This dish is a quick dinner using your Instant Pot. You will love the flavor of this chicken. It cooks with cilantro and mint in your Instant Pot and finishes soaking up flavors from onion and coconut.
I made this for a holiday party and this is the one dish that people still say, "I remember the rice dish you made." You can also use cucumber instead of the pomegranate seeds, but for the holiday's I like the red.
Sambar is a lentil based vegetable stew. Tamarind is added to give this stew a little tang. If you don't have tamarind, you can use lemon juice. You can eat this as a traditional breakfast with idli, or as we often do in my house, with white rice or couscous. I'm sure if you served it over buttered noodles it would be just as delicious (This is my German side coming out in my Indian cooking :). The key here to getting the most flavor is having a quality sambar powder. The sambar masala recipe is below or you can buy the powder at your local Indian store.
This is a really great breakfast and snack. I like to add extra veggies to make sure I'm getting the best out of this recipe. In the South India state of Kerala, this upma is paired with mashed banana for a sweet and savory breakfast. Picture is served with mango pickle, green chutney, ghee and slice of lemon and of course, yogurt. Course: Breakfast, brunch, snack Directions 1 cup semolina, dry roasted Tempering for the Upma 2 T. oil or ghee 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds 1 teaspoon urad dal 1 teaspoon channa dal 2 T. peanuts 8 cashew pieces 1 sprig curry leaves pinch asafoetida/hing Other ingredients 1 small onion, chopped 2 green chilis, slit down...
