Sambar Recipe- Curry side for Idilli's and Dosa's

Here is an attempt to present some attempts,failures and successes.I shall add more details like recipe details,preparation time ,tip etc as time permits.


Let us start this with a south indian curry.

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Recipe:Sambar ( A south Indian curry that goes well with rice, dosa and idli )

INGREDIENTS

Vegetables: To be cleaned & sliced

Carrots

Kumbalanga ( Winter Melon)

Okra (Ladies Finger)

Drumstick

Potato

Brinjal

Tomato

1. Dal-1/2 cup

2. Green Chilly-3 slit

3. Turmeric powder-1/4 teaspoon

4. Asafoetida (kayam in Malayalam)- a pinch as required for the sambar powder

5. Oil

6. Tamarind extract

7. Sambar Powder-3 tablespoon or Alternative:(¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder, ½ tablespoon Chilly powder and 1 tablespoon Coriander powder used as explained in preparation)

8. Coriander leaves

9. Salt to taste

10. For Tadka: Oil, Mustard seeds, Fenugreek seeds( uluva ), Dried red chilli whole, Curry leaves

For the Tamarind extract soak the tamarind in hot water for a few minutes. Squeeze the tamarind to extract the juice and filter the tamarind juice to get the extract

Preparation

1. Cook Dal with added salt and green chilly in a pressure cooker.

2. When half cooked put the potato, carrots and drumstick and add turmeric powder into the dal.

3. When cooked add the Kumbalanga ( Winter melon) and tamarind extract into the cooker. Let simmer

4. Heat oil in another pan and saute the rest of the vegetables ie tomato and brinjal. Add the sambar powder to stir fry. Put it into the curry ( If sambar powder is not available then an alternative is: Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a pan and put some Turmeric powder, Chilly powder and Coriander powder and Asafoetida. Stir fry the ingredients put it into the curry. )

5. Bring the curry to a boil and then for the tadka, heat oil in a pan and stir fry the mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds,curry leaves and whole dried red chilli. Put it into the curry.

6. Garnish the sambar with coriander leaves.

Serve with rice or idilli's Dosa's etc......