If you are from Coimbatore and around, arisi paruppu sadam would be a home favorite. Arisi Paruppu Sadam is a one pot dish made with rice and lentils and flavored with spices and masala. I have already shared the regular recipe here. Pavithara Rathinavel, one of our readers mailed me saying that the arisi paruppu sadam made in pollachi and nearby areas is a little different from the regular recipe and that I should give it a try. This is her mothers recipe. The dish turned out to be awesome and I have already made it almost every week last month. Here is how to do arisi paruppu sadam, Pollachi style.
Prep Work
Wash and soak the rice and dal in water before starting to cook. Let it soak for atleast 20-30 minutes.
Ground Masala
We will need to make a masala paste. Get all the ingredients ready.
Grind all the ingredients with 1/4 cup of water to a very fine smooth paste. Set aside.
Putting it together
Heat oil in a pan and add in the mustard seeds, curry leaves and dried red chillies. Let the mustard seeds splutter. Add in the chopped onions. Saute till the onions are soft and starting to brown.
Add in the ground masala paste, salt and turmeric to the pan. Saute for a couple of minutes.
We are using one cup of rice and quarter cup of dal today. For this quantity, we will be using 2 cups of water. Add in the water and bring it to a boil. Strain the rice and dal and add it to the pan. Check for seasoning. Adjust for salt if need be at this stage. Let the mixture come to a boil. Mix well once and cover the pan.
Cook the rice in a pressure pan for 3 whistles on medium flame. Remove from heat. Wait for the pressure from the cooker to release naturally. Do not omit this step!
Arisiyum paruppum saadham is ready to be served! This dish is always ALWAYS served with hot ghee. Just add a teaspoon and mix and enjoy your meal!
Pollachi Style Arisi Paruppu Sadam Recipe
Pollachi Style Arisi Paruppu Sadam Recipe
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Ingredients
For the Masala
- 2 red chillies
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper corns
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 inch cinnamon stick
Other Ingredients
- 1 cup parboiled rice (puzhungal arisi)
- 1/4 cup toor dal
- 2 cups water
- 3 tablespoon peanut oil
- 1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 2 dried red chillies
- 2 sprigs curry leaves
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 2 onions, finely chopped
Instructions
- Wash and soak the rice and dal in water before starting to cook. Let it soak for atleast 20-30 minutes.
- Grind all the ingredients listed under masala paste with 1/4 cup of water to a very fine smooth paste. Set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan and add in the mustard seeds, curry leaves and dried red chillies. Let the mustard seeds splutter. Add in the chopped onions. Saute till the onions are soft and starting to brown.
- Add in the ground masala paste, salt and turmeric to the pan. Saute for a couple of minutes.
- Add in the water and bring it to a boil. Strain the rice and dal and add it to the pan.
- Cook the rice in a pressure pan for 3 whistles on medium flame. Remove from heat. Wait for the pressure from the cooker to release naturally.
- Serve hot with ghee.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Main Dish
- Cuisine: Tamilnadu
Made this recipe today and the taste was yummy. I reduced the garlic, just put 2 small cloves. Added one tomato additionally. Rest I followed the same. It came off very well.
Thank you so much 🙂
Hi.. Thank you for this receipe.. im from pollachi.. usually my mom prepare in this way only… after long time i prepared it came out well with my moms taste…
Thank you!
This looks yum.. wanna try it.. but not sure whats the accomplishment for this? Should it be any kulambhu or poriyal? Any suggestions?
You can have it with potato fry and appalam.
Hi kannama fan of your recipes 🙂 adding half a spoon of coconut oil while serving will give an excellent taste.thank you
Awesome recipe.whenever I wanted to try kongunad recipes I go fr ur blog.very simple and tasteful recipes.tku so much mam.plz try to post coimbatore style ghee. Rice.
Thanks Sivagamy. Glad you liked it!
Thank you Signal. It’s really awesome, my husband loved it.
Thank you so much. Glad your family liked the recipe!
Hello Suguna,
Tried this recipe for dinner last night. It turned out to be a perfect and yummy dinner. My little one enjoyed it with yogurt. It was easy to make and tasted divine, just what you want after a hard day’s work.
Thanks so much for this wonderful recipe.
Bhuvana
Thanks so much. really happy that you liked it!
Hi Suguna,
Tried this recipe today and it came out really delicious! Addition of ghee added to it multifold! My husband is from Coimbatore district and I learnt arisimparuppu sadam from my mom-inlaw, and make it pretty regularly at home. But this Pollachi version looked interesting and is tasting so yum!
Thanks for such unique recipes!
Sangeetha
Thank you Sangeetha.
Dear sugu sis.,
Vanakkam. Made pollachi style arisi parupu sadham. Came out very well. I used green gram instead of tuvar dal and added finely chopped coconut pieces once I opened the cooker as mentioned by one of your readers in comment section. This ground masala has a punch and the coconut pieces balances it as we take each morsel. Grandmaas do everything for a reason right…kudos to you deary…for bringing these type of variations to us. Keep going….my hearty wishes…
Thank you so much Andal. Wishing you and your family a very happy new year ahead!
Hi Suguna,
I dont have a pressure cooker, but I do have an instant pot. Any ideas on how long to cook it in the IP? thanks, kira
This is unbelievably tasty.. Thank you
Thank you so much!
This is the same one which my mom does and even my amuchi does the same. My amuchi does two variations in this sometimes, one is she adds in the cut coconut pieces a table spoon(or even more) or the shredded coconut when the rice is done, next is she does the same paruppanchappadu(thats how we call :D) with pacha payiru 🙂 My mom never does these variations since she loves it pure as in your recipe 😉 I am so happy to see that all our kongunad traditional recipes are recorded for the next generation 🙂 a big shout out to you <3 🙂
Thank you so much Adi for sharing your memories. We make it with pacha payiru too!
In the ingredients list( pollachi style arisi paruppu sadham ) onion is missing suguna . Pls edit it . Gonna try this today
Thanks Amudha for letting me know. Have updated it.
All at my home liked it more than the regular Coimbatore style arisi paruppu sadham .thank u for sharing the recipe
Thank you so much!
Awesome recipe loved a lot.. flavours r too good . Thanku
Thank you!
Your recipe – Pollachi arisi paruppu saadham was awesome. I am from Pollachi, tasted this recipe many times but never knew the process of cooking this food. Thanks. Like your daddy, I also love cooking very much.
Thank you!
Thank you.
This recipe made me homesick will try with Sona masuri rice..
I love Annapoorna Sambhar and Brahmin style sambhar soaked well in Yellow Dhal.
Pradeep from Pollachi in Melbourne
Thanks Pradeep Rajkumar.
I tried this yesterday.Sooo tasty.With pickle and a spoon of ghee-yummy!!!
Thank you Raji. I love to have arisi paruppu sadam with ghee. Its bliss!
Looks yummy !! Tomato is not needed for this receipe ?
No. Tomatoes are not needed.
This recipe turned out perfect.Have made it twice already this week.Perfect blend of spices.Thankyou.
Thank you!
Thank you to you and to your reader for this recipe. I tried it and it came out good.
Thank you Asha.