Name: Thakkali sadam
Prep time: 7 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 3 people
Ingredients: 1½ cups rice (uncooked rice); 3 large tomatoes (deseeded & chopped or pureed); 1 medium onion (thinly sliced); 1 green chili (slit or as needed); 2 tbsp oil (or ghee); 2 sprigs curry leaves (or karuvepillai); ¾ tsp cumin (or jeera); ¾ tsp mustard (or rai); 1 tbsp chana dal (or bengal gram); ¾ tbsp urad dal (or skinned black gram); 2 cloves garlic (chopped or 3/4 tbsp ginger garlic paste); 10 cashewnuts ((optional)); pinch asafoetida (or hing); ¾ to 1 tsp red chili powder; ¼ tsp turmeric (or haldi); 1 tsp garam masala ((refer notes)); 1 tsp coriander powder ((refer notes)); ½ tsp saunf powder (or fennel seeds powder (optional)); 4 tbsp coriander leaves (chopped)