Preparation Time: 10 min.
Cooking Time: 30 min.
Serves: 2 persons

Ingredients:

• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon chilli powder
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder
• 2 tablespoons ghee for seasoning
• salt to taste
• 1 cup rice
• ¼ cup tuver daal or moong daal
• 2 cloves
• a piece/stick of cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon chilli-ginger paste

Method:

• wash daal and rice in separate vessels and soak for 15 minutes in warm water
• then drain water from daal and rice
• heat the ghee in a presure cooker
• add rai, when it splutters add chilli-ginger paste
• add daal and little salt
• stir fry
• add some water and let the daal cook a little
• add the rice
• add all the other spices and some salt
• stir well and add 4 cups of water
• cook in pressure cooker on full heat for 15 minutes
• when ready add about 1 tablespoon of ghee, stir well and serve