Sambar Sadham Recipe

Ingredients:

Rice 1 cup
Toor dhal ½ cup
Green peas 100 grams
Tomatoes 100 grams
Oil ½ cup
Ghee 100 gram
Tamarind nellikkai alavu (or 1 tea spoon tamarind paste)
Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Onion 1

Ingredients for sambhar powder:

Red chillies (dried) 8
Dhaniya seeds 8 tea spoons
Channa dhal 4 tea spoons
Fenugreek seeds ¼ tea spoon
Pepper corns 8
Coconut (shredded) 2 tea spoons

Seasoning:

Red chillies (dried) 4
Mustard seeds 1 tea spoon
Asafoetida

Cooking method:

Chop the onion and tomatoes into small pieces. Roast carefully the ingredients for sambhar powder in a small amount of oil. Then grind all these ingredients into a powder.

Cook the rice and the dhal in 4 cups of water in a pressure cooker. When the rice and the dhal are cooked, add the green peas. When the peas are cooked, add the tamarind, salt and turmeric. Then add the sambhar powder made earlier, and the chopped tomatoes. Stir well for 10 minutes until it boils.

Then, heat the ghee in a pan and add the seasoning ingredients. Next, add the chopped onions and fry until golden brown. Pour this mixture into the cooked rice and then add the remaining ghee and oil to it. Mix well. Cashew nuts can also be fried and added to it if desired.