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Sambar Sadam/ Sambar Rice: Rice-lentils-Vegetables dish. Easy, quick, one pot wholesome meal made with pressure cooker. Its also known as bise bele bath in Karnataka, India. Traditionally sambar rice is prepared by cooking rice and lentils separate. But I found pressure cooking everything together is easy & quick, taste wise no compromise too. I am sure it won't disappoint you and is handy for busy moms.
Sambar sadam is mildly flavored , loaded with vegetables, smooth in texture and hence its ideal food for babies from 10 months after introducing rice, lentils and vegetables separately.Here is how to make easy sambar sadam recipe for babies, toddlers and kids.
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Sambar Sadam Recipe for Babies, Toddlers and Kids
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Sambar Rice- A one pot meal made with rice, lentils, tamarind and vegetables. Nutritious lunch for kids.
Course Rice/Biryani
Cuisine South Indian
Prep Time 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes minutes
Total Time 1 hour hour
Calories
Author Kalyani
Ingredients
- Rice - 1 cup
- Toor dal - ½ cup
- Small onions- 10 or Big Onion - 1 medium sized
- Tomato - 1 medium sized
- Green chilli - 1
- Vegetables* - 1 cup chopped
- Sambar powder - 2 tsp
- Turmeric powder - a pinch
- Tamarind - small lemon size
- Hing - a generous pinch
- Corainder leaves - a handful
- Water - 4.5 cups
- Salt - as required
To temper
- Ghee - 2 tbsp
- Oil - 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds - ½ tsp
- Urad dal - ½ tsp
- Fenugreek seeds - ¼ tsp
- Curry leaves - few
* I used 1 carrot, 5 beans, handful of peas and 1 potato
Instructions
Preparation
Slice onions, chop tomatoes finely. Wash and Chop all vegetables into bite size pieces. Slit green chillies. Roughly chop corainder leaves. Set aside.
Soak Tamarind in 2 cups of warm water. Wash rice and toor dal together and soak it in warm water for 20 minutes.
Method
Heat a pressure cooker with ghee & oil. Add mustard seeds. Let it crackle. Then add urad dal and fenugreek seeds. Saute them until golden brown. Then add curry leaves. Fry for a minute.
Thenadd onions. Saute them nicely until golden brown.Once onions becomes transparent , add tomatoes.Fry tomatoes until the raw smell of tomatoes leaves and become mushy.
Add chopped veggies, sambar powder and required salt. Give a quick stir. Now mash the tamarind well and discard the thick pulp.
Transfer the tamarind water to the pressure cooker.Then add soaked rice & dal mix well. Add corainder leaves. Give a quick stir.
Add remaining water (2.5 cups of water) and bring it to a boil. Then closethe lid of pressure cooker and cook everything in a medium flame for three to four whistles. Once the pressure releases, open the cooker and fluff the rice with a spoon slowly, top with ghee if required.
Nutrition
Serving: 3g
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Preparation:
1.Slice onions, chop tomatoes finely. Wash and Chop all vegetables into bite size pieces. Slit green chillies. Roughly chop coriander leaves. Set aside.
2. Soak Tamarind in 2 cups of warm water. Wash rice and toor dal together and soak it in warm water for 20 minutes.
Procedure:
1. Heat a pressure cooker with ghee & oil. Add mustard seeds. Let it crackle. Then add urad dal and fenugreek seeds. Saute them until golden brown. Then add curry leaves. Fry for a minute.
2. Thenadd onions. Saute them nicely until golden brown.Once onions becomes transparent , add tomatoes.Fry tomatoes until the raw smell of tomatoes leaves and become mushy.
3. Add chopped veggies, sambar powder and required salt. Give a quick stir. Now mash the tamarind well and discard the thick pulp.
4.Transfer the tamarind water to the pressure cooker.Then add soaked rice & dal mix well. Add coriander leaves. Give a quick stir.
5.Add remaining water (2.5 cups of water) and bring it to a boil. Then closethe lid of pressure cooker and cook everything in a medium flame for three to four whistles. Once the pressure releases, open the cooker and fluff the rice with a spoon slowly, top with ghee if required.
Serve the sambar sadam with pappad/appalam and curd. Tastes divine!
Notes :
- Small onions/shallots are recommended for sambar rice which gives a nice flavor and taste.
- I used homemade sambar powder. You could use store bought powder too.
- You can add ghee fried cashews at the end to make it more rich.
- Always serve this sambar rice hot or warm. Otherwise it will become dry.
- Any Normal cooking rice can be used to prepare this sambar rice.
- For 1 cup of rice and ½ cup of toor dal , 4.5 cups of water is sufficient with prior soaking of rice for 20 minutes. If you want it too mushy add 5 cups of water.
- Adjust spices & green chilliaccording to your preference.
- You can add any veggies of your choice.
- Always check with your pediatricianbefore introducing any new food.
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Comments
Anonymous
Hi kalyani,in description u have mistakenly specified about chicken pieces..Please correct it.Nice recipe.
gkfooddiary
Sorry I couldn't figure out where did I specified., please mention it exact so that I can correct it
Anonymous
Step 1 dear last line.
Anonymous
Preparation step1
gkfooddiary
Updated! Thanks a lot ?
Anonymous
I tried ur chettinad mushroom gravy really came out wel ?? ondis sambar sadham u mentioned for 1 cup of rice 4.5 cup of water...but v normally use only 2 cup of water (rice:water~1:2)plz mention y v hav to use 4.5 cup of water...want to try dis tomorrow
gkfooddiary
Thank you for your feedback on chettinad mushroom gravy. Regarding sambar Sadham, we cook toor dal and rice together. Hence water amount 4.5 cups is for cooking both dal and rice. So that it gives mushy sambar sadam. If you don't want mushy reduce water quantity to 4 cups. Hope it helps!
Anonymous
I tried this sambar sadam last sunday. It turned out really well. My 14 month daughter is a very picky eater. She didn't like it ?? But my husband and I just loved it. Will become one of the regular recipes in our house ????
gkfooddiary
Thanks a lot for your feedback on sambar rice? I will be more happy if your little one likes that too?But I am sure soon she likes it!
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