Sambar Sadam

Sambar Sadam - This rice for sure will tickle the taste buds of all sambar lovers.

Ingredients :-

• Rice - 1 Cup
• Tur Dhal - 1 Cup
• (soak the Dhal for 3-4 hours before cooking). The Dhal should be soaked in hot water.
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tspn
• Coriander powder - ½ tbspn
• Chillie powder - ½ tbspn
• Sambar powder - 2 Tbspns
• Salt to taste
• Tamarind as big as a lime the Juice extracted
• Ghee for Frying

For seasoning:

• Mustard seeds – ½ - ¾ tspn
• Curry Leaves - few
• Asafoetida - a big pinch
• Cashew nuts – 2 tbspns broken pieces
• Sambar Onions – ½ a cup

For Garnish:

• Coriander leaves chopped.
• Ghee 2 –3 tbps melted & poured on top

Preparation Method :

1. Wash Rice & Dhal, drain away all the water, to the Rice/Dhal mixture add the Turmeric pwd., Coriander pwd., Chillie pwd, Sambar pwd, & Salt.
2. Extract the juice from the Tamarind & mix with the quantity of water to be added to the Dhal/Rice mixture.
3. Pour this water into the Dhal/Rice Mixture & cook in Pressure cooker for 10/12 minutes.
4. Add Ghee in the Pan & fry the Sambar Onions, as it’s getting brown add the Mustard Seeds Cashew nuts,Curry leaves.
5. Add this seasoning to the Sambar Bath. Sprinkle with chopped Coriander Leaves.

Mixed Fried Rice

A Christmas Special fried rice. Very simple and easy steps.

Ingredients :-

• Boiled basmati rice - 5 cups
• Thinly sliced carrot, cabbage, capsicum, Beans, Coriande leaves, Celery, Green peas - 1 cup
• Egg - 3 no's
• Salt - to taste
• Pepper powder - 1 tsp
• Cooked & sliced meat - 1 cup
• Cooked prawn - 1/2 cup
• Soya sauce - 1 tsp
• Chilly sauce - 1 tsp
• Oil - 2 tbs
• Coriander leaves - to garnish 

Preparation Method :

1. Steam carrot, cabbage, beans and green peas.
2. Heat oil in a pan.
3. Sauté the egg well by adding salt and pepper powder.
4. Add boiled rice, vegetables, meat, prawns and salt to taste.
5. Sauté well by adding chilli sauce and soya sauce.
6. Remove from fire.Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Ghee Rice

Tasty, Yummy and Delicious fodd with ghee. Very easy to cook.

Ingredients :-

• Basmati Rice - 2 cups
• Onion - 3-4 nos
• Cinnamon - 4-5 pieces
• cardamom - 4 nos
• cloves - 6 nos
• turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
• cashwenuts, raisins - for garnihing
• butter/ghee - 50 gms
• salt - to taste
• water - 3 cups

Preparation Method :

1. Wash and drain rice.
2. Cut onion into thin pieces. In a pan, heat butter, add cloves, cinnamon and cardamom. Stir.
3. Add onion and stir occassionally , add rice before the onion turns into brown color. Stir for 1 min.
4. Mix turmeric powder to it.
5. Put all these into a pressure cooker, add 3 cups of water,  salt.
6. Put the cooker in medium flame.
7. Two vistles are enough for rice to get cooked.
8. garnish with fried cashewnuts, raisins.