Rice Pakvannam

English name : Rice
Botanical name : Oryza sativa
Sanskrit name : Shali
Hindi name : Chaval
Tamil name : Arisi

Ingredients 

Rice granules           – 1 cup
Green gram granules - ¼ teaspoons
Ghee                    

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- 2 tsp
Mustard                 - 1 tsp
Pepper                   - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds           - 1 tsp
Curry leaves           - few
Water                   - 5 cups

Preparation

• Heat
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  the ghee in a shallow tawa.
• Add mustard seeds and let it pop.
• Add powdered pepper and cumin seeds.
• Add curry leaves.
• Now add water and let the salt dissolve in it.
• When it begins to boil, add granule
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  rice (rava like) and hulled green gram.
• Mix and sauté it.
• Cook till it gains a thick consistency.
• Serve hot
   

Indications

• It is light to digest.
• It is very tasty.
• It balances vata and pitta.
• It is pathya (whole some diet) for all conditions.
• It is nourishing.
• It is good for eyes.
• It binds the stools.
• Improves the digestion.
• Maintains the Agni.
   

Specially indicated in -

• Arthritis
• Spinal pathology
• Injury
• Old people
• Children