Green Cilantro Rice / Pachi Kothamalli Sadham / Hara Dhaniy Chawal

Green Cilantro Rice /  Pachai Kothamalli Sadham  /  Hara Dhaniya Chawal.

Basmati Rice : 1 cup

Water : 1 + ½ cups

Coriander leaves : 1 bunch

Green chilly :  3

Lemon Juice :  2 tsp

Salt to taste

Til Oil : 2 tbsp

Mustard seeds : 1 tsp

Black gram : 1 tsp

Hing powder : 2 pinches

          Wash coriander leaves and drain them well.

Soak rice for 15 minutes and cook with water in a pressure cooker for 2 whistles , using inner vessel.

Open as and when the pressure drops.

Spread rice on a big plate to cool down.

Meanwhile …  heat oil and temper with mustard seeds and when it starts popping add black gram and when black gram turns into golden brown add green chilly and hing powder and sauté for few seconds. 

Remove  green chilly and grind with chopped coriander leaves to a nice paste , without adding water. 

By this time , rice would have come to room temperature…..

Mix Rice + Salt to taste + Coriander paste + Lemon juice + Tempering nicely.   

Very tasty and colourful Raw Cilantro Rice is ready to serve.

Note :
*  Use only leaf part and not stem of Cilantro