Sambar Sadam / Bisibelabath

Sambar Sadam:

               This is famous South Indian variety rice,with all vegetables in it. So it’s a best  for lunch box  for all. This rice is also called as Bisibelabath ,with few cashews and kara boondi on top.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Raw Rice
• 1 Cup Thoor Dal
• Vegetables (Turnip,carrot,beans,potato) cubed
• 1 Onion chopped
• 1 Tomato Chopped
• 2 Green chillies chopped
• Few Cilantro Chopped
• 2 Garlic (Optional) Crushed
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1 tsp Methi powder (Secret of taste)
• 1 /2 tsp of Asafoetida (Secret of taste)
• Salt
• 1 tsp Sambar powder
• 1 tsp Coriander powder
• 1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder / Cayenne pepper powder
• 1 tsp of Lemon juice
• 2 tsp Oil
• 1 tsp Ghee
• Water: (Will vary acc. to the type of dal and rice)

                         2 cups Raw Rice (Pacharisi) =  4 cups water

                         1 Cup Dal = ½ cup Water (I used Mysore dal/ Red Dal)

                         2 cups of Veggies= 1 cup of water

Preparation:

 Soak rice and dal for ½ hr.

Cut all the vegetables and chop onion and tomato & keep it ready.

In a pressure cooker, add 2 tsp of oil and splutter mustard seeds and methi powder(Vendhayam dry fried & powdered) and asafetida.

Fry the onions and then add all veggies,and garlic and cook for a while.

Now add the chopped tomatoes and salt and cook covered for 5 mins in medium flame.

By this time, the tomatoes will get mashed and veggies will be half cooked.

Now add all powders – samabar,coriander and red chilli  and fry for a sec and add the dal and rice to this.

Fry the rice and dal in that mix for 3 mins and then add water and adjust the salt.

Now add atsp of ghee over and add chopped coriander leaves on top and pressure cook upto 3-4 whistles.

Now the Sambar rice/ Bisibelabath is ready.

Serve it with fried potatoes/potato chips and pickle of ur choice.

Note:

  

   I like the texture of sambar sadam to be like Pongal. Most of them will like to have little bit watery,if so increase the water quantity by 1 cup.

Can also add cashews before pressure cook.