SAMBHAR RICE

Ingredients:

   

1 cup rice

1 cup toor dhal (soak the dhal for 3-4 hours in hot water)

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1/2 tsp. coriander powder

1/2 tsp chilly powder

2 tsp sambar powder

salt to taste

1 tsp tamarind paste

ghee for frying

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

a few curry leaves

a pinch of asafoetida

2 cashews (optional)

few chopped shallots (sambar onions)

a few chopped corriander leaves


How to make sambhar rice:

    * Wash rice and dhal, drain away all the water, to the rice/dhal mixture add the turmeric powder, corriander powder, chilly powder, sambar powder and salt.
    * Add 4 cups of water to tamrind paste mix and pour into the dhal/rice mixture.
    * Cook in pressure cooker for 10 to 12 minutes.
    * Add ghee in the pan and fry the shallots (sambar onions), as it's getting brown add the mustard seeds, cashewnuts, curry leaves.
    * Add this seasoning to the Sambar Bath.
    * Sprinkle with chopped Corriander Leaves.
    * Serve hot.