Gooseberry Rice

Ingredients

• • Rice - 1 cup
• • Gooseberries (small) - 15
• • Turmeric powder - ¼ teaspoon
• • Salt - as required
• • Green chillies - 10
• • Oil - 2 tablespoons
• • Coriander leaves (for garnishing) - as required

Ingredients For Seasoning

• • Mustard seeds - ½ teaspoon
• • Black gram dal - 1 teaspoon
• • Bengal gram dal - 1 teaspoon
• • Cashew nuts (broken) - 1 tablespoon
• • Curry leaves - few

Method

• 1. Cook rice and allow it to cool.
• 2. Add turmeric powder on top of rice when it is still hot.
• 3. Remove seeds from gooseberries and cut as finely as possible.
• 4. Cut few green chillies into two.
• 5. Grind rest of the chillies with a dash of salt.
• 6. Heat oil, add the seasonings and fry till golden brown.
• 7. Add green chillies and then gooseberries.
• 8. Fry till gooseberries become soft.
• 9. Add paste and fry for a minute.
• 10. Remove from fire.
• 11. When it cools down, mash well with hand, add to rice with enough salt and mix thoroughly.
• 12. Garnish with cut coriander leaves.