SAMBAR

SAMBAR the name itself gives a hungry feeling.......a cup of rice with sambar with side dish of bhendi fry and a papad.Ah........what a meals na......so many variations are there in making of sambar..This is my version..........Usually AMMA makes pappu charu(toor dal in tamarind water) with some vegetables like carrot,brinjal,tomatoes and onions......Especially the main two veggies are bottlegourd and drumstick........She says -these two gives the best taste for Pappu charu....

Any way coming to my sambar recipe-check the recipe and let me how it is??.....

Ingredients

toor dal-1cup

bottle gourd-1/4part

tamarind paste-3tsps

ghee-1/4cup

onions-2big

tomatoes-2big

red chilli-5

turmeric-1tsp

salt-to taste

cilantro-1bunch

curry leaves-5springs

jaggery-small piece

SAMBAR MASALA POWDER-2tsps

Preparation

peel and chop the bottle gourd into finger size pieces.......

combine dal and bottle gourd and pressure cook for 2whistles.........

to the tamarind paste add 2cups of water and keep it aside............

heat a kadai with ghee and fry the mustard,cumin,fenugreek seeds........

add in onions chopped,GGP,red chilli, and fry well.

now add in tomatoes and cook til soft.......

add in turmeric,salt,tamarind water,jaggery and 1more cup of water........

add in this SAMBAR MASALA POWDER and cooked dal+bottle gourd mixture.........mash the

bottle gourd pieces little bit............

now boil this for 5-8 minutes.........

before going to off the flame add in cilantro,1tsp of ghee..........

hot n spicy sambar is ready.........serve with rice or idly...........

Check my other recipes..........

SAMBAR(with coocnut milk)

PACHHI PULUSU

PAPPU CHARU

MOONG DAL RASAM