Vempampoo Rice Recipe (Dried Neem Flowers Rice)

Step 1: To begin making the Vepampoo Rice recipe, we will first cook the black rice

Step 2: If you are cooking in electric rice cooker there is no need to soak this rice, however if you are cooking black rice in pressure cooker, you must soak for a minimum of 6 to 8 hours

Step 3: Cook rice with the required water till the cooker releases atlas 6 whistles as black rice takes time to cook

Step 4: The next step is to temper the black rice

Step 5: Heat oil or ghee in a heavy bottomed pan

Step 6: Once the oil is hot, add hing, red dry chilli, urad dal, dried neem flowers

Step 7: Add all of them together at one go

Step 8: Once the neem flower is cooked, add the cooked black rice

Step 9: The indication of neem flower being cooked is urad dal becomes brownish in colour

Step 10: Add salt, mix well and cook for 2 minutes and it is ready to be served

Step 11: Serve Vepampoo Rice along with Onion Tomato Cucumber Raita, Tadka Raita or any other raita of your choice