Ingredients

• 1 cup - rice
• 1 cup - pigeon peas (toor dal)
• Approx 3 cups - mixed vegetables chopped (e.g. ladies finger, taro root, potatoes, sweet potatoes, eggplants, capsicum, peas, green pumpkin, drumsticks etc.)
• 1/2 cup - Bengal gram (channa dal)
• 1 tbsp - tamarind paste
• 1/2 -1 tbsp - sambar powder
• salt
• few sprigs -cilantro
• 1 tsp -sesame oil/ghee

How to Make Kadambam Rice

• Cook rice with 3 cups of water.
• Meanwhile cook both the lentils together until cooked. Set aside.
• Par boil the vegetables for approx. 10 min.
• Mix the tamarind paste in 3 cups of water and bring to a boil in a pan.
• Add salt, sambar powder, curry leaves along with vegetables and let it cook for 5 mins.
• Add the lentils mixture and stir for another 2-3 mins.
• Finally add rice and gently mix, making sure not to mash the vegetables.
• Garnish with cilantro and sesame oil/ghee and serve hot with papad.
• Recipe courtesy: Dhivya Karthik
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