SAMBHAR SATHAM I SAMBHAR RICE - ONE POT MEAL

Hi friends, Sambhar is the very common in South Indian homes. Sambhar rice is a easy and healthy one pot meal, easy lunch box recipes too. I already posted Arisi paruppu satham which is Coimbatore special cuisine and we used to make it often.

Sambhar rice is a version of bise bela bath but here I won’t use any special powder. Sauted vegetables with tempering and cook with rice and dal together to give aromatic sambhar rice. The rice will be good mushy and suits well with pappads and potato fry… It is kids’ friendly recipe with loads of nutrition.

Category	Rice
Regional	South Indian
Preparation Time	10 Minutes
Cooking Time	20-30 Minutes
Servings	4

Source - My own 

INGREDIENTS

Rice – 1 Cup

Toor dal – ¾ Cup

Oil – 2 Tbsp

Fenugreek seeds – ½ Tsp  

Cumin seeds – 1 Tsp

Mustard seeds – 1 Tsp

Urad dal – 1 Tsp

Red chillies – 2

Hing – ½ Tsp

Shallots – 10-12

Garlic – 8

Curry leaves – Few

Carrot – 1 Large, peeled and chopped

French beans – 5, chopped

Fresh/frozen green peas – ½ Cup

Tomatoes – 3, diced

Turmeric powder – 1 Tsp

Sambhar powder – 2 ½ Tsp (I used MTR Sambhar powder)

Salt – To taste

Tamarind extracts – ¼ Cup or adjusts to your taste

Water – 4 Cup

Ghee – 1 Tsp (Optional)

Coriander leaves – Few, to garnish.

METHOD

• Soak the rice and dal together for 20 minutes.
• Heat oil in pressure cooker; add fenugreek, cumin seeds, mustard, urad dal seeds wait for splutter.
• Add hing and red chillies, then add shallots, garlic and curry leaves, sauté it till translucent.
• Add the carrot, beans, peas and sauté it well.
• Following by add tomatoes and sauté it for 5 minutes or tomato turns mushy.
• Add turmeric, sambhar powder and salt and stir it once, allow cooking till the raw smell goes off.

• Now add water, tamarind extracts and then rice and dal mixture and add ghee to the mixture mix it well.
• Cover the pressure cooker with lid and put vent while pressure out, and keep it for 5-6 whistles on high flame.

• Then switch off the flame, wait for reduce the pressure and open the lid, garnish with coriander leaves and dash of ghee.
• Serve it hot with potato fry and papad.

NOTE

• I forgot to add tamarind extract while adding water, so I boiled the extract once and add to the cooked rice and cook it for 2 minutes, but am sure no compromise on taste.
• If you love masala flavor, add 1 Tsp garam masala.
• You can add your favorite veggies. 

NUTRITIOUS AND DELICIOUS SAMBHAR RICE!!!