Tahari Recipe

Tahari Dish of Hyderabad

Ingredients:

• 500 gms fatless kheema
• 500 gms Basmati rice washed and soaked for 15 minutes
• 2 tsp garam masala
• 1 cup beaten curd
• A handful of chopped kothmir
• A handful of chopped pudina
• 4 onions, sliced fine
• ½ tsp haldi
• 1 tbsp adrak lasan paste
• 6 green chillies
• 4 tbsp ghee or refined oil
• 2 egg, boiled
• Salt to taste 

Method:

To the washed kheema, add a little of the sliced onion, and squeeze the kheema so that each grain of kheema separates. Heat the ghee and add the sliced onions, then fry till crisp.

Add the adrak-lasan paste and haldi, then fry till the raw smell disappears. Now add the curd and kheema along with salt to taste. Cook till nearly dry and add green chillies. Fry a little. Add the drained rice and fry adding warm water – 1 ½ inches above the rice level.
Add in the garam masala and allow to cook till the Tahari is tender and moist.
Serve hot, garnished with 2 boiled eggs cut in half, chopped pudina and kothmir.