Qaabooli Recipe
Ingredients:
Salt : – as per taste
Cloves : – 7-8
Cinnamon : – 1 stick of 2 inch
Chana Dal : – ¼ Kg
Rice : – 1 Kg
Green Cardamom : – 5-6
Garam Masala : – 3 tea spoon
Garlic- Ginger paste : – 3 tea spoon
Green chilies : – 3-4
Onion : – 2
Method of preparation:
- In a normal pan clean the rice and keep for soak. Once it is soaked, keep it for boiling with ½ quantity of garam masala and salt.
- Now in a normal pan clean the dal and keep for soak. Once it is done, keep it boiling with salt and turmeric powder. Boil it till it is just cooked.
- In the pan keep the oil into normal flame and add the cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and keep it on the gas for some time.
- Then include the jeera and once is start to pop up include the garlic and ginger paste. Keep this on the gas for some more time.
- Chop the onion and green chilies and add it into the above mixture.
- Then include the garam masala powder, coriander leaves (chopped) and dal. Cook it well and keep it for stirring so that it can mix properly.
- Then add the turmeric powder. Keep it on flame for some time and take it away and add curd, mix it properly.
- Then keep the half of the dal in another pan.
- Then keep the rice over the dal, then spread the chopped onions, lemon juice, saffron, mint leaves on the rice
- Again follow the same procedure as above with remaining dal and rice.
- Then keep any plate on the pan. Then keep the pan on the gas with low heat for the time till it is done.
Qaabooli Recipe
Rice 1 kg
Bengal Gram Split (chana Dal) 250 gms
Salt to taste
Green Cardamoms 6 no
Cinnamon 2 inches stick
Cloves 8 nos
Bengal Gram Split (chana Dal) 250 gms
Salt to taste
Green Cardamoms 6 no
Cinnamon 2 inches stick
Cloves 8 nos
How to make qaabooli:
- Wash and soak the rice for half hour. Then boil with salt and half the whole garam masala till almost done.
- Wash and soak the chana dal for half an hour. Boil with salt, a little turmeric powder till just cooked (al dente).
- Heat oil, add the remaining cinnamon, green cardamom, cloves and saute.
- Add shahi jeera and when they crackle add ginger and garlic pastes and saute.
- Add chopped green chillies and a little browned onions.
- Add the cooked dal, garam masala powder, finely chopped coriander leaves and stir to mix well.
- Add turmeric powder, stir and take it off heat. Add yogurt and mix well.
- Transfer half of the dal mixture into another pan.
- Spread half the rice over the dal mix, spread browned onions, garam masala powder, chopped mint leaves, lemon juice, saffron dissolved in water or milk.
- Spread the remaining dal over this followed by rice, browned onions, garam masala powder, chopped mint leaves, lemon juice and saffron.
- Cover with a tight fitting lid. After 2-3 minutes lower the heat and let it cook till done.
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