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Sambar Sadam - This rice for sure will tickle the taste buds of all sambar lovers.

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 Cup
Tur Dhal - 1 Cup
(soak the Dhal for 3-4 hours before cooking). The Dhal should be soaked in hot water.
Turmeric powder - ¼ tspn
Coriander powder - ½ tbspn
Chillie powder - ½ tbspn
Sambar powder - 2 Tbspns
Salt to taste
Tamarind as big as a lime the Juice extracted
Ghee for Frying

For seasoning:
Mustard seeds – ½ - ¾ tspn
Curry Leaves - few
Asafoetida - a big pinch
Cashew nuts – 2 tbspns broken pieces
Sambar Onions – ½ a cup

For Garnish:
Coriander leaves chopped.
Ghee 2 –3 tbps melted & poured on top

Method:

Wash Rice & Dhal, drain away all the water, to the Rice/Dhal mixture add the Turmeric pwd., Coriander pwd., Chillie pwd, Sambar pwd, & Salt.

Extract the juice from the Tamarind & mix with the quantity of water to be added to the Dhal/Rice mixture.

Pour this water into the Dhal/Rice Mixture & cook in Pressure cooker for 10/12 minutes.

Add Ghee in the Pan & fry the Sambar Onions, as it’s getting brown add the Mustard Seeds Cashew nuts,Curry leaves.

Add this seasoning to the Sambar Bath. Sprinkle with chopped Coriander Leaves.