Chunka Dahi Pakhala

Name: Chunka Dahi Pakhala
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup raw rice; 1 inch ginger peeled, minced; 2 green chillies sliced; 3,4 curry leaves; 1 cup water or as much as required to cover the rice; 1 tsp mustard oil; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 4 dry red chillies; 1 sprig curry leaves,; 8-10 leaves; Salt to taste; 1/2 gondhoraj lebu; 1/2 cup curd

Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

In the heat of Indian summer , pakhala bhata is comfort food, cooling & healing.
A simple recipe of cooked rice , water & curd, flavoured with fresh ginger, fresh chilli, tempered in the chunka version, with cumin seeds , dry chilli & curry leaves in mustard oil.
The chunka Dahi Pakhala is left by o ferment overnight & eaten the next day .The juice of gondhoraj lebu enhances the taste.
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Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

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Ingredients

20 minutes

4 servings

1 cupraw rice
1 inchginger peeled, minced
2green chillies sliced
3,4curry leaves
1 cup water or as much as required to cover the rice
1 tsp mustard oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
4 dry red chillies
1 sprig curry leaves,
8-10 leaves
Salt to taste
1/2 gondhoraj lebu
1/2 cup curd

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Bring water to a boil, add the washed,rinsed rice.
2

Strain the cooked rice & retain the water.
3

Peel & slice the ginger.Slice green chillies, shred curry leaves, pound them together in a mortal & pestle along with 2,3 curry leaves.
4

Once the strained rice has cooled completely, add the coarse pounded ginger, chilli, curry leaves.
5

Add the rice water, add the curd & stir well.
6

Heat mustard oil in a small pan.Add mustard seeds, let them burst.Add dry red chillies, curry leaves & pour the tadka seasoning on the prepared rice.
7

Cover the seasoned rice & allow it to ferment at room temperature overnight.
8

Before serving it add salt,squeeze slices of gondhoraj lebu over the dahi pakhala & mix it well.
9

Serve the chunka dahi pakhala with brinjal fry, drumstick fry, pumpkin fry, bitter gourd fry, potato fry, laddies finger, parwal fry,saga, kuler chutney, pumpkin flower fry, badi chura/ sundried lentils fry roast & crumbled & mixed with onion.