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Sambar Sadam-Sambar Sadam Recipe-Sambar Rice with onion raita

July 13, 2011 by PadhuSankar 49 Comments

This is the South Indian (Tamil) way of making Sambar sadam. It is a simpler version of Bisi Bele Bath and is less spicy. More over it does not take much time to prepare this sambar rice.You can add cooked mochai (field beans), black eyed pea or brown channa if preferred along with dal. I have not added it as I prefer it plain.Yesterday I made sambar sadam, special curd rice and onion raita for lunch – very simple yet it was a satisfying meal. Today we will learn how to make South Indian (Tamil Nadu) Sambar rice following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.

Sambar Sadam-Tamil Style

How to make Sambar Sadam -Tamil Nadu Style Sambar Sadam (Rice) Recipe


Sambar Sadam

 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 20 mins 
 Serves: 3
 Recipe Category: Variety Rice-One Pot Meal
 Recipe Cuisine: South Indian (Tamil Nadu)
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Raw rice -3/4 cup
   Tur dal – 1/3 cup
   Tamarind – a small lemon sized ball
   Turmeric powder – a pinch
   Ghee -2 tsp
   Salt needed

   Vegetables

   Pearl onions -10 (Cut it into 2 pieces if it is big)
   Carrot – 2 medium size
   Beans – 10
   Potato – 1 medium size

   For the Masala

   Channa dal/Bengal gram/Kadalai paruppu -2 tsp
   Coriander seeds/Malli -1 tbsp
   Red chilli -5
   Whole black pepper -4
   Grated coconut -1/4 cup flat

   For the seasoning

   Oil – 4 tsp
   Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
   Fenugreek seeds – 1/2 tsp
   Red chilli – 1
   Hing/Asafoetida – a generous pinch
   Curry leaves – 2 sprigs

Preparation


Cook rice with needed water and keep it aside. If you do not know to cook rice, refer my post on How to cook rice?

Soak tur dal in hot water (just enough water to soak the dal) for 15-20 minutes. Pressure cook dal with a pinch of turmeric powder. Mash it well and keep it aside.

Soak tamarind in warm water and extract its juice (around 1 3/4 cup) and discard the pulp.

Fry everything mentioned under “for the masala” in a tsp of oil till dal turns golden brown, adding coconut in the end. Grind it to a smooth paste. Keep it aside. Now your masala for sambar sadam is ready.

Peel pearl onions and chop all the vegetables as shown in the picture below.

Method


Keep all the vegetables ready.

Heat oil, add mustard seeds, when mustard seeds splutter, add hing, fenugreek seeds, red chilli and curry leaves. Then add pearl onions and saute until it turns pink.

preparations for Sambar sadam

Add the chopped vegetables and saute for a few seconds. Add 1/2 cup of water and cook the vegetables. When the vegetables are half cooked, add tamarind water, turmeric powder, salt needed and cook covered  on medium heat until the raw smell of the tamarind goes (Alternatively, you can par boil or steam the vegetables and then add).

Cooking vegetables for sambar sadam

Now add the ground masala and cooked tur dal.

How to make sambar sadam

Add 1 1/4 cup of water and let it boil on low flame. Then add cooked rice and mix well. Simmer and cook for a few seconds so that it gets mixed well with the masala. Check for salt.

Tamil style sambar sadam recipe

Add ghee and mix well. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve piping hot with onion raita or homemade potato chips or vadam.

How to prepare Sambar Sadam

Note – As it cools down, it will become thick. So you can switch it off when it it semi solid.(see last pic). If you want to re-heat it, add a little hot water and heat it.

Onion Raita /Onion Pachadi

Peel and cut 3 onions lengthwise into thin strips.

Add salt needed and leave it for 10 minutes. Squeeze out water from the onions and mix 1 1/2 cups of plain yoghurt/curd to it.

Heat a tsp of oil and season with mustard seeds and 1 finely chopped green chilli. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with sambar sadam.

You will love my other sambar sadam recipes-

Karnataka Style Bisi Bela Bath

Cracked wheat sambar sadam (samba godhumai sambar sadam)

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Comments

  1. Ms.Chitchat

    July 14, 2011 at 10:25 am

    Wow, mouth watering sambar sadam, lovely illustrative clicks.

    Reply
  2. Biny Anoop

    July 14, 2011 at 10:31 am

    Padhu the first pic is so temptg…moe so its nearly afternoon and i am hungry…love to have it now

    Reply
  3. Suman Singh

    July 14, 2011 at 11:06 am

    Sambhar looks so yummy and delicious..

    Reply
  4. srividhya Ravikumar

    July 14, 2011 at 11:09 am

    love the combo…lovely snaps..

    Reply
  5. Santosh Bangar

    July 14, 2011 at 11:10 am

    wow full tasty meal platter

    Reply
  6. Prabhamani

    July 14, 2011 at 11:26 am

    Like to have anytime….urs luks perfect.really a healthy one pot meal!!!

    Reply
  7. sonu

    July 14, 2011 at 11:34 am

    tht looks amazingly delicious..luved the step wise pics..very inviting !

    Reply
  8. Rani acharyulu

    July 14, 2011 at 11:53 am

    I love sambar sadham,your recipe picks are so beautiful,awesome preparation!!

    Reply
  9. sm

    July 14, 2011 at 12:38 pm

    beautiful pics
    tasty and healthy dish everyone loves it

    Reply
  10. soujanya

    July 14, 2011 at 1:08 pm

    Vowww!!! sambar sadam is looking yummy…

    Reply
  11. Premalatha Aravindhan

    July 14, 2011 at 1:18 pm

    Wow yummy,my fav too…Always will be there in my weekly menu.Yours luks delicious,addition of vegetable healthy too…

    Reply
  12. SavithaRaj's Spice Land

    July 14, 2011 at 2:09 pm

    Lovely sambar sadam..
    http://www.savitharajsspiceland.blogspot.com

    Reply
  13. Tina

    July 14, 2011 at 2:10 pm

    delicious sambar sadham…

    Reply
  14. Ramya

    July 14, 2011 at 2:12 pm

    slurp…Looks soo perfect:-)

    Reply
  15. Reshmi Mahesh

    July 14, 2011 at 2:55 pm

    Love the delicious looking rice…nice clicks..

    Reply
  16. Suja

    July 14, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    Comfort food,looks delicious..

    Reply
  17. Prathima Rao

    July 14, 2011 at 3:37 pm

    Yes, this combo definitely makes a satisfying meal 🙂
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

    Reply
  18. Vimitha Anand

    July 14, 2011 at 5:35 pm

    Thats a very yummy combination…

    Reply
  19. Amritha Kalyani

    July 14, 2011 at 10:47 pm

    delicious looking sambar rice. love the raitha combo.

    Reply
  20. Gopika Ram

    July 15, 2011 at 6:09 pm

    I love sambar sadam.. Yours looks just delicious 😀 Cant wait to have some..

    Reply
  21. Food Glorious Food!

    July 15, 2011 at 7:19 pm

    Love your pictorial illustrations! It really helps especially for beginners like me! Your new follower and would also like to invite you to follow my space too! 🙂

    http://personalfoodjournal.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  22. divya

    July 15, 2011 at 9:19 pm

    WOW!!! This is absolutely tempting & yummy!!!

    Reply
  23. Vidhya

    July 15, 2011 at 11:13 pm

    This look lip smacking good.

    Reply
  24. Prathima Shivraj

    July 16, 2011 at 10:29 am

    Yummy combo, looks inviting.

    Reply
  25. Uma

    July 17, 2011 at 1:56 am

    They are inviting me… I love this with appalam.Yummyyyy

    Cheers,
    Uma
    http://umaskitchenexperiments.blospot.com

    Reply
  26. hemalata

    July 17, 2011 at 11:02 am

    Lovely combo,sounds so delicious.

    Reply
  27. sen

    May 18, 2012 at 7:28 pm

    the sambar sadam came out really good…thanks for the recipe and the clear concise steps.

    Reply
  28. shambhavi

    November 17, 2012 at 9:01 am

    Thanks a lot. I tried this recipe, it turned out excellent.

    Reply
  29. GB

    November 30, 2012 at 9:44 pm

    Came out pretty well…luved it…thank u….

    Reply
  30. Karu Sinniah

    December 2, 2012 at 7:28 am

    Turn out better than expected, if i had known this earlier would have had many more lovely sambar saadham meals.

    Thank you from the bottom of my tummy.

    K.S.

    Reply
  31. Arthi Balakrishnan

    December 20, 2012 at 1:39 pm

    Hi,

    Thanks to padhuskitchen. I tried many dishes from your collections. Nowadays my husband telling while eating aahhaa super.

    Reply
  32. Veena

    February 18, 2013 at 5:04 am

    Thank you so much for this recipe… I am not a good cook.. Usually when i have people over it never go well.. Today i made this and it was a hit.. Thanks again…

    Reply
  33. shivsu gee

    February 24, 2013 at 11:38 am

    thanks for the recipe…luvly pics

    Reply
  34. shivsu gee

    February 24, 2013 at 11:39 am

    thanks for the recipe…luvly pics….

    Reply
  35. sutha devi

    August 16, 2013 at 1:40 am

    Its very super yummy taste. Thank u padhusa

    Reply
  36. Latha Srimurugan

    November 10, 2013 at 2:41 pm

    such a simple and mouthwatering recipe. padhu really u r great

    Reply
  37. Muhammed Yasir

    February 9, 2014 at 7:42 pm

    Hi.. may i know wats the exact measurement of 1cup.. its very difficult for me to identify correct measurement of 1cup.. make me clear.. it wil be very useful if u reply to my qn …

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      February 10, 2014 at 4:05 am

      I use this standard Measuring cups and spoons for all my recipes.

      Reply
    • sumaya fasmin

      October 23, 2016 at 9:54 am

      Wonder ful recipe…..

      Reply
  38. gayathiri ravichandran

    May 14, 2014 at 8:18 am

    Hi padhu aka,
    Tried this at home . It was so nice . For beginners like me it's so nice to try . My MIL was so happy after I made this for her. Thank u . Love u.

    Reply
  39. Anonymous

    November 22, 2014 at 8:42 am

    hai padhu sister,tried this at home.it was very tasty and yummy.thank you for this recipes.

    Reply
  40. Piyushi

    February 6, 2015 at 1:42 am

    Hi, Thanks for the recipe. I was looking for this. Is there a way to prepare the masala without using coconut?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      February 6, 2015 at 7:35 am

      You can skip coconut and follow the rest of the method as given. While frying the masala, add a tsp of raw rice also in addition to the other ingredients (except coconut) and fry. Then grind it to a smooth paste.

      Reply
  41. J.Ruban Pushparaj

    March 19, 2015 at 1:39 pm

    It is very interesting and a am very eager to make this soon

    Reply
  42. saipriya venkat

    September 23, 2015 at 7:28 am

    padhu… sambar sadam came out yummy… i am a working woman and it helps me a lot

    Reply
  43. s shash

    February 4, 2016 at 4:28 pm

    Vara prasadam for forced bachelors like me

    Reply
  44. megha r

    December 16, 2016 at 8:57 am

    Hi padhu

    I tried this sambhar saadam n it came out just as we eat at hotels.. perfect measurements… must try.. it made me even more hungry.. thanks a lot padhu.

    Reply
  45. Passionate Mom

    May 19, 2018 at 2:39 am

    Every recipe of yours turns out excellent. Thanks a bunch for your lovely blog!

    Reply
  46. Shri

    December 21, 2021 at 3:11 pm

    Sambar rice turned out tasty..thank you..

    Reply

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