Recipe: Delicious Amla Rice/ Gooseberry Rice

Amla Rice/ Gooseberry Rice. This tangy Amla Rice, punctuated by crunchy titbits like dal and peanuts, is a great hit with young and old alike. Indian gooseberry is known as amla in Indian languages and usirikaya in my mother tongue telugu. It is well known for its health benefits and is proved to be the best immune boosters.

Amla Rice- A healthy delicious rice and Indian Gooseberry pulao. It is very quick and easy to make and is served for lunch or dinner or to pack in lunch box. This Amla rice / Usirikaya Pulihora recipe is new to me , few weeks ago I saw this in a newspaper and immediately tried with some left over rice. You can Cook Amla Rice/ Gooseberry Rice using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Amla Rice/ Gooseberry Rice

1. Lets Go Prepare 1/2 cup of basmati rice.
2. Lets Go Prepare 3 of amla.
3. It's 1 tbsp of roasted peanuts.
4. It's 1 tbsp of roasted gram.
5. It's 1 tbsp of sesame oil.
6. Lets Go Prepare 1 tsp of mustard seeds.
7. It's 1 tbsp of urad dal.
8. Lets Go Prepare 1-2 of finely chopped green chillies.
9. It's leaves of Few curry.
10. It's 2 of dry red chillies.
11. What You needis 1/4 tsp of tumeric powder.
12. What You needis to taste of Salt.
13. It's of Finely chopped fresh coriander leaves to garnish.

Amla or Indian gooseberry, rich in vitamin C, helps in fighting coughs & cold, boosting immunity, slowing down aging, & improving hair, skin, and throat health. The Indian gooseberry or amla is abundant in vitamin C and vitamin A. It also contains high levels of folic acid and minerals like calcium. Amla/Gooseberry(Nellikai) has lot of health benefits…its really good to include it in your daily diet with its richest form of Vitamin C.

Amla Rice/ Gooseberry Rice step by step

1. Wash and soak basmati rice for 30 minutes. Pressure cook/ boiled for 2 whistles with salt. Keep aside..
2. Wash and dry Amla. Grate them and keep aside..
3. Dry roast peanuts in kadhai or Airfryer. Cool & discard it's skins..
4. In pan add heat oil. Add mustard seeds as splutter add urad dal,roasted gram,saute till pinkish. Add curry leaves, chopped green chillies, dry red chillies pieces. Saute for 1 minute. Add tumeric powder,roasted peanuts,mix well..
5. Add tumeric powder,roasted peanuts. Mix well. Add grated Alma. Mix well. Add cooked rice. Mix well and cook for 1 minute..
6. Serve/ Relish Delicious Hot Amla Rice/ Gooseberry Rice garnishing with chopped coriander leaves..

Amla rice is a mouthwatering recipe, that makes a healthy & quick fix lunch ! This is very simple to prepare and is best accompanied with crispy crunchy chips, raitha or pickle. Amla , which is a sour & tangy fruit, hold a repository of Vitamin C. The health benefit of consuming this fruit is well known. Gooseberry rice is a new type of mixed rice which you dont do often.