Sambhar Rice / Sambhar Sadam in Instant Pot

 Sambhar Rice ...is a wholesome meal filled with lentils, rice . very fulfilling. I have done it in Pressure Cooker .Never tried it in Instant Pot. Wow it came out so good and yummy without any mess . Simple and neat. So easy to make

Toor Dhal/Thuvar dhal - 1/2 cup

Rice - 1 cup ( I used long grain rice)

oil - 2 tsp

mustard - 1/2 tsp

asafoetida - 1 pinch

turmeric - 1/2 tsp

Sambhar Powder - 1/2 tsp ( mine is spicy so I used 1/2 tsp)( you can use depending on the spice you need)

Onion- 1/2 cup chopped

Tomato - 1 ( chopped)

tamarind - a gooseberry size soak and take the water from it around 1 cup

water - 4 and 1/2 cup

vegetables - 1 cup ( I had squash and carrot)

salt - 1 tsp

curry leaves few ( optional)

Take the Instant Pot .Plug it in and put it in Sauté mode.

Add 2 - 3 tsp oil . When it heats up add the mustard , asafoetida.

Then add the chopped onion, curry leaves. Mix/stir it and add the vegetables, salt, turmeric, sambhar powder. Mix / stir it .

Add the tomatoes while stirring it . Add the toor dhal/thuvar dhal, rice too.

Then add the tamarind water which I have is about 1 cup. With that add 4 and half cups of water.

So totally add 5 and 1/2 cups for 1 cup of rice and 1/2 cup thuvar dhal.

Check for the salt and if needed add more. Close the lid and cancel the sauté mode.

Now set the Instant Pot to Pressure cook , white rice, temperature high , timer 21 minutes.

All set. After it is cooked , let the pressure release naturally.

Open it and serve hot with little ghee on top with papad/appalam and pickle.

mmmmm delicious, perfect.😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋