Healthy Betel Leaves rice preparation

 

Betel leaves have much more health benefits but sadly, modern urban people are not only unaware of its medicinal  benefits and then discourage eating these leaves citing alleged risk of oral cancer. Actually the concerns regarding oral cancer are caused of tobacco and other ingredients like areca nut, slaked lime.

HOW TO PREPARE BETEL LEAF RICE:

INGREDIENTS:

• Betel leaves       - 5 to 10 nos

• Pepper                - 1 tb. Spoon

• Cumin seeds      -1 tb. Spoon

• Garlic                  - 5 to 7 cloves

• Small onion       - 5 to 10

• Peanuts               - 1 handful

• Urad dal         - 1/2 tea spoon

• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tea spoon

• Curry leaves     - 1 strand

• Coconut           - 1 cup

• Cooked rice     - 2 and 1/2 cup

• Oil                  - 2 tb. Spoon   

• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tea spoon

• Dried red chilly     - 3 nos

• Salt                  - salt as needed

METHOD:

• Remove the stalks of betel leaves and wash them.

• Chop the onion and garlic finely.

• Take a kadaai, add pepper, cumin seeds, chopped betel leaves and add 1/2 cup of  grated coconut, then satue well in low medium flame and grind it together finely.

• Then take a kadaai, pour oil, add mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves, chopped onion and garlic, peanuts, turmeric powder, red chilly and saute them finely.

• Then add remaining 1/2 cup of coconut, roast well and add that grinded paste, add required amount of salt, saute well.

• Add boiled(cooked) rice and mix well and turn off the stove. 

• Now you can serve the hot and healthy, yummy betel leaf rice.