Arisimparuppu sadham

This is my ultimate comfort food and a kongu cuisine speciality. Whenever I run out of idli dosa batter or I am in no mood to spend a lot of time in kitchen because my favourite show is on TV or I have to cook something only for myself, i make this.This is such a simple dish but we love it a lot.

I mostly make this for dinner as it tastes well if eaten hot. We have it with ghee and vadagam for first serving and with curd and pickle for second serving.We are so obsessed with this dish that we have a separate rice variety stocked in our store room for this dish.

What you will need:

• Rice- a little more than 3/4 cup
• Toor dal- a little less than 1/4 cup
• Green chillies-3
• Shallots/pearl onions-10
• Chilli powder- 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves- 1 sprig
• Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp chopped
• Grated coconut- 2tbsp
• Oil- 1 tbsp
• Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp
• Water-2.5 cups
• Salt- as needed

How to:

1.Take rice and dal in a bowl. Rinse and wash well and soak in water for half an hour. Peel shallots and slit green chillies.

 

2.Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add mustard seeds, let it splutter .Add shallots, green chillies and curry leaves. 

 

3. Add 2.5 cups of water. Let it boil. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt.Add rice.

 

4. When it comes to rolling boil, add grated coconut, 1 tbsp of chopped coriander leaves .

 

5. Close the cooker with lid and pressure cook for 3 whistles in medium flame and switch off.

 

6. Once the pressure releases, open lid , add remaining coriander leaves and mix well.

P.S:

• This is a simple version of Arisimparuppu. You can add tomato, garlic. 
• You can replace grated coconut with chopped coconut bits.
• Dont add more dal as it may make rice mushy.
• You can skip chilli powder and use only green chillies.
• You can add pepper and cumin seeds while tempering along with mustard seeds.
• You can add channa dal(kadala paruppu),green gram  dal (pacha payaru),avarai parupu or thatta payaru instead of toor dal.
• Except channa dal and toor dal, others have to be cooked separately and added.
• Before serving you can add coconut oil , mix well and serve.