Nellikkai Sadam, How to make Amla rice using leftover rice, Easy Lunch Box Recipe
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Author: Premalatha Aravindhan
Recipe type: lunch box
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
2 cup cooked rice or leftover rice + 1tsp oil
2 gooseberry/nellikkai, grated
1-inch ginger or maa inji grated
3 green chilies
grated carrots(optional)
salt as required
For tempering
1 tsp mustard seeds,
1 tbsp chana dal,
½ tsp urad dal,
10 cashews or peanuts
curry leaves
Instructions
Take rice if you are using the leftover rice from the fridge, bring it to room temperature, and then add a tsp of oil and then use it. If it is newly cooked rice, cool down completely and then sprinkle oil spread it in a plate, keep aside. Now Heat a tsp oil in a Kadai add 1 tsp mustard seeds, 1 tbsp chana dal, ½ tsp urad dal, 10 cashews or peanuts fry well, let the mustard seeds splutter.
Add curry leaves, 2 gooseberries grated, 1-inch ginger or mango ginger grated, 3 green chilies saute well.
Add 1 tsp salt and ⅓ tsp turmeric powder, mix well. Add the cooked rice saute well on low flame. just toss for a min and then switch off the stove. Tasty delicious Nellikkai Sadam is ready to serve.
Notes
for best result use leftover rice nellikkai Sadam stays good for a day if you are using leftover rice. if you use newly cooked rice it will stay good for 2 days its a very good travel food too, if you are packing for travel, add more sesame oil. since oil is a natural preservative.
Recipe by Prema's Culinary at https://premasculinary.com/2021/02/nellikkai-sadam-make-amla-rice-using-left-rice-easy-lunch-box-recipe.html