Daal Chawal Bowl

Daal Chawal Bowl

#Serves: 2 persons

Daal is a lentil curry and Chawal is a rice. The concept of bowl is simply you add grains,proteins, vegetables of your choice and any seasoning for the flavor. I was trying to make healthy version, so I used brown rice. You can have your regular rice or quinoa too. For the proteins, I have used Indian style lentil curry. I used toor dal (pigeon pea) but you can choose any other variety too. For the vegetables, I made a simple salad with tomato, onion and green bell pepper. I hope you guys like this Indian style healthy vegetarian bowl.

Ingredients:

To cook rice:

• 1 cup brown rice
• 2 cup water
• Salt to taste

lentil Curry or daal :

Vegetable Salad:

• 1 tomato chopped finely
• 1 small green bell pepper chopped finely
• 1 small onion chopped finely
• 1 green chili chopped finely
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
• ¼ teaspoon honey

Method:

1. Wash and drain the rice completely. Add 2 cups of fresh water and cook the rice in a pressure cooker or rice cooker.
2. Make daal according to the instructions.
3. Add all the ingredients for the vegetable salad in a bowl. Mix well.
4. Get another bowl. Add one portion rice, one portion daal and salad in the middle.
5. Mix and enjoy the meal.

Dal Fry

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Toor dal (Pigeon pea)
• ¼ cup Chana dal ( bengal gram)
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 2 small tomatoes finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder
• 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
• ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon kasuri methi (dry fenugreek leaves)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon cilantro chopped
• 2 dry red chillies
• salt to taste
• Pich of asafoetida

Method:

1. Wash the dals with water. Add enough fresh water and soak them for 15 minutes.
2. Add salt, turmeric powder and fenugreek seeds to the dal and pressure cook them over medium flame. Cook upto 3-4 whistles.
3. Let the pressure come down and then remove dal from the pressure cooker. Do not mash the dal completely.
4. Heat oil in a pan. Add cummin seeds, pinch of asafoetida and dry red chillies
5. Add chopped onion and stir-fry over a medium flame for 1 minute.
6. Add ginger-garlic paste and saute for 1 minute. Add chopped tomatoes and cook until the raw aroma of tomatoes is gone.
7. Add salt, garam masala, red chili powder and mix it properly. Add cooked dal to the pan.
8. Add 1 cup of water and let it cook on a medium flame. Stir in between.
9. Add 1 tablespoon of butter and chopped cilantro to the dal. Dal should not be thin.
10. Add kasuri methi and switch off the flame. Serve hot with Rice or Pulao.