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.

Vegetable Manchaw Soup

Vegetable Manchow Soup

Serves: 4 persons

Ingredients:

• ⅓ cup carrots finely chopped
• ⅓ cup scallion finely chopped(greens and white seperately)
• ¼ cup green beans finely chopped
• ¼ cup green bell pepper finely chopped
• 1½ tablespoon corn starch + 3 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon red chili sauce
• 1½ tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1½ tablespoon ketchup
• 3 cups water
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Oil to fry + 1 teaspoon oil
• 1 teaspoon ginger finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon garlic finely chopped
• ½ teaspoon schezwan sauce
• ½ packet of cooked Veg hakka noodles

Method:

1. To cook veg hakka noodles, checkout the recipe for Veg Hakka Noodles
2. Heat oil in a pan. Add cooked hakka noodles fry them till golden brown. Drain them on paper and keep it aside.
3. Add a teaspoon of oil into a pan. Add gineger and garlic. Fry for a second and add rest of the vegetables except the greens.
4. Add 3 cups of water into the vegetables and let it boil. Add all the sauces,salt, and pepper. Mix well and let it boil for a while.
5. Add cornstarch and 3 tablespoons of water in a small bowl and mix it properly.
6. Add this cornstarch mixture to the boiling water. Stir it and cook for a minute. Turn off the flame and garnish with chopped greens and fried noodles .
7. Serve immediately.

Note:

1. You can add 1 green chili finely chopped instead of schezwan sauce.
2. Adjust water according to the consistency of soup you want.