
- Serves
- 6
- Portion
- ≈250 g
- Time
- 50 min
- Texture
- Soft porridge
- Season
- WinterMonsoon
- Dosha
- Vata
- Pitta
- Kapha
Complete one-pot meal
Ingredients
What you need
| Done | Ingredient | Household measure | Quantity (6 servings) | Café batch ×5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice, white basmati (raw) | ¾ cup | 150 g | 750 g | |
| Toor / arhar dal | ½ cup | 100 g | 500 g | |
| Water | 5½ cups | 1300 ml | 6500 ml | |
| Turmeric powder | ¼ tsp | 1 g | 5 g | |
| Carrot | 1 | 80 g | 400 g | |
| French beans | 8 | 60 g | 300 g | |
| Green peas, fresh | ⅓ cup | 60 g | 300 g | |
| Pumpkin (kaddu) | ¾ cup | 100 g | 500 g | |
| Tamarind pulp | lime-size | 10 g | 50 g | |
| Jaggery (gur) | 2 tsp | 10 g | 50 g | |
| Coriander seed / powder | 1 tbsp (masala) | 6 g | 30 g | |
| Chana dal | 1 tsp (masala) | 5 g | 25 g | |
| Urad dal, split | ½ tsp (masala) | 3 g | 15 g | |
| Cinnamon | ½-inch | 0.5 g | 2.5 g | |
| Clove | 2 | 0.3 g | 1.5 g | |
| Kashmiri chilli powder (mild) | ¼ tsp | 1 g | 5 g | |
| Dry coconut (khopra), grated | 1½ tbsp | 15 g | 75 g | |
| Ghee (cow) | 4 tsp | 20 g | 100 g | |
| Mustard seeds | ¼ tsp | 1 g | 5 g | |
| Curry leaves | 8 | 1 g | 5 g | |
| Cashew nuts | 7 | 10 g | 50 g | |
| Rock salt (sendha namak) | 1 tsp | 5 g | 25 g |
Method
How to cook it
Step 1: Pressure-cook rice and toor with turmeric and 900 ml water 5 whistles; mash.
Step 2: Cook vegetables in remaining water with tamarind, jaggery and salt.
Step 3: Roast masala ingredients; grind with coconut; add to vegetables; simmer 5 minutes.
Step 4: Combine with rice–dal; loosen with hot water; temper ghee, mustard, curry leaves, cashews.
Nutrition
Per serving, estimated
242kcal
Energy
7.5g
Protein
6.4g
Fat
38.6g
Carbohydrate
4.3g
Fibre
0.8g
Salt
Where the energy comes from
Protein and carbohydrate × 4 kcal/g, fat × 9 kcal/g
Estimated from IFCT 2017 / USDA composition tables; not for clinical use.
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