Sambar Rice - Restaurant Style

 

Ingredients:

Big Onion - 1(fine chop)

Small Onion - 15-20 (slice)

Tomato - 2 (fine chop)

Tamrind piece  - 75 g

Dry Red Chilly - 4

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp

Curry Leaves - a sprig

Coriander Leaves - Little (fine chop)

Carrot - 1 

Beans - 4

Drumstick - 1 

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Sambar Masala - 2 tbsp

Ghee - 3 tbsp

Rice - 2 cups

Thoor dal - 3/4 cup

Water - 150ml + 5 cups + 250 ml

Oil, Salt - As reqd

Method:

• In a bowl add rice, dal and 5 cups of water.
• To this add turmeric powder and pressure cook for 5-6 whistles.
• It should be mushy.
• In a bowl add tamrind and add 150 ml water to this and set aside
• Heat oil in pan and add dry red chilly, mustard seeds, cumin seeds.
• Add in curry leaves.
• Add in small onion, big onion and saute for a while.
• Cook in medium flame.
• Add in veggies and saute for a while.
• Add tomatoes and cook in low flame for 5-7 mins.
• Now add 100 ml of tamrind water.
• Add in salt and mix well.
• Add cooked rice and dal.
• Add in sambar masala and coriander leaves.
• Mix well.
• Add ghee and cover and cook in low flame for 15mins.
• Serve hot.