Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Vegtable Sambhar

After long i am opening my blog, on my husband's request. And he wants me to post his fav Sakti masala sambhar. For you hubby dear...here comes your fav sambhar...

Ingredients: Tuvar dal - 1cup, vegtables cubed (drumsticks, potato, brinjal, carrot, beans) - 1.5 cup, Tomato - 1 cubed, few sprigs of curry leaves, chopped Dhaniya patta (kothabari leaves), salt, oil - 3 tsp, mustard seeds - 1tsp, sambhar powder - 2 spoons.

Take one cup dal, wash it and put it in a vessel.
Now add water enough to cover the dal. Put a pich of salt and pressure cook it. Let the cooker whistle 5 times. When the cooker cools, remove the dal, from the cooker. This is how the dal will look.



In another vessel pour some water and add all the cubed vegtables. Cook the vegtables till they are three-fourth cooked. Now add the cooked dal to the vegtables.

Add sambhar powder and salt to taste. Let the sambhar boil. Also add the cubed tomato. Boil for another five minutes. Now the sambhar is ready for a tadka.

Take a small pan. Add some oil (say 3-4 tsp), when the oil is slightly hot, add a spoon of mustard seeds. When they spluter, add curry leaves. Add this to the sambhar. Garnish the sambhar with chopped coriander leaves. Tastes good with hot rice.

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