In a vessel soak washed rice. Then take a pressure cooker. Add oil and heat. Crackle mustard seeds, cumin seeds. Add chana dal, gota urad dal, fresh curry leaves.

Dust hing. Add chopped onion, fresh green chillies and saute for sometime. Then add chopped tomatoes. Put salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder. Mix all well. Cover and cook at slow flame, till tomatoes become mushy.

As tomatoes are softened, add rice (rice was strained and extra water was removed). Gently mix all the ingredients, as because rice grains may break. Let it be on slow flame for sometime. Mix intermittently.

Next add hot water, put in sambar masala and mix.
Put handful of coriander and mint leaves. Gently mix. Check for seasonings. Adjust as required.

Finally put the pressure cooker lid and cook for 2 whistles at slow to medium flame.

After the whistles. Switch the flame off. Let the cooker release pressure. Open and fluff the rice gently.

It's ready... garnish with some mint leaves and serve with curd, pickle and papad