Rasam Sadam Rice

Here’s another south Indian staple that screams”home” for most of us Tamilians. This instant pot rasam sadam rice is my kind of comfort food in a bowl. It is tangy, peppery, fragrant from freshly ground spices and a perfect dish to have on a cold day. Serve it hot with a side of your favorite veggies and you will have some very happy people at home.

You can hardly ever find my refrigerator without some rasam in it. My little one has it with everything, thanks to my mother who got her hooked to it when she visited us. She has to eat it with idlis, dosa, rice. Sometimes I pass off diluted sambar as rasam to her just to get her to eat something else. And of course the mandatory dal, rice and rasam that she has almost everyday for lunch. So the flavours of rasam is something all of us at home love and you can imagine why this instant pot rasam sadam rice is a hit in our place 🙂

It makes a great lunch box recipe. I find this easier to pack this already mixed rice instead of keeping rice and mixing rasam separately. Yes, I am lazy like that. Consider this as the rasam version of bisi bela bath 🙂 All I have to do is pack the left overs in hubby’s lunch box (if we have any left) and refrigerate it. He will heat it up when he eats. See it’s simple 🙂 I only have to make the veggie sides fresh next day.

So what if I am making this rasam sadam rice for my little one at home?

I reduce the pepper and red chillies in the recipe. And if she is suffering from cold, I add a couple more cloves of garlic for some immunity boost and an extra pinch of turmeric as well. Simple home remedies that I have been taught by the elders at home to help fight the cold. Pepper, garlic, turmeric are great spices to add when you have sick kids/ adults at home.

Every time I travel and go days without Indian food, I crave for a bowl of tangy Rasam sadam rice and a side of potato kari. I love to eat this piping hot! It has to be eaten hot, don’t bother eating it if it’s not 🙂 And if you aren’t vegan definitely add a dollop of ghee before serving. It just tastes amazing.

Try this recipe and let me know how it turns out in the comments! If you love it, do share it on social media and tag me #cookingwithpree