BRINJAL LIMA BEAN RICE (Motchai paruppu)

Ingredients

• Oil
• Mustard – ½ t spoon
• Finely chopped small onions – 15
• Curry leaves – 1 stem
• Pudina leaves – few
• Finely cut coconut pieces – 3 table spoons
• Brinjal – 5
• Pressure cooked dal
• Ground material
• Rice – 1 cup
• Water – 3 cups
• Salt to taste

     To grind

• Cumin – 1 ½ t spoon
• Coriander seeds – 3 t spoon
• Curry leaves – 1 stem
• Garlic – 5 pods
• Dry chilli -3
• Pepper powder- ½ t spoon
• Fennel – 1 t spoon

     For Dal preparation

• Split and Dried lima beans (Motchai paruppu)  -1/4 cup
• Water – 1 cup
• Castor oil – 1 t spoon
• Turmeric -1 t spoon

Method

• First pressure cook the items given under dal preparation by allowing 3 vissils. Separate the dal by filtering the water and use it later when water is needed to cook rice.
• Sauté the items given in the same order in another pressure cooker
• Once the brinjal turns slightly brownish add the filtered dal , ground material, rice and water ( use the dal water ).
• Pressure cook by allowing 3 visils and serve hot .

http://sangeethaskitchen.blogspot.in/p/spicy-treats-event-schedule.html
http://naliniscooking.blogspot.in/2012/07/show-me-your-hits-legumes-and-lentils.html