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Tuesday 2 March 2010

Spicy Tahari!!!

This spicy rice main dish is very popular in India.It is cooked with lamb/chicken/beef/vegetables + rice and other spices.Its a form of Biryani,but the cooking procedure is entirely different.Have it for any Sunday lunch or any day and your meals will become more special.Heres the recipe with chicken.

Cooking Time:30-35 mins
Preparation Time:15mins
Serves 4-5



Ingredients:




  • lamb/chicken/beef-500gms
  • Rice- 3 cups
  • Red lentils/Masoor dal-1/4 cup
  • Onions(sliced)- 2
  • Tomatoes(chopped)- 500gms
  • Whole garam masala- 2"cinnamon,8 cardamoms,5 cloves,5 peppercorns,2 bay leaves,1/2 tsp shahjeera.
  • Ginger and garlic paste- 1tbsp
  • Red chilli powder-1 1/2tsp
  • Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
  • Corriander powder-1/2 tsp
  • Green Chillies(slit)- 2-3
  • Corriander leaves(chopped)-1/2 cup
  • Mint leaves(chopped)-1/2 cup
  • Oil-3/4 cup
  • Salt to taste
Cooking Directions:


  • Clean the chicken pieces trimming all the excess fat n cutting in to medium sized pieces.
  • Wash and soak the rice for 30mins.
  • Heat oil in a vessel and put the onions and cook till brown then add the whole garam masala and let it crackle for a minute.
  • Then add the ginger and garlic paste,then add tomatoes and saute till tomatoes become soft.
  • At this point add Chicken,Turmeric powder,red chilli powder,corriander powder and salt to taste.Add 1/2 cup water and Cover and cook for atleast 15 minutes.
  • Put water.Now for every 1 cup of rice you have to put 1 and 1/2 cupof water.As the rice is soaked it vl require less water,if you put more water the rice will become sticky.
  • Let the water boil.
  • Then put the washed red lentils,,rice,corriander leaves,mint leaves and green chillies.
  • Cook on medium heat.keep stirring in between.when there is very little water remaining reduce the burner  to  very slow flame for about 15-20 mins.alternatively you can put this vessel on a pan and then put it on the burner for slow heating.
  • Serve hot with Curd-raita.

2 comments:

  1. this recipe reminded me of my mom's cooking...will certainly try it..thanks tazaika

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  2. Tahari with red lentils, chicken, tomatoes and spices sounds very good, I will definitely try inshallah.

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