SAVOURY RICE WITH VEGETABLES 
This rice and vegetable dish has a bit of a kick to it - but it's not too spicy, so give it a try. The measurements in the recipe will serve four people.
Ingredients
Split Urad dal
: 2 cups
Grated ginger
: 2 tsp
Green Chillies, chopped
: 3
Coriander powder
: 1/2 tsp
Tumeric powder
: 1/2 tsp
Asfoetida
: less than a pinch
Cumin seeds
: 1 tsp
Vegetable Oil
: 2 tsp
For the decoration
Fried onion slices
Fried cashew nuts
Method
- Put the ghee in a glass bowl and microwave on HIGH for about 30 seconds.
- Add the onions and microwave on HIGH for 1 minute or until light pink in colour.
- Add the paste and microwave on HIGH for 20 seconds.
- Add the rice, vegetables, lemon juice and salt and mix very well. Add 1 3/4 teacups of water and microwave on HIGH for 12 minutes, stirring in-between after every 3 minutes.
- Put off the cooker and allow to stand for 3 minutes.
- Decorate with fried onions and cashew nuts.
- To be ground into a paste
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh coconut
- 2 green chillies
- 4 cloves
- 2 to 3 cardamoms
- 2 small sticks cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon khus-khus
- 12 mm. piece ginger