Quick Tawa Rice

Blogging Marathon# 33: Week 2/ Day 3
Theme: Favorite Celebrity Chef Recipes
Dish: Tarla Dalal's Quick Tawa Rice
One of my favorite Indian Chef is Tarla Dalal. I still remember watching her show on Sony TV from 12~15 years back and noting down the recipes. I used to bug my mom to buy the ingredients from super market to try the recipes. I love the way she makes all the dishes so simple and easy to make.
So for Day 3 of BM# 33, I made this quick Tawa rice by Tarla Dalal. I used to print out recipes from Tarla Dalal.com some 6~8 years back. I neatly them put in a binder and kept it safely in the basement. While looking for recipes for this week, I looked through the binder, but couldn't find anything to make with the ingredients I had on hand. A quick Google search landed me on this recipe and Tarla Dalal's Youtube video. I made it right away for lunch and really liked it. This dish is going to be on our meal rotation going forward.

The dry red chili - garlic paste gives this dish so much flavor and it smells heavenly while cooking and even after cooking. My addition to this dish is a spoonful of pav bhaji masala, other than that I kept it close to the original.

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice - 2cups, cooked
Onion - 1 medium, thinly sliced
Green Peppers - 2 medium, thinly sliced
Tomato - 3 medium, chopped
Dry Red Chilies - 4
Garlic - 4cloves
Turmeric - ½tsp
Red Chili powder - ½tsp (optional, for extra spiciness)
Pav bhaji Masala - ½tsp (optional, for some kick)

Salt - to taste

Method:

• Make sure that the rice is not mushy and the grains are separate.
• In a mortar and pestle, crush the dry red chilies and garlic cloves into a coarse paste. Add few tbsp water to help along.
• Heat 2tbsp oil on a tawa or saute pan; add onions and cook until onions turn translucent, about 4~5 minutes. Add the red chili-garlic paste and cook for 2 minutes.
• Next add chopped peppers and cook until they are crisp tender. Add tomatoes and cook until tender. 
• Add turmeric, red chili powder (if using), pav bhaji masala and salt. Add the rice and mix well. Cook for 2~3minutes. Serve hot.

Lets check out what my fellow marathoners have cooked up today for BM# 33.