Gooseberry rice/ nellikai sadam

This recipe serves 2.

Ingredients:

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• Gooseberry (the big variety) - 10
• Rice - 1 cup , washed and soaked for 1 hr
• Haldi - a pinch
• Asafoetida - a pinch
• curry leaves - a sprig
• salt - to taste
• mustard - 1 tsp
• urad dal - 1 tsp
• red chillies - 2
• coconut shredded - 3 tsp
• green chillies - 3
• gingelly oil - 2 tsp

Method:

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• Add the gooseberries in boiled hot water and close with a lid.Set aside for 1/2 an hr.
• Drain the water and set aside to cool. Seperate the gooseberries into fragments.(just piercing through the centre of each gooseberry with the thumb will help)
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• Drain excess water from soaked rice and saute in a tsp of ghee.
• Cook the rice and set aside the cooked rice to cool.The grains should be seperate.
• Heat oil in a kadai. Add mustard seeds,urad dal,asafoetida ,curry leaves, red chilli and saute for 2 min.
• Add the gooseberry fragments(chop if needed) ,turmeric powder and saute for another 5 min.
• Grind green chillies and coconut togther (just pulse once).
• Add it into the kadai and saute for another 2 - 3 min.
• Add the cooked rice and mix well.

Serve hot with curd.