kothamali puthina sadam

This is a very simple and good lunch box idea other than the regular rice preparations (like pulliokara or lemon rice). Chopping veges is a boring task everyday,this dish doesn't require much of it and also has more nutritional value along with high fibre content.

Preparation time:20 minutes

Serves:4

Ingredients:

Coriander leaves – 1 cup

Mint leaves – 1 cup

Green chili – 3 nos.

Onion – 1(medium)

Tomato – 1(medium)

Coconut – 2 pieces (1 inch)

Ginger garlic paste – 2 table spoon

Garam masala powder – 1 table spoon

Oil - 1 table spoon

Ghee - 1 table spoon

Salt to taste

 

For seasoning;

Cinnamon – 1 piece

bay leaf – 1

Jeera – 1/2 table spoon

Pepper - 1/2 table spoon

Sauf - 1/2 table spoon

Cloves – 2 nos.

Star anise – 1 nos

Cardamom – 2

Preparation:

Wash and soak the rice in water for ½ an hour.

Wash mint and coriander leaves

In a mixie jar add the washed leaves along with green chilli, tomato and coconut. Blend it into a smooth paste.

Wash and chop onions.

In a pressure cooker add oil and heat it. Add the seasoning, when it splutters add the sliced onions and curry leaves fry till, they become translucent. Now add the turmeric powder & ginger garlic paste and sauté till the raw smell goes away.

Add the paste which we made earlier and cook it for a few minutes then add the rice after draining the water.

Add proportionate amount of water and salt as per your taste.

Now add ghee & garam masala powder and mix thoroughly. Cook it for 2 whistles. When the steam is gone open the lid and mix lightly.

Your dish is ready to be served along with raita.

Note:

You can use basmati rice or bullet rice or raw rice.

Usually we cook rice with 1 :2 water , but since we soaked the rice just add 1 ¼ cup water for this recipe , because there is water content in the paste we grind and also in the onion .

We are adding coconut in this recipe so that the rice will not become dry even after few hours, so we can pack this for kids' lunch box.

Hope you prepare this dish, if your kids like this preparation – let me know in the comments section.