Amla Rice
Amla Rice- A healthy delicious rice and Indian Gooseberry pulao
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 cup Cooked rice
- 8 big Indian Gooseberry /amla
- to taste Salt / Namak
- Pinch of Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
- 3 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch (chopped)
- Handful of Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya (chopped)
- 1/2 inch Ginger / Adrak (chopped)
- Pinch Roasted Fenugreek Powder (optional)
- 1 tbsp Ghee/Clarified Butter (optional)
- 3 tbsp Peanuts / Moongphali
- 1 tsp Bengal gram /chana daal
- 1 tsp White lentil/urad daal
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Rai *
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
- 2 Dried Red Chilli, Whole
- 10 Curry Leaves / Kadi Patta
- 4 tbsp Cooking Oil
Instructions
- 1
Wash amla and chop into small pieces ,discard the seeds.
- 2
Take a mixer jar and add chopped green chilies, ginger, amla and fresh coriander and grind to make a paste. can add 1-2 tsp water if having difficulty in grinding.
- 3
Heat oil in a wide pan and add peanuts and fry for few seconds til it start to crackle.
- 4
Now add urad daal, chana daal and stir for few seconds. then add cumin, mustard seed ,dried red chili, asafoetida and curry leaves and saute.
- 5
When the cumin and the lentils become golden red in colour then add the amla paste in the pan and saute for 2 minutes on medium heat.
- 6
Now add turmeric powder,the cooked rice, salt , roasted fenugreek powder and mix gently..
- 7
Cook till the rice become hot and steaming.at this step you can add 1 tbsp of ghee before switching off the heat.
- 8
Serve amla rice with papad, potato chips, aloo sabzi ,boondi raita or buttermilk.