Sambar Sadam - This rice for sure will tickle the taste buds of all sambar lovers. Ingredients

• Rice - 1 Cup
• Tur Dhal - 1 Cup (Soak in hot water for 3-4 hours before cooking)
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tspn
• Coriander powder - 1/2 tbspn
• Chillie powder - 1/2 tbspn
• Sambar powder - 2 Tbspns
• Salt to taste
• Tamarind as big as a lime the Juice extracted
• Ghee for Frying

For seasoning

• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tspn
• Curry Leaves - few
• Asafoetida - a big pinch
• Cashew nuts - 2 tbspns broken pieces
• Sambar Onions - 1/2 a cup

For Garnish

• Coriander leaves chopped
• Ghee 2 -3 tbps melted & poured on top

Method Wash Rice & Dhal, drain away all the water, to the Rice/Dhal mixture add the Turmeric pwd., Coriander pwd., Chillie pwd, Sambar pwd, & Salt. Extract the juice from the Tamarind & mix with the quantity of water to be added to the Dhal/Rice mixture. Pour this water into the Dhal/Rice Mixture & cook in Pressure cooker for 10/12 minutes. Add Ghee in the Pan & fry the Sambar Onions, as it's getting brown add the Mustard Seeds Cashew nuts,Curry leaves. Add this seasoning to the Sambar Bath. Sprinkle with chopped Coriander Leaves.