Nasi Dhal Ayah
My father loves Fridays!
My father loves Fridays! He always insisted everyone to be home for our Friday long lunches before prayers. This day every week, we are treated with every variety of rice dishes you could imagine! Nasi Bokhari, Nasi Tomato, Nasi Minyak,Nasi Beriani Gam and the list goes on. Nasi Dhal is one of the rice dishes that we have and apart from Beriani Gam, it is my favourite rice dish!
Ingredients
- Ingredients:~3 cups Basmathi rice
- water3.5 cups
- of water blended with 2 inches of ginger1 cup
- salt½ cup dhal beans, soaked for an hour1.5 tsp
- ghee1 tbsp
- coconut oil1 tbsp
- screwpine leaves, tied into a knot2 pieces
- 5 cloves
- 5 cardamoms1 cinnamon stick 2 star anise½ onion, sliced finely
- 5 garlic, sliced½ cup evaporated milk, mixed with 1 tbsp lime juice
Instructions
- 1.
Wash the rice and drain.
- 2.
Put it in the rice cooker with the dhal, water, ginger juice and salt.In a small pan, heat the oil and ghee.
- 3.
Fry the screwpine leaves, then the spices.
- 4.
Put the onions and garlic in the oil and sautee.When the onion softens, pour the oil mixture onto the rice in the rice cooker.
- 5.
Stir briefly to mix the flavors in.Start the rice cooker.When the rice cooks, pour the milk evenly on top of the rice.Let it rest a while.
- 6.
Eat after it rests for 10 minutes.