sambhar

Ingredients :

Rice 1 Cup
Water 2 Cups
Tamarind Raw 1 big Lemon size ball.
Seasame seeds 1/4 Cup
Coriander seeds 1/4 Cup
Red chillies 15 Nos
Raw Peanuts 1/2 Cup
Salt Acc to taste

Seasoning :

Mustard Seeds 2 Tsp.
Channa dal 1 Tsp.
Urad dal 1 Tsp.
Curry leaves few.
Hing 2 Tsp.
Oil 3 Tbsp.

Additional Flavour :

Coriander seeds 1 Tbsp.
Black Pepper 1 Tsp.

Lemon Rice

Ingredients

Rice - 3 cups (360 g)
Ginger chopped - A small piece
Lime Juice - Juice of 3 or 4 medium sized lemons
Oil - 2 or 3 tbsps
Green Chilles chopped - 2
Salt to taste
Bengal gram - 1 tbsp
Black Gram - 1 tbsp
Mustard - 1/2 tbsp
Asafoetida - A pinch
Cashewnuts - A few
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tbsp
Curry leaves - A few
Red chilles - 2

Method

No South Indian meal is cmplete without a serving of "Rasam". In fact, Rasam is arguably one of the best finds of Southie cooking. So here's one variation of this tasty concoction. This is for people who have no acess to Rasam Powder.

Ingredients:

tamarind - lime sized,
sambar powder - 1 tsp,
salt - 1 tsp,
cumin seeds - 2 tsp,
coriander seeds - 2 tsp,
whole black pepper - 1 tsp,
ghee 2 tsp,
mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp,
curry leaves - a bunch

Method: