Thotha Rice

Name: Thotha Rice
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup saabut tuvar soaked overnight and boiled; 3/4 cup onion coarse paste; 1/2 cup tomato puree; 1/4 cup Green onions finely chopped; 3 tbsp oil; 2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste (freshly made); 1 green chilli finely chopped; Salt, turmeric, red chilli and cumin coriander powder as per taste; 1 tsp Garam masala; 2-3 cloves; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 bay leaf; 2-3 whole red chillies; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 1 tsp Cumin; 1 tsp Asaefotida

Leena Mehta @DesiTadka26

Ahmedabad

#Comfort
#Ahmedabadi delight
#winterfood

Thotha means saabut tuvar cooked with same quantities of onion, oil and tuvar with added spices. Well in routine we don't add that much oil. It's served with bread or rice in city area while in villages it's served with bajra Rotla.

#Comfort
#Ahmedabadi delight
#winterfood

Leena Mehta @DesiTadka26

Ahmedabad

#Comfort
#Ahmedabadi delight
#winterfood

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Ingredients

1 cupsaabut tuvar soaked overnight and boiled
3/4 cuponion coarse paste
1/2 cuptomato puree
1/4 cupGreen onions finely chopped
3 tbspoil
2 tbspGinger garlic paste (freshly made)
1green chilli finely chopped
Salt, turmeric, red chilli and cumin coriander powder as per taste
1 tspGaram masala
2-3cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1 bay leaf
2-3 whole red chillies
1 tspMustard seeds
1 tspCumin
1 tspAsaefotida

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Steps

1

Add oil in a pan. Once hot add bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon. Add mustard seeds and cumin. Once mustard crackles add saabut dry chillies and asafoetida.
2

Add onion greens and paste to it. Saute it for 2 minutes. Add ginger garlic paste. Add chopped green chillies.Saute it for a while and add tomato puree.
3

Cook it nicely. Add all basic spices to it and roast until oil starts releasing.
4

Add boiled tuvar. Mix nicely. Add water of boiled tuvar. Add around 2-3 cups of water.
5

Let it simmer on it's own on slow flame for 25-30 minutes.
6

Thotha is ready to serve. Enjoy with bread or plain rice.