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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Rinse the rice and lentils in several changes of water, and let soak for 1-4 hours. Drain. | 2. Add enough water to cover the lentils and rice by 1 inch, and bring to a boil (try to remove any foam that may rise to the top during this process). | 3. Reduce heat and add turmeric and salt. | 4. Cover and let simmer on LOW heat until rice and lentils are tender, about 30mins. | 5. Keep checking to see if water needs replenishing, you don't want it to dry out. Stir often so it doesn't stick at the bottom. | 6. Keep adding water till rice is overcooked (grains no longer separate) and you have a thick porridge-like consistency. (You have to play it by ear and add water to thin the consistency or increase heat for a thicker mixture). | 7. In a small saucepan, heat ghee and then add the cinnamon stick, bay leaves, cloves, cardamom and cumin seeds. | 8. When they are fragrant and splutter, add the onion and garlic and cook till onion is softened. | 9. Pour this mixture into the lentil-rice mixture and stir to combine well. | 10. Just before serving serving, drizzle with lemon juice if desired. | 11. (Note: This dish is best served hot immediately. It will thicken a lot as it cools, so if you plan to reheat it, add more water as you reheat it, till it's a soupy consistency again). | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
basmati rice	1	cup		-	-	-	-
lentil	1	cup	assorted	81.62	17.0478	6.8992	0.4235
turmeric powder	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
ghee	4 -6	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
cinnamon	1			-	-	-	-
bay leaf	4			-	-	-	-
clove	4	cloves		-	-	-	-
cardamom pod	6			-	-	-	-
cumin seed	3	teaspoons		23.625	2.7871	1.122	1.403
onion	1		chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
garlic clove	4			-	-	-	-
salt				-	-	-	-
lemon juice				-	-	-	-
cilantro				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.