Most of my lunchbox (husband’s) recipes are super simple & can be put together in 20 minutes. Shiva leaves home by 8:15 and it is difficult to make elaborate lunches. My goto lunchbox combos are variety rice with raita, roti & daal, sambar rice & poriyal. If there are any leftovers from previous night’s dinner we usually have it for breakfast.
Today I prepared this yummy coriander rice and it tasted so good. All you need is fresh bunch of coriander leaves & few other spices. The recipe has two parts. First you need to prepare thogayal (thick coriander chutney) and then masala mix using onion+tomatoes. I served it with carrot raita. However you can prepare potato fry or any other raita as a sidedish to this rice
| Prep Time | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time | 20 Minutes |
| Servings |
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Ingredients
For Thogayal
- 1 Bunch coriander leaves
- 3 tbsp urad dal
- 1 tbsp toor dal
- 4 Dried Redchillies
- 1/4 cup Shredded coconut
- 2 tbsp Coriander Seeds
- 1/2 tsp ginger pieces
- 1/2 tsp Hing
- 1/2 tbsp salt
- 1/2 tbsp tamarind if you dont have tamarind,leave it
- 1 tbsp Oil
For Masala Spice mix :
- 1 onion
- 2 tomato
- 4 Garlic pods
- 1/2 tsp Saunf
- 1/2 tsp jeera
- 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1/2 tsp Oil
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 Cup Cooked plain rice
Ingredients
For Thogayal
For Masala Spice mix :
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Instructions
Preparation of thogayal :
- Remove stem and clean,wash coriander leaves thoroughly with water. Remove all the impurities
- Heat oil in a nonstick frying pan. Add Urad Dal, Toor Dal and saute for a minute
- Once they turn golden brown, add dried red chillies, hing,salt,coconut, ginger, tamarind one by one and keep on sauteing for 2-3 minutes in low flame
- At last add coriander leaves, salt & hing. Give it all a mix and once the coriander leaves are cooked turn off the stove s
- Let it cool down for sometime and then grind them all together by adding water to a thick chutney
- This thick chutney/thogayal in itself is a great sidedish for idli or dosai You can directly mix this with rice and eat too. But it will be bit bland so I made the below spice mix too
Prepartion of masala :
- Heat a 1/2 tsp of oil in the same pan, add saunf,jeera,mustard seeds
- Let them splutter. Add chopped onion, tomato, garlic pods, salt & turmeric
- Keep sauteing until tomatoes become soft. Add 2 cups of cooked plain rice to it
- Later add the coriander thogayal as well
- Use a fork and mix everything together. Adjust salt
- Turn off the flame. Close the pan for 5 minutes
- Then serve this delicious coriander rice with raita or chips