicken or meat with it , or put in on Hummus… Sorry for the delay in replying …
Thank you so much. Can I use any other bread instead of Pita Bread….
You can use it small qty to flavour butter …
Though I have had Arhar dal Khichdi so many times, never really thought of making a pulao out of it. Guess thats because it gets crushed so quickly and so I stick to Chana dal rather than Toor. But what a wonderful idea this is. Def goimng to give this a try 🙂
Thank you Nupur , yes the chana dal pulao is very popular in a punjabi home. Toor Dal since cooks faster , I use when I know I will not have much time to cook.