Arisi Parupu Sadam/ Dal Rice

Step by step procedure with photos, to prepare Arisi Parupu Sadam. Arisi parupu sadam is a very popular rice recipe in Coimbatore. Though I brought up around the same district, my mom haven't prepare this dish at home. I got to taste this delicious dal rice at my friend Saranya's home. This was during my school days and I still remember, how tasty her mom would prepare the rice!!! So I phoned her up on a weekend and got the recipe. And I told her,if it comes out well and taste similar to her mom's preparation, I would share the recipe in my blog.

Arisi Parupu Sadam

            Well, this is quite an easy to prepare and comforting one pot meal. Addition to it, my hubby is fond of dal dishes, so I didn't wait to prepare. This was the first time he got to taste Arisi parupu sadam and he liked it very much and my 3 year old little one also loved it. So here I am sharing the recipe with you. I used raw rice, but par-boiled rice or puzungal arisi is the best choice to prepare Arisi Parupu Sadam. Scroll further to see the full recipe.

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Preparation time: 25 min
Cooking time: 20 min
Serves: 3
Category: Variety rice
Recipe by Vidhya

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Ingredients

Rice (preferred par-boiled rice/puzungal arisi) - 1 cup

Thoor dal/Pigeon pea/Thuvaram parupu - 1/2 cup
Sambhar Powder (Ready-made powder also will do for this dish) - 1 table spoon

Tomato - 2 Medium sized finely chopped

Onion - 1 Medium sized chopped lengthwise

Ginger - 1 spoon finely chopped

Garlic - 1 spoon finely chopped
Ghee(Optional) - 1 table spoon
Salt - As per your taste
Coriander leaves - 1 table spoon finely chopped

To temper

Mustard seed/kadugu - 1/2 spoon

Cumin seeds/Jeera - 1 spoon

Dry chilli - 1

Oil - 1 to 1 1/2 table spoon

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Method

Now we will see how to prepare Arisi Parupu Sadam/Dal Rice...

• Cook the rice and dal separately. For cooking rice I used water in the ratio of 1:2.
• Chop the tomato, onion, ginger and garlic.
  
  
• In a kadai, pour 1 to 1 1/2 spoon of oil. When it is hot add mustard seeds. Allow it splutter. Now add jeera and then add ginger and garlic. Fry until the raw smell of ginger and garlic goes off and it should turn slightly brown.
  
• Add chopped onion and stir it until it turns transparent/golden brown.
  
• Now add the chopped tomato, give a stir. Add turmeric powder, sambhar powder and salt.
  
• Cook until tomatoes get mushy. Now add the cooked dal and mix it well. cook for another 4-5 min in medium heat.
  
• Now add a table spoon of ghee. Give a stir.
  
• Remove the kadai from hot plate.
• Now add the cooked rice and mix it well. Garnish it with coriander leaves.
  
  
• And now the Arisi Parupu Sadam is ready to be served with vadam/apalam/potato poriyal.

  

  Arisi Parupu Sadam

Note:

• For cooking dal - Soak the dal in water for 20 - 30 min before cooking. Add a pinch of turmeric powder while pressure cooking the dal.
• I used home made sambhar powder. you can also use ready-made sambhar powder.
• Add curry leaves while tempering would add more flavour to the rice.