Nilanga Rice – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Heat up oil in a cooker.
• Add onion and fry until it gets nice golden color.
• You can add sliced onion too.
• Add tomato, ginger-garlic paste, green chili, turmeric powder, red chili powder and mix well.
• You can use regular kala masala or garam masala in place of kala masala.
• Add potato fenugreek leaves and mix well.
• Fry for about just 2 minutes.
• In a bowl take rice, masoor dal and mix well.
• Wash dal and rice well 2-3 times with water. No need to soak the rice.
• Add the washed rice and dal into the cooker.
• Add water, salt, kasuri methi and mix well.
• Add ghee and mix well.
• Close the lid and cook on medium heat until 2 whistles.
• Nilanga rice is all ready.
• You can have this rice as it is with slice of lemon, & ghee.
• Can be served with salad too.