Monday, August 6, 2007

Mixed Vegetables Sambhar Bhath


Hmmm.... Mixed Vegetables Sambhar Bhath ! Yes! Thats what i named this dish. It just took me 20 mins to make this rice dish .
Sometimes,it feels so good to spend less time in the kitchen !

Ingredients:

1 cup of Mixed Vegetables like ( Potatoes,Beans,Green peas,Carrots,Capsicum )
5-6 Small Onions chopped into pieces
1 1/2 cup of Rice
1/2 cup of Toor Dal
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
2-3 tablespoon Oil/ghee
1/2 tablespoon of Turmeric Powder
2 tablespoon of Sambhar Powder
Salt

Heat some oil in a pressure cooker.Add mustard seeds and then the cumin seeds.Add small onions.Fry till it turns transparent.
Now add the vegetables,fry it for a minute or two.Then add turmeric powder and sambhar powder.Mix everything together. Saute it for 2 mins.
Now add the rice and toor dal.Add Salt.Mix them.Add 4-5 cups of water.Cover the pressure cooker and remove it from the fire after 5-6 whistles.Serve hot with Papad/Chips !

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Shall try this soon.. I am just loving this page !! :D
- Arun

Kruthika Sridhar said...

Thanks Arun ! That surely encourages me ! Will post some easy recipes soon .:-)

Deepa Chilaka said...

Hey kru,

Nice recipes, love the pictures...will try some of them and let u know how they turn out...I have been one of the lucky few who tasted her cooking and its fabulous guys.... so happy eating:)

Kruthika Sridhar said...

Thanks Deepa :-) A comment from a friend like you matters a lot.I have included a new recipe today -Capsicum Rice(my own version) and believe me it turned out awesome! Try it and lemme know !

Anonymous said...

this is like bissi bele bhath is it?

Kruthika Sridhar said...

Well, may be it looks like bisi bela bhath.But its not.It doesnt taste like that too.I have not used cococut and tamarind.Its made without any ground paste.