Nellikai sadam is a delicious variety rice flavored with gooseberry and mild spices. Gooseberries which are also known as amla or nellikai and have great health benefits. It is extremely good for hair, eyes and skin. It even helps to control cholesterol.
Check out the video recipe to make Nellikai sadam:
I prepared an easy one-pot rice with deliciousness of gooseberry and coconut with mild spices. It was loved by my family and I enjoyed it with some papadams. So, sharing another easy recipe to use this wonder fruit.
Check other variety Rice recipes on my blog. Just click on the names to open the recipes.
Nellikai Sadam - Gooseberry Flavored Rice
Prepare a delicious flavored rice with gooseberries!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 2
Ingredients
- Raw rice - 1 cups
- Grated Amla/Nellikai/Gooseberry - 1/2 cup
- Grated coconut – 1/4 cup
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Channa dal/Bengal Gram – 1 tbsp
- Urad dal/white lentil – 2 tsp
- Red chillies – 2
- Green chillies -2 finely chopped
- Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
- Curry leaves – 1 sprig
- Ginger finely chopped – 2 tsp optional
- Asafoetida – 1/8 tsp
- Peanuts - a fistful
- salt to taste
- vegetable oil - 1 tbsp
Instructions
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Pressure cook rice with 2+1/4 cup of water. Spread the cooked rice in a plate a and keep it aside.
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Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and a pinch of asafoetida. When they crackle, add channa dal, urad dal, peanuts and roast till it becomes slightly brown.
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Add red chilies, green chilies, ginger and curry leaves and sauté for a few seconds.
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Lower the flame and add grated gooseberry, coconut, turmeric powder and saute for 2 minutes.
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Add cooked rice and salt and mix gently.
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Transfer it into a serving bowl and and serve it hot with some Raita and papadams.
Priya,
Great recipe. I love rice. Thank you for sharing.
Healthy and lovely rice, looks yummm…
Delicious! Everytime I open a recipe it makes me hungry. Thank you.
This sounds interesting…
Tastes Yummy
I'm really falling in love with rice dishes. This one looks really good!
nice healthy and tasty rice
Thanks for sharing, we each rice once or twice per week.
Great recipe! I need some new things to do with rice.
We are gooseberry lovers.Thanks for the recipe Priya
thank you Sowmya 🙂
What a delicious looking recipe! I would have never though of using gooseberries this way.
This sounds amazingly wonderful! So creative with adding the gooseberries. Love it!
Thank you!
This was an amazing recipe for Nellikai Sadam and we all loved it. I will be saving this to make again soon. Pinned
Thank you so much Heidy!
We made this rice with dinner last night and it was delicious! Packed with so much flavor, we loved it!
I’m glad you liked it. Thanks for trying it out 🙂
Gooseberry sounds unique but healthier too. Looks delicious and a must make option for a healthier living.
thank you!