kadhamba sadham (mixed vegetable rice)

ingredients

• Rice - 2 cups
• Thur dhal - 1/2 cup
• Potato - 1
• Sweet potato - 1
• Brinjal - 2
• Sheat beans - 5
• Long beans - 5
• Carrot - 1
• Pumpkin - a small piece
• Red pumpkin - a small piece
• Peas - a handful
• Tamarind - a lime size
• Mustard = 1/2 tsp
• Sambhar powder - 1/2 tsp.
• Salt - 2 tsp.
• Curry leaves

For masala

• Coriander seeds - 2 tsp.
• Bengalgram dhal - 1 tsp.
• Red chillies - 6
• Asafoetida - a bit
• Fenugreek - 1/2 tsp.

Fry the the above ingredients, grind to smooth paste or powder nicely.

method of preparation

• Cook rice and dhal seperately using pressure cooker.
• Chop and cook the vegetables.
• Extract about 200ml. of tamarind juice.
• Add salt, sambar powderand curry leaves and bring to boil.
• Add the ground masala.
• Let it simmer well and now add the cooked vegetables and dhal.
• Mix well and simmer for five minutes.
• Remove from the fire.
• Meanwhile, pour a tbl.sp. of ghee and tbl. sp. of gingelly oil on the rice and mash well.
• Add rice to the sambar.
• Mix well with a ladle to avoid lumps.
• Season with mustard and garnish with coriander leaves.
• Now the delicious kadhamba sadam is ready. This is prepared during mattu pongal.

Coconut rice | Lemon rice | Tomato rice | Curd rice | Tamarind rice | Rice noodles | Kadhambam rice