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         Today am sharing a recipe called "Kottanchoru". Kottanchoru is one of the famous south tamilnadu one pot recipe especially in tirunelveli district. Mostly nellai people make this rice for picnic/trips and for guests. This is one of the best foods for travel. This kootanchoru is highly balanced nutritious and healthy dish. The rice dal and vegetables are all cooked together and the dish must be soggy and mushy. It is usually served with fried appalam and crispy potato chip. Let's start the recipe

INGREDIENT NEEDED:

Rice - 1 cup
Toor dal - 1/4 cup
Pearl small onion - 15
Mixed vegetables - 1 cup [ like carrot, beans, drumstick, potato, avarakkai]
Tomato - 2
Tamarind pulp - 1 small cup
Sambar powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
Hing - 1 pinch
Salt needed
Oil - required
Water - 4 1/2 cup
Garnish - curry leaves and coriander leaves

METHOD:

1. Cut the vegetables into medium size pieces
2. Clean and wash the rice and dal, and drain the water
 Prepare tamarind extract
3. Heat the pressure cooker with 2 tsp of oil, once the oil heat add the curry leaves, small onion,     followed by tomato, vegetables cook it for 5 minute
4. Then add turmeric powder, sambar powder, hing, salt.
5. Once the vegetables are half cooked add the rice, dal, tamarind pulp combined well and garnish with   coriander leaves.
6.Finally mix it well and then close the lid and put on weight , simmer for 15 - 20 minutes. That's it the rice is ready