Thuvara paruppu sadam(Toor dal rice)

Ingredients:

1. Rice  200 gm
2. Toor dal 50 gm
3. Tamarind  lemon size
4. Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
5. Asafotida   a pinch

Masala:

1.  Coconut  1/2 cup
2.  Garlic  5 nos
3.  Sambar onion  4 nos
4.  Jeera seeds  1 tsp
5.  Red chili  6 nos

• Grind them all together into smooth paste and keep it aside

Seasoning:

1.     Oil 1 tsp
2.     Mustard seeds 1 tsp 
3.     Urud dal   1/2 tsp
4.     Fenugreek seeds 1 tsp
5.     Curry leaves   10 nos
6.     Sambar onion  6 nos

Method:

1.     Wash and soak the rice
   
   ,extract the tamarind juice 
   
2.      Pressure cook the dal and then mash it
   
3.     In a cooker fry the seasoning ingredients fry the onion to brown
   
4.    Measure and add tamarind juice in that add salt,turmeric,asafotida also
   
5.    For 1 cup of rice we need 2 1/2 cup of water (so if we have 2 cups of tamarind juice add 1/2 cup of water for 1 cup of rice)
6.   Once the water start to boil add the soaked rice after draining the soaked water
7.  Cook for 3 minutes now add coconut masala and cooked dal mix them all together
   
8.  Close the cooker reduce the heat cook for 1 whistle turn off the heat
   
9.   Finally  after opening the cooker add fried onion vadagam (optional, only if you have onion vadagam)