Rice – Batter Up With Sujata

Dhuska

Dhuska.

A spicy and delicious gluten free breakfast dish.
Dhuska is a common food of Jharkhand. Which are deep fried rice flour and lentil pancakes that may be served with spicy potato curry or chickpea curry.

This month in Shhhhh cooking secretly challenge
facebook group we are sharing different dishes from Jharkhand cuisine. In this group members are paired up every month. And the pairs give each other two secret ingredients. This month my partner for Jharkhand cuisine is Seema Doraiswamy Sriram who blog at

M ildly Indian.co

visit her blog for more delicious recipes. Seema gave me rice and salt as secret ingredients. And I have made these decisions dhuska with these ingredients. Thanks Seema for these easy to use ingredients.
I gave her Bengal gram or chana dal and oil. Visit her blog for the brilliant recipe she shared.

According to Wikipedia Jharkhand (lit. “Bushland” or The land of forest) is a state in eastern India, carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. The state shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Chhattisgarh to the west, Odisha to the south and West Bengal to the east.
The city of Ranchi is its capital and Dumka its sub capital.
Jharkhandis have a cuisine in which spices are rarely used and rice is the staple diet. They prepare different dishes of rice, different types of Rotis, Litti Chokha, Panipuri (Gupchup), Pittha, Dhuska, Dudhauri, kera-dudhauri and Jhalmudh.

Dhuska is a famous dish of Jharkhand cooked with ground rice and pulses and served with either aaloo dum or mutton curry; kera-dudhauri is a famous dish prepared with milk, rice, ghee and gur. In many parts of Jharkhand including Panch Pargana area (Bundu, Rahe, Sonahatu, Silli, Angara, Arki and Tamar Blocks of Ranchi & Khunti districts) a special food item “Charpa” is prepared by frying mashed rice mixed with spicy vegetable preparations; hence the name follows viz. Sembi Charpa, Egg Charpa and many more depending upon the ingredient vegetable source.

I am sharing dhuska recipe today. Serve it as breakfast with dum aloo, any chutney, pickle or any spicy potato curry or serve as a snack with tea or coffee. But believe me you don’t need anything with it. Its spicy and superbly delicious.

Recipe

Rice – 1 cup

Chana dal or split Bengal gram – 1/2 cup

Udad dal or split black gram – 1/4 cup

Ginger – 1 inch piece, grated

Green chilli – 1 – 2, finely chopped

Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon

Chaat masala powder – 1 teaspoon, optional

Cilantro or coriander leaves – handful, chopped

Salt to taste

Water as require

Oil for deep frying

Method

1. Wash and soak rice and both lentils or dal overnight.

2. Drain the water and grind the rice and lentils into a smooth paste.
Add little water to grind easily. Use very little water.
Batter should be thick but flowing just like idli batter.

3. Add salt, cumin powder, turmeric powder, chaat masala, grated ginger, chopped green chilli, and chopped cilantro or coriander leaves.
Mix well.

4. Heat sufficient oil in a pan or wok.
Pour a ladle full batter in the middle.

5. When it puffed up turn over and fry the other side on low heat. Fry till it becomes golden brown.

6. Remove from oil and place on a paper towel.

7. Increase the heat and add ladle full batter again. Let it puffed up, turn over and fry the other side on low heat. Fry all the dhuska in this method.

8. Serve hot with spicy potato curry or ghugni or chickpea curry.
Or serve as a snack with tea or coffee.

Notes

1. You can add finely chopped onion and minced garlic in the batter if you want.

2. Add green chilli according to your taste. If you want more spicy add 3 – 4 chillies.

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Korean Rice Or Korean Egg Fried Rice

Korean rice or Korean egg fried rice.
Quick and easy to make one pot meal. If you have cooked rice ready then you can make it in a jiffy. You can use your leftover rice. Just fry the rice with egg, soya sauce, salt and pepper. And your delicious egg fried rice is ready.

Tasted it in a restaurant and loved the taste. It was a simple rice dish, no vegetable added but taste is awesome.

When our this week’s 152 #Foodiemonday bloghop members decided the theme Asian cuisine this Korean rice came first in my mind.
Browsed for the recipe and found the recipe of breakfast egg fried rice from My Korean Kitchen.
Loved the recipe. Very few ingredients, simple and easy recipe. So no more search, adapted the recipe. Tried and really happy with the taste.

You can add any vegetables like scallions, bell pepper, garlic etc.
But I love it simple only with eggs and soya sauce.

Recipe credit – My Korean Kitchen

Recipe

Cooked short grain rice – 2 cup

Egg – 2 +1

Soya sauce – 2 tablespoon

Salt to taste

Black pepper powder to taste

Oil – 1 tablespoon +1 teaspoon

Salt and red chilli flakes to sprinkle

Method

1. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a wok or pan. Break an egg in the middle.

2. Cover and cook on low flame till set. Take out the egg on a plate. Sprinkle little salt and red chilli flakes and keep aside.

3. In the same wok heat remaining oil and break 2 eggs in it. Stir and add the cooked rice and soya sauce.

4. Mix well. Stir it for 1 – 2 minutes.

5. Top with the egg we fried and sprinkled with salt and red chilli flakes.
Serve hot.

Note

You can use 1 – 2 more eggs if you like

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Aloo Chutney Pulao Or Spicy Green Rice With Potatoes

Aloo chutney pulao. Or Spicy tangy delicious green rice with potatoes. One pot meal to serve in a jiffy.
After Gujarati cuisine now a dish from Hariyana.

Haryana is a state in Northern India.
Haryana became one of the most economically developed regions in India with its agricultural bloom. The state enjoys a blend of urban and rural population and boasts a rich culture and tradition. If we talk about Haryana’s cuisine, it evokes simplicity. Haryanvi cuisine is just like the people in Haryana – simple, grounded and inevitably linked to the land. You will not find people opting excessively for restaurant food, especially in the smaller towns, as home-made meals are most cherished, using ingredients grown mostly in their own land.
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This month in Shhhhh cooking secretly challenge
facebook group we are sharing different dishes from Hariyanvi cuisine. In this group members are paired up every month. And the pairs give each other two secret ingredients. This month my partner is a very talented blogger Priya Satheesh. Who blog at Priya’s menu.
Priya gave me two delicious ingredients potato and coriander leaves. And I gave her moong dal and bajra. Check out her blog for the amazing recipe she shared with these ingredients.

I have made this rice according to my taste , if you want to make authentic recipe you can omit cumin powder, green cardamom and lemon juice. But these ingredients enhance the taste. I like tangy taste but if you don’t like your rice tangy use less lemon juice or skip it.

Recipe

Rice – 1 cup

Potato – 8, small sized

Black Cardamom – 1

Green cardamom – 2 – 3

Cinnamon – 1 inch piece

Cloves – 3

Bay leaf – 1

Coriander or cilantro leaves – 1/2 cup

Mint leaves – 1/2 cup

Ginger paste – 1 teaspoon

Garlic paste – 1 teaspoon

Anardana or pomegranate seeds – 1/2 teaspoon

Fennel seeds or saunf – 1/2 teaspoon

Green chilli – 3 – 4 or to taste

Lemon juice 1 – 2 teaspoon

Salt to taste

Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon

Black pepper powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Ghee/clarified butter or oil – 2 tablespoon

Water – 3 cup

Method

1. Wash the rice and soak for 15 minutes.

2. Peel the potatoes. Wash, drain and prick allover the potatoes with a fork. Keep aside.

3. Grind coriander or cilantro leaves, mint leaves, green chilli, fennel seeds and anardana or pomegranate seeds. Make a smooth paste. Add ginger garlic paste and blend again.

4. Crush the green cardamom, cinnamon and cloves. I have used my mortar pestle to crush.

5. Marinate the potatoes with half of the ground mixture.

6. Heat oil or ghee in a pressure cooker. I have used half oil half ghee or clarified butter.

7. Add black cardamom and crushed green cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and bay leaf.

8. Then add the marinated potatoes, remaining ground mixture, salt, cumin powder and black pepper powder. Saute for 4 – 5 minutes.

9. Add the drained rice. Mix well. Saute for few seconds.

10. Add water and lemon juice. Close the lid.

11. Switch off the heat after 3 whistle.
Don’t try to open the pressure cooker immediately. Let the pressure settle down on it’s own.

12. Open the pressure cooker. Fluff the rice gently.

I have microwave the cooked rice for 3 minutes on full power before serving. But this step is optional. You can serve immediately.
Serve hot with any raita.
Happy cooking!!

Notes

1. You can make it in your rice cooker with same process.

2. Add chilli according to your taste. If you like more spicy then you can add more green chilli and pepper powder.

3. If you don’t like your rice tangy use only 1 teaspoon lemon juice or skip it.

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