Easy Thakkali Sadam is the neivedyam for Navratri Day 5. I opted to make this spicy using masala powder and also used cooked rice, which makes this really very fast. This is yet another no onion, no garlic rice, very apt for Navratri Season. I have already shared couple of other Thakkali sadam one in 2013 and few other versions as well.
With Kids school closing for pooja holidays, they are at home, feeling bored already on the day 1 itself. They have a weeks off and I am not sure what they will want to. The climate has been very chill since morning, with drizzle happening occasionally. I am missing my regular Madras rains this year!
Thakkali Rice | Tomato Mixed Rice
Ingredients Needed
For the Rice
1 cup Cooking Rice
1/2 cup Tomato Puree
1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder
A Pinch Turmeric Powder
1 tsp Cooking Oil
1 tsp Ghee
1 tsp Chana Dal
1 tsp Urad Dal
1 tsp Mustard Seeds
4 to 5 Cashew nuts
Few Curry Leaves
Salt to Taste
For the Spice Powder
3 tbsp Coconut grated
1 tsp Chana Dal
1 tsp Urad Dal
3 Dry Red Chillies
For the Spice Powder
Dry roast all the ingredients listed under spice powder. Allow to cool and grind to a smooth powder. Keep it aside.
For the Mixed Rice
Make a puree of the tomato, keep it aside.
Heat a nonstick pan with oil, temper with curry leaves, chana dal, mustard, urad dal, cashews and saute well.
Now add the tomato puree, salt, turmeric powder and simmer till the tomato puree gets cooked. This takes about 5 to 6 mins on high. If you want you can cook this in low flame.
Then add the spice powder and combine.
Add ghee and mix in cooked rice.
Combine everything well and offer as prasadam before partaking.
Recipe
Thakkali Rice | Tomato Mixed Rice
Ingredients
For the Rice
- 1 cup Cooking Rice
- 1/2 cup Tomato puree
- 1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder
- A Pinch Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Cooking Oil
- 1 tsp Ghee
- 1 tsp Chana Dal
- 1 tsp Urad dal
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 4 to 5 Cashew Nuts
- Few Curry Leaves
- Salt to taste
For the Spice Powder
- 3 tbsp Coconut grated
- 1 tsp Chana Dal
- 1 tsp Urad dal
- 3 Dry Red Chillies
Instructions
For the Spice Powder
- Dry roast all the ingredients listed under spice powder. Allow to cool and grind to a smooth powder. Keep it aside.
For the Mixed Rice
- Make a puree of the tomato, keep it aside.
- Heat a nonstick pan with oil, temper with curry leaves, chana dal, mustard, urad dal, cashews and saute well.
- Now add the tomato puree, salt, turmeric powder and simmer till the tomato puree gets cooked. This takes about 5 to 6 mins on high. If you want you can cook this in low flame.
- Then add the spice powder and combine.
- Add ghee and mix in cooked rice.
- Combine everything well and offer as prasadam before partaking.
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