Ingredients

Instructions

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  • 1. Soak rice and lentils separately in water overnight or 2 3 hours before cooking

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  • cooking the lentils

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  • 1. Put the one cup lentils which you have soaked in pressure cooker or a simple pot if you do not have a pressure cooker ( pressure cooker cooks it quickly so its easy)

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  • 2. Add 3 glasses of water in it

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  • 3. Add half tablespoon salt

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  • 4.Add half tablespoon cumin seeds

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  • cooking the rice

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  • close the lid and let it cook on medium to high heat till the pressure cooker blows the whistle after that let it cook for another 3 mins

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  • now open the lid and drain the lentils

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  • save the water of the lentils you will need it later

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  • 1. In a wok add half cup oil and fry the chopped onions in it till they turn light brown

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  • 2. Now add half glass water in it and let it cook for 2 – 3 mins on high heat

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  • 3. After half of the water is dry put this mixture in a blender and blend it

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  • 4. Now put it back in the wok

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  • 5. Add 1 teaspoon salt in it

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  • 6. At this point you can add a chopped tomato if you want

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  • 7.Now cook it for 5 mins on high heat and then add the lentils which you have separated

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  • 8. Mix it with the onions

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  • 9.Now cook it for 2- 3 mins and add the water which you had saved from lentils

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  • 10. Now add the rice which you had soaked previously (drain the water in which you had soaked them . We do not need that water)

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  • 11. Now mix the lentils with rice a bit

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  • cover the wok and turn the heat to medium

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  • 12. After 3 min stir them gently

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  • 13. When the water dries up and only a bit is left cover the wok with a cloth and put the lid on with the flame on low.

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  • 14.Cook the rice for another 10 min or till you see steam coming out from the sides of cloth

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  • you can eat it with pickles or yogurt or with mangoes . It tastes very yummy and cooks really quickly although the recipe seems long.

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  • do comment if you try and tell me how you thought it was 🙂
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