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Amla Rice | Happy Tummy Amla Rice | Usirikaya Annam

Bachelors Recipes | vegetarian

  • Prep Time 1 Mins
  • Cook Time 20 Mins
  • Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 1(185) cup(gms) Rice
  • 2 cups Water
  • 1/2 tbsp Turmeric (Haldi)
  • Salt (to taste)
  • 2 tbsp Sesame Seeds (Til)
  • 1/2 tbsp Pepper Corns
  • 2.5 tbsp Oil
  • 1 tbsp Mustard Seeds (Rai)
  • 1 tbsp Chickpea Lentils (Chana Dal/ Senaga Pappu)
  • 1 tbsp Black Gram (Urad Dal/ Mina Pappu)
  • 3 tbsp Peanuts (Moong Phali)
  • 1 tbsp Cumin (Zeera)
  • 2 Pinches Asafetida (Heeng)
  • 2 Sprigs Curry Leaves
  • 1/2 tbsp Ginger (grated)
  • 2 Dry Chillies
  • 2 Green Chillies
  • 1 tbsp Sambar Powder
  • 5 Amla (lemon-sized)

Instructions

  1. Put the rice in a cooker with water, salt and Turmeric and close the lid. After three whistles, close the cooker. As soon as the steam ends, open the cooker and spread the rice out to cool.
  2. Dry roast sesame seeds and Pepper Corns till the seeds splutter. When it cools pound it roughly.
  3. Grate the Amlas and set aside.
  4. Heat oil in a seasoning pot. Fry Mustard seeds, Chana Dal, Urad Dal and Peanuts on a medium flame until the peanuts crackle. Slow seasoning gives the dish a special taste.
  5. Put the rest of the ingredients into the fried seasoning one by one. Fry till good aromas emanate. Put the rest of the ingredients into the fried seasoning one by one. Fry till good aromas emanate.
  6. Add the Sambar Powder and put the stove off after 30 seconds. Now add the grated Amla. This will help to remove the raw smell from the Amla
  7. Mix the Seasoning with the cooled rice slowly and thoroughly. Leave aside for 30 minutes for the sourness of Amlas to get absorbed in the rice.
  8. This healthy Amla Rice is ideal for Lunch Boxes. It is also a perfect Prasadam (Puja Offering).