Ingredients

• Barley - 75 g
• For Sambar:
• Shallots (sambar onion) - 100 g
• French beans - 50 g
• Carrot - 1 small
• Tamarind pulp - 2 tsp
• Sambar powder - 1 to 1.5 tbsp
• Cooked red gram (toor) dal - 1/2 cup
• Oil - 2 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves - a few
• Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp, chopped
• Salt - to taste

How to Make Sambar Bhath with Barley

• Add 4 cups of water to barley and cook in pressure cooker for 10 minutes. Open the cooker after 15 minutes and strain the barley.
• To prepare the sambar, peel the onions and cut into dices.
• Cut the beans into 4 cm long pieces.
• Cut carrots into 1 cm cubes.
• Cook all these together with 1.5 cup of water. Add tamarind pulp.
• Mix sambar powder with 1/2 cup of water and add to the vegetables.
• Simmer for 3 minutes.
• Add cooked dal and salt. Simmer for 2 more minutes.
• Mix in the cooked barley and add more water if needed, to get a semi solid consistency.
• Simmer for 2 more minutes and remove from fire.
• Heat oil in a small fry pan and add mustard seeds.
• When they splutter, add curry leaves and add this seasoning to the barley mixture.
• Stir in the coriander leaves.
• Serve hot with roasted papads.