Semiya Sambaar Sadam or Semiya Pongal for breakfast

Ingredients for Semiya Sambaar Saadam:

1. Semiya (vermicelli) – 100 gm
2. Sambaar dal (Thuvara paripp) – ½ cup
3. Refined groundnut oil – 1 big spoon
4. Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
5. White guard or green papaya – 1 cup, square pieces
6. Tamarind water – ¼ cup
7. Sambar powder – 1 big spoon
8. Fenugreek seeds – 1/8 tsp
9. Coriander and curry leaves – a handful
10. Salt – as needed
11. Red chilli cut into three pieces – 1
12. Ghee – 1 big spoon 

How to prepare Semiya Sambaar Sadam for breakfast?

1. Heat a little ghee in a pan and fry semiya till it becomes light brown.
2. Boil 6 cups of water with 1/8 tsp salt, and cook vermicelli. Never overcook it. Drain excess water.
3. Add white guard pieces, daal, salt and enough water to a pressure cooker and cook well.
4. Then pour it into another vessel, add sambar powder and tamarind water and prepare sambar.
5. Heat the oil and ghee together. Add mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds to splutter.
6. Then add red chillies and curry leaves to it. Turn the flame off and add this oil to the sambar for seasoning.
7. Add coriander leaves, vermicelli and stir well. It should be thick.
8. Add cooked green gram and coconut. Let the whole water be absorbed. Turn the flame off.