Kadamba Sambar Sadam | Sambar Rice

Sambar Sadam, a popular dish in most of the South Indian Restaurants. Especially when we order for mini meals or as an individual dish, this sambar rice stands out because they are not only yummy, but also very rich dish with mixed veggies and along with protein rich lentils (thoor dal). Kadamba means mixed, we are going to use mixed veggies and also rice and lentils thats why we call this as Kadamba Sambar Rice. We don’t need a separate curry for this awesome Sambar rice, just with Appalam / papad this Sambar rice would be a perfect one pot meal for us!

Kadamba Sambar Sadam | Sambar Rice

Preparation and Yield:

Preparation time	15 mins
Cooking Time	30 mins
Servings	4
Recipe Category	Main
Recipe Cuisine	South Indian

Kadamba Sambar Sadam | Sambar Rice

1. Soak tamarind in warm water and extract the juice
2. Take rice and dal in a vessel. Add 4.5 cups of water and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles. Once the rice is cooked, mix with a spatula and keep it aside
3. Heat oil in a pan and add coriander seeds,bengal gram dal, peppercorns, red chili, fenugreek seeds and saute in oil for a minute
4. Add onion, tomato, green chili, ginger, cloves and saute along with the dals. Finally when the dal is golden brown, add grated coconut and fry till light brown and switch off the flame
5. Cool the roasted ingredients and grind it to fine paste
6. Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter
7. Add curry leaves along with shallots, and saute till translucent. Then add tomato along with other mixed veggies and stir-fry in high flame for 3-5 mins.
8. Then add water along with turmeric powder and cover and cook the veggies till soft 
9. Once the veggies are cooked, add tamarind extract along with salt and bring it to boil. Boil for 5 mins till the raw smell of the tamarind goes off
10. Add ground spice paste and boil for another 5 mins and then switch off the flame
11. Now the mixed sambar is ready. Add sambar to the cooked rice+dal mixture and mix nicely 
12. finally garnish with ghee and the yummy Kadamba Sambar Rice Ready!
13. Serve hot with appalam / papad and enjoy the scrumptious one-pot meal!

Kadamba Sambar Sadam | Sambar Rice