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

Method:

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