Panchmel Dal or Panchratna Dal and Jeera Rice

Name: Panchmel Dal or Panchratna Dal and Jeera Rice
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/4 cup Pigeon peas (Tuvar dal / Toor dal); 1/2 cup Split yellow lentils (Moong dal); 1/4 cup Red lentils (Masoor dal); 1 handful Split chickpeas (chana dal); 1 handful Split and skinned gram (urad dal); 1 cup water or as required; 2-3 tbsp oil; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 2 green chillies; 1 tsp ginger garlic paste; 1 big chopped onion; 2 tomatoes chopped; 1/2 tsp turmeric; 1/4 tsp asafoetida; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1 tsp kasuri methi; 1 tsp salt to taste or as required; 1/2 tsp garam masala; 2 cup basmati rice (raw); 1/2 Salt to taste or as required; 1-3/4 cup water or as required; 1 tbsp cumin seeds; 2 tbsp oil; 1 handful coriander leaves for serving

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Sampada Shrungarpure @cook_24516791

India

#week16 #CA26 #dalchawal #jeerarice #panchmeldal #PanchmelDal #jeerarice-pressurecooker #PanchratnaDal

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#week16 #CA26 #dalchawal #jeerarice #panchmeldal #PanchmelDal #jeerarice-pressurecooker #PanchratnaDal

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Ingredients

30 minutes

4 servings

1/4 cupPigeon peas (Tuvar dal / Toor dal)
1/2 cupSplit yellow lentils (Moong dal)
1/4 cupRed lentils (Masoor dal)
1 handfulSplit chickpeas (chana dal)
1 handfulSplit and skinned gram (urad dal)
1 cupwater or as required
2-3 tbspoil
1 tspcumin seeds
2green chillies
1 tspginger garlic paste
1big chopped onion
2tomatoes chopped
1/2 tspturmeric
1/4 tspasafoetida
1 tspred chilli powder
1 tspcoriander powder
1 tspkasuri methi
1 tspsalt to taste or as required
1/2 tspgaram masala
For jeera rice
2 cupbasmati rice (raw)
1/2Salt to taste or as required
1-3/4 cupwater or as required
1 tbspcumin seeds
2 tbspoil
1 handfulcoriander leaves for serving

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Steps

30 minutes

1

In a mixing bowl take all 5 dals mentioned above. Wash them 3 times till water in it gets clear. In a pressure cooker add all the dal's and add required quantity of water in it. Add some salt to taste and a pinch of turmeric. Cook for 3 to 4 whistles.
2

Heat a pan. Add oil in it once hot add cumin seeds in it. Once it splutters add ginger garlic paste, onion and green chillies and sauté it. Next add tomatoes to it and a pinch of salt so that tomatoes are sauté well and becomes mushy.
3

Now add asafoetida, turmeric, red chilli powder, coriander powder, kasuri methi and sauté it for 1 or 2 minutes, add little water to it so that spices don't burn. Now put cooked dal in it. Mix well and adjust the consistency by water as needed. Then add garam masala in it. Once it starts boiling switch of the gas. Panchmel dal or Panchratna dal is ready to serve.
4

For preparing jeera rice in a pressure cooker :- in a bowl take rice and wash for 2-3 times. Soak the rice for 30 minutes. Now heat the pressure cooker add oil in it, once hot put cumin seeds in it. Now put the soaked basmati raw rice mix well and pour required quantity of water in it, add salt to taste and mix well. Cover it with lid and pressure for 1 or 2 whistles. Once it cools down, while serving put coriander leaves in it.
5

Panchmel Dal or Panchratna Dal and Jeera Rice is ready to serve. Serve hot.