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kothamalli sadham /sadam/coriander rice

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • Cooked rice - 2 cups set them to by spreading and mixing with ghee
  • Coriander leaves/kothamalli ilai - 1 fistfull washed
  • Green chilles - 2
  • Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
  • Tamarind/puli - 1 inch piece
  • Salt to taste
  • Sugar - 1/2 tsp optional
  • Small onions - 21/2tbsp
  • Oil - 1 tbsp
  • Ghee 2tsp to mix rice or even gingelly oil
  • Urad and bengal gram dal - 1 tbsp
  • Mustard - 1 tsp
  • Cashewnuts - 5-6

Instructions
 

  • Grind coriander,greenchillies,ginger,tamarind and small onions to a paste by adding water.
  • Keep kadai with oil add mustard and dals.
  • Make mustard to splutter and dals to golden.
  • Add cashews too along with dals and when golden add ground mixture.
  • Add needed salt.
  • Add sugar and let it boil for few minutes.
  • Inbetwen cool the cooked rice by spreading in a wide vessel.
  • Add ghee to rice and mix,keep ready.
  • Now pour the coriander mixture and mixwell.
  • Serve with your favourite papad.

Notes

For more flavour have added ghee you can use gingelly oil too.
Have not added hing as am adding ginger but both can be added.
Adding sugar is optional.
You can use any rice of your choice,I have used ordinary rice only.