Ingredients

• Toor Dal – 80g
• Rice – 120g
• Medium Onion – 1
• Drumstick – 1/2
• Carrot – 1
• Tomato – 1
• Tarmarind – A lemon size
• Asafoetida – A pinch
• Turmeric Powder – 2 tsp
• Chana dal – 1/2 tsp
• Urad dal – 1/2 tsp
• Red Chilli – 1
• Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
• Coriander seeds – 1 tsp
• Fenugreek seeds – 1 tsp
• Coconut – 1
• Curry leaves – Few
• Coriander leaves – Few
• Ghee – Required
• Oil – Required
• Salt – Required

How to Prepare

Total Preparation time: 10-15 minutes

1. Wash rice and toor dal cleanly then soak it in 380ml water for 30 minutes, add salt and cook it well then transfer into a bowl and mash them well and keep aside
2. Slice the carrots, chop toamato, cut drumstick into little finger size, grate coconut, slice onion separately and keep aside
3. Soak tamarind, mash it well and remove the pulp and keep this tamarind water aside
4. Take a pan, add urad dal, chana dal and red chillies and fry them without oil till dals become lightly golden
5. Then add coriander seeds, fry them for 1 minute, then add fenugreek seeds, cumin seeds
6. Once it emits good smell, move them into the wide bowl
7. After it cooled completely and grind them nicely like powder and save them in a Jar. This is our sambar powder
8. Take a pan, add 1 tsp oil, 1/2 ghee and once oil heats up add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, red chilli and curry leaves
9. Fry them till the curry leaves become crispy, then add Asafoetida and mix it well
10. After that add onions saute for 2 minutes then add carrots, drumstick and saute for another 2 minutes
11. Then add chopped tomato, turmeric powder and saute for 3-4 minutes
12. Add some water and cook them for 5 minutes till vegetables become soft
13. After that add tamarind water, salt and prepared sambar powder and mix well
14. Close pan and boil them for 5 minutes
15. Then add mashed rice and dal and mix it well in low flame for 1 minute
16. Now the tasty Sambar rice is ready for serve