Lime-Flavored Rice with Roasted Yellow Split Peas

Name: Lime-Flavored Rice with Roasted Yellow Split Peas (Elambuchambu Shaadum)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon black or yellow mustard seeds; 2 tablespoons unrefined sesame oil or canola oil; 1½ teaspoons coarse kosher or sea salt; 2 dried red Thai or cayenne chiles, stems removed (see Tips); 1 cup Indian or Pakistani white basmati rice (see Tips); ¼ cup yellow split peas (chana dal), picked over for stones, soaked in hot water for 15 minutes, drained, and patted dry between paper towels; Juice of 1 large lime; 12 medium-size to large fresh curry leaves; ½ teaspoon ground turmeric; 2 fresh green Thai, cayenne, or serrano chiles, stems removed, cut crosswise into ½-inch-thick slices (do not remove the seeds)

Elambuchambu Shaadum

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

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660 Curries

By Raghavan Iyer

Published 2008

About

At south Indian weddings, this rice is packed in banana leaves for the groom’s party to eat on the way to the ceremony, should their journey be long. It can easily be eaten as is (which is normally the case for the groomsmen), but it also is the perfect accompaniment for Mixed Vegetables with a Potent Coconut-Chile Sauce, another wedding favorite.

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Asia
India
Main course
Wedding/Marriage
Gluten-free
Vegan

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