Rice And Lentil Mix

My mom makes this and i love it 🙂

Ingredients

• Rice = 1 cup (500gm)
• gram lentils = 1cup (500gm)
• salt
• cumin
• oil = half cup (250gm)
• onion = 1
• tomato = 1 (optional)

Instructions

STEP 1:

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

STEP 2:

STEP 3:

cooking the lentils

STEP 4:

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)

STEP 5:

2. Add 3 glasses of water in it

STEP 6:

3. Add half tablespoon salt

STEP 7:

4.Add half tablespoon cumin seeds

STEP 8:

STEP 9:

cooking the rice

STEP 10:

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

STEP 11:

now open the lid and drain the lentils

STEP 12:

save the water of the lentils you will need it later

STEP 13:

STEP 14:

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

STEP 15:

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

STEP 16:

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

STEP 17:

4. Now put it back in the wok

STEP 18:

5. Add 1 teaspoon salt in it

STEP 19:

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

STEP 20:

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

STEP 21:

8. Mix it with the onions

STEP 22:

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

STEP 23:

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)

STEP 24:

11. Now mix the lentils with rice a bit

STEP 25:

cover the wok and turn the heat to medium

STEP 26:

12. After 3 min stir them gently

STEP 27:

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.

STEP 28:

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

STEP 29:

STEP 30:

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

STEP 31:

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