First upon wash rice & toor dal. Drain the water & Soak for 10 minutes. Wash & chop all the required vegetables.

In a pressure cooker base, heat oil and splutter mustard seeds, methi seeds,curry leaves and coriander leaves. Saute for a second. Add sliced onion, slit green chilli and saute till onion turns transparent

Add finely chopped tomato, mix well. Add turmeric powder, asafoetida, sambar powder, red chilli powder, coriander cumin powder and salt. Saute in medium flame till tomato turns mushy. Do not burn the masala.

Lastly add the chopped vegetables. Saute for a minute. Add the washed rice, toor dal and 5 cups of water. Mix well and check for taste. Add more salt, chilli powder or sambar powder if needed.

Close the cooker and pressure cook for 3 whistles in medium gas flame. Open the cooker after steam is released. Mix well. (If you want to add tamarind extract, add it now, boil for a minute till its raw smell goes off).

Let's tempering this rise - now add oil, heat it in a small tadka pan. Then add mustard seeds, dry red chilli, sweet curry leaves, asafoetida and sambar powder saute for 1 minute. Add this tadka in a sambar rice and mix very well. Then garnish with chopped coriander leaves and add 1 tbsp of ghee.

Now our very yummy and delicious One Pot Sambar Rice is ready for serve. Serve hot with chips, papad or pickle if you like !