Ingredients:

1 cup rice
1 cup toor dhal (soak the dhal for 3-4 hours in hot water)
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp. coriander powder
1/2 tsp chilly powder
2 tsp sambar powder
1 tsp tamarind paste
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
a few curry leaves
a pinch of asafoetida
2 cashews (optional)
few chopped shallots (sambar onions)
a few chopped corriander leaves

ghee for frying

salt to taste

Method of making sambhar rice:

Wash rice and dhal, drain away all the water, to the rice/dhal mixture add the turmeric powder, corriander powder, chilly powder, sambar powder and salt. Then add 4 cups of water to tamrind paste mix and pour into the dhal/rice mixture. Now cook in pressure cooker for 10 to 12 minutes. Add ghee in the pan and fry the shallots (sambar onions), as it’s getting brown add the mustard seeds, cashew nuts, curry leaves. Now add this seasoning to the Sambar Bath. Garnish the chopped Corriander Leaves.

• Serve Sambhar Rice hot hot.