White Rice + Sambar + Poriyal
Lunch · Dinner

White Rice + Sambar + Poriyal

The everyday South Indian meal: soft rice, sambar and a coconut poriyal. You pick the sambar vegetable and the poriyal vegetable. Everything is cut and measured for you.

Needs a pressure cooker. Cook the dal first, then the rice, then make the sambar and the poriyal.

Total time

53 min

Difficulty

Medium

Makes

2 full plates

How many packs?

₹149 per pack

Serves 2 — or 1 person, twice

People

Your choices

Sambar vegetablePick one

Poriyal vegetablePick one

What's in the box

In each pack · serves 2

  • 01Toor Dal60 g
  • 02Rice250 g
  • 03Oil for sambar15 ml
  • 04Mustard2 g
  • 05Dry Red Chilli1 g
  • 06Curry Leaves1 g
  • 07Hing0.5 g
  • 08Onion (chopped)60 g
  • 08Tomato (chopped)50 g
  • 09Drumstick120 g
  • 10Sambar Powder12 g
  • 10Salt5 g
  • 11Tamarind Pulp15 g
  • 12Coriander Leaves3 g
  • 13Oil for poriyal15 ml
  • 14Mustard (poriyal)1 g
  • 15Urad Dal (poriyal)3 g
  • 16Dry Red Chilli (poriyal)1 g
  • 17Curry Leaves (poriyal)1 g
  • 18Beans200 g
  • 19Salt (poriyal)2 g
  • 19Turmeric (poriyal)0.5 g
  • 20Grated Coconut30 g

You'll need

Keep these ready at home before you cook

  • Kadai
  • Pressure cooker
  • Frying pan
  • Ladle

How you'll cook it

6 simple steps · about 53 min · everything comes prepped in numbered packs

  1. 1

    Cook the dal · Wash the dal, add 1 cup of water, pressure cook for 4 whistles. Mash it.

  2. 2

    Cook the rice · Move the dal to a bowl. Wash the rice, add 3 cups of water, pressure cook for 3 whistles.

  3. 3

    Sambar: Temper and fry · Oil, mustard, dry chilli, curry leaves and hing, then onion, tomato and your vegetable.

  4. 4

    Sambar: Boil till soft · Add 1½ cups water, sambar powder and salt. Cover and boil for 10 minutes.

  5. 5

    Sambar: Add tamarind and dal · Add the tamarind and the mashed dal. Boil 4 minutes, add coriander.

  6. 6

    Make the poriyal · Oil, mustard, urad dal, dry chilli and curry leaves, then the vegetable. Cover till soft, add coconut.

Full cooking guide unlocks after you order

  • Exactly which pack goes in first, and what follows
  • Heat level for every step (low, medium, high)
  • Exact timings with built-in timers
  • Chef tips so it turns out right the first time

Available in the app under Orders, and via the QR code on your pack.

How COOKUMBER works

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1. You order

Pick a recipe and how many packs. Each pack serves 2.

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2. We prep it fresh

Washed, cut and portioned after you order, in numbered packs.

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3. Delivered fast

At your door in about 20 minutes, tracked live.

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4. You cook, guided

Step-by-step guide with timers, so it tastes right.

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1 pack (serves 2) · Drumstick · Beans