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    Home » Recipes » variety rice (kalanda sadam)

    Sambhar Sadam Hotel style

    Published: Jun 25, 2016 · by Nisha

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    For the second day, I have a one pot meal. This recipe is similar to Bisi bela baath. The difference is in the spice mix used. This is a simple hotel style sambhar and this is served with raita. When the heart yearns for a hearty comfort meal and there is no time to prepare the elaborate bisi bele bath, this would be a perfect alternate!

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    Sambhar Sadam Hotel style
    Rice mixed with Sambar
    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Indian
    Author: Nisha
    Ingredients
    • 1 Cup Rice
    • ½ Cup Tuvaram Parupu | Toor Dal
    • 2 tablespoon Tamarind paste
    • 1 Cup cubed Veggies carrots, beans etc
    • 1 Medium sized Onion cubed
    • 1 Tomato roughly chopped
    • Salt to taste
    For Grinding
    • 1 tablespoon Channa dal
    • 1 tablespoon Dhaniya
    • ¼ teaspoon Milagu
    • 2 Red Chillies
    • 1 tablespoon Grated coconut
    For Tempering
    • 1 tablespoon Oil
    • ¼ teaspoon Mustard seeds
    • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
    • 3-4 Curry leaves torn
    • 2 Red chillies
    • Coriander for garnish
    • 1 tablespoon Ghee optional
    Instructions
    1. Soak the dal with turmeric powder for half an hour and keep aside.
    2. Roast the ingredients mentioned under grinding except coconut. Grind everything to a coarse powder.
    3. Heat oil in a pressure cooker (5l) over medium high heat.
    4. Once the oil shimmers, add the mustard seeds and let it splutter. Then add the cumin seeds, curry leaves, red chillies and fry for a second.
    5. Then add the chopped onions and sauté until it turns translucent. Add other veggies and tomato, salt.
    6. Fry them for a couple of minutes. Then add the dahl (draining the water) and rice.
    7. Add 3 Cups of water, salt, tamarind paste. Once it starts boiling, close the cooker and keep it for about 4-5 whistles.
    8. Once the pressure releases, add the ground powder and keep it on medium low flame. Adjust for salt and water if it is very thick. Garnish it with coriander leaves. Add a tablespoon of ghee at the end if using.
    9. Serve it with Onion raita and Papad.
    Recipe Notes
    1. Make sure to chop the veggies slightly bigger. So that it would not get smashed while getting cooked with the rice and dahl.
    2. Also the amount of tamarind might vary as per what you use. If it is a pulp, a big gooseberry size would suffice. Extract it with water and use it. Generally it is slightly less sour when compared to the regular sambhar.

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    Comments

    1. Priya Suresh says

      June 30, 2016 at 9:22 pm

      Omg, my comforting food, love with simple potato fry.

      Reply
    2. vaishali sabnani says

      June 30, 2016 at 10:45 am

      beautiful!..and i have bookmarked this post, the rice looks absolutely delicious.

      Reply
    3. Smruti Shah says

      June 28, 2016 at 5:22 pm

      Bookmarked this amazing recipe immediately. I am going to try this soon!

      Reply
    4. Kalyani says

      June 28, 2016 at 5:48 am

      confort food, indeed ! i sub the rice with Lapsi / Oats sometimes

      Reply

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