How to make sambar rice/ sambar sadam in pressure cooker – Tamil nadu hotel style recipe – One pot South Indian lunch recipes
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INGREDIENTS
1 cup – 250ml
To pressure cook
Raw rice – 1 cup OR steamed rice – 1 cup
Toor dal – 1/2 cup
Water – 6 –7 cups
Carrot – 2 nos
Peas – 1/4 cup
Beans – 5 nos
Drumstick – 2 nos (chop into finger size)
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Hing /Asafetida – 1/4 tsp
Salt – As needed
To soak in water
Tamarind – Lemon size ball
To roast & grind
Cooking oil – 1 tsp
Red chillies – 8 nos ( use 6 if spicy chilli)
Chana dal – 2.5 tbsp
Dhania – 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Methi seeds – 1/2 tsp
Grated coconut – 2 tsp (optional)
Hing – 2 pinches
To saute
Cooking oil + ghee – 1tbsp + 2 tsp
Small onion /sambar onion – 15 nos
Tomato – 3 nos
Sambar powder -1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – few
To temper
Oil + ghee – 2 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp (to garnish)
Ghee – 2 tbsp
METHOD

Pressure cook drumstick separately. Remove the flesh & keep aside
Wash and pressure cook rice.Wash & pressure cook rice n dal along with chopped carrots ,beans , peas ,turmeric powder , salt & hing. Add 6 cups of water & Cook for 2-3 whistles till rice n dal turns mushy.Open the cooker & mash it well.Set aside.

In a pan , add a tsp of oil and roast all the ingredients given under “to roast & grind” .Powder them nicely and set aside.

In the same pan, heat oil + ghee and saute the onions, chopped tomatoes & curry leaves. Saute till tomato turns mushy. Then add 1 cup of tamarind extract, sambar powder, turmeric powder , hing & salt if required.Let it boil for sometime till onion gets cooked. If u want , u can directly add the tamarind extract, sauteed onion, tomato mixture to the cooked rice and dal & proceed.

Now add this mixture to the cooked rice . Add the masala powder, drumstick flesh and mix well.Simmer the flame and allow it to boil well for 10 minutes . All the flavour gets into the rice.Stir once or twice in the middle.Add ghee to avoid rice sticking to the bottom of pan.mix well. Lastly temper the mustard seeds & add. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve hot drizzled with little ghee & papad !! !

Note
For variations , u can use steamed rice instead of raw rice.Add water according to the quality of rice.
I used byadge chillies in this recipe.It gave a nice color to the rice and less spicy too. If you use spicy chillies, use 5-6 as per your taste buds.
Adding coconut is purely optional. If you add it, add more chillies to compensate.

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