Vempampoo Rice Recipe (Dried Neem Flowers Rice)
A vegetarian South Indian Recipes recipe with black rice - cooked, sunflower oil - or ghee as required, asafoetida (hing). Ready in 6h 10m, serves 2.
Curated byAditi Iyer🇮🇳
Instructions
11 steps- 1
To begin making the Vepampoo Rice recipe, we will first cook the black rice
black rice - cooked(1 cup) - 2
If you are cooking in electric rice cooker there is no need to soak this rice, however if you are cooking black rice in pressure cooker, you must soak for a minimum of 6 to 8 hours
black rice - cooked(1 cup) - 3
Cook rice with the required water till the cooker releases atlas 6 whistles as black rice takes time to cook
black rice - cooked(1 cup)sunflower oil - or ghee as required - 4
The next step is to temper the black rice
black rice - cooked(1 cup) - 5
Heat oil or ghee in a heavy bottomed pan
sunflower oil - or ghee as required - 6
Once the oil is hot, add hing, red dry chilli, urad dal, dried neem flowers
white urad dal (split)(1/2 teaspoon)teaspoons dried neem flowers(2)dry red chilli(1) - 7
Add all of them together at one go
- 8
Once the neem flower is cooked, add the cooked black rice
black rice - cooked(1 cup)teaspoons dried neem flowers(2) - 9
The indication of neem flower being cooked is urad dal becomes brownish in colour
black rice - cooked(1 cup)white urad dal (split)(1/2 teaspoon)teaspoons dried neem flowers(2) - 10
Add salt, mix well and cook for 2 minutes and it is ready to be served
- 11
Serve Vepampoo Rice along with Onion Tomato Cucumber Raita, Tadka Raita or any other raita of your choice
black rice - cooked(1 cup)
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Vempampoo Rice Recipe (Dried Neem Flowers Rice)
A vegetarian South Indian Recipes recipe with black rice - cooked, sunflower oil - or ghee as required, asafoetida (hing). Ready in 6h 10m, serves 2.
Curated byAditi Iyer🇮🇳
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Directions
11 steps- 1
To begin making the Vepampoo Rice recipe, we will first cook the black rice
black rice - cooked(1 cup) - 2
If you are cooking in electric rice cooker there is no need to soak this rice, however if you are cooking black rice in pressure cooker, you must soak for a minimum of 6 to 8 hours
black rice - cooked(1 cup) - 3
Cook rice with the required water till the cooker releases atlas 6 whistles as black rice takes time to cook
black rice - cooked(1 cup)sunflower oil - or ghee as required - 4
The next step is to temper the black rice
black rice - cooked(1 cup) - 5
Heat oil or ghee in a heavy bottomed pan
sunflower oil - or ghee as required - 6
Once the oil is hot, add hing, red dry chilli, urad dal, dried neem flowers
white urad dal (split)(1/2 teaspoon)teaspoons dried neem flowers(2)dry red chilli(1) - 7
Add all of them together at one go
- 8
Once the neem flower is cooked, add the cooked black rice
black rice - cooked(1 cup)teaspoons dried neem flowers(2) - 9
The indication of neem flower being cooked is urad dal becomes brownish in colour
black rice - cooked(1 cup)white urad dal (split)(1/2 teaspoon)teaspoons dried neem flowers(2) - 10
Add salt, mix well and cook for 2 minutes and it is ready to be served
- 11
Serve Vepampoo Rice along with Onion Tomato Cucumber Raita, Tadka Raita or any other raita of your choice
black rice - cooked(1 cup)
Rate this recipe
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