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Amma's Special Sambhar Rice

Cuisine: Indian
Type: Rice
Serves: 4 people
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Recipe Ingredients

  Set 1
1 cup 160g / 5.6ozRice
1/2 cup 118mlSplit red gram
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlTurmeric
3 cups 711mlWater
  Salt - to taste
2 tablespoons 30mlTamarind paste
  Set 2
1   Tomato - cut into 4 pieces (medium)
2   Green chiles - sliced
1/4 cup 59mlPeas
1/4 cup 59mlPotato pieces
1   Baby eggplant - cut into slightly - larger than bite-sized pieces
1/4 cup 40g / 1.4ozFrench beans
  Set 3
1/4 cup 49g / 1.7ozButter
6   Black peppercorns
10   Cashew nuts
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlCumin seeds
10   Curry leaves
1/2 cup 20g / 0.7ozCoriander leaves
2 teaspoons 10mlSambar powder
1   Asafetida

Recipe Instructions

Cook rice and split red gram in 3.5 cups of water until the mixture is well cooked. Add salt and turmeric and remove from heat. (It is alright if there is until some water left in the pot).

Cook all the ingredients in set 2 in 3/4 cup of water.

Add the above cooked vegetables and tamarind paste to the pot containing rice and split red gram and cook on medium heat for seven minutes.

Heat butter in a wide skillet and when butter has melted add peppercorns, cashew nuts and cumin seeds. Fry on lower than medium heat for a few minutes until the cashew nuts turn pale brown.

Now add asafetida, curry leaves and coriander leaves. Fry for a minute.

Next add sambar powder, stir once and immediately add the contents of the pot containing rice and vegetables. Stir well and cook for three to four minutes on medium and remove from heat.

Serve hot with a little butter on top.

Hints

Some people prefer a strong aroma of asafetida while others do not. In case you prefer it stronger, then add asafetida to the skillet just before adding rice instead of adding as mentioned in the recipe. (Rice retains the flavor of asafetida much better than oil).


Source:
A World of Curries - Dewitt & Pais

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