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Wednesday 13 July 2016

VARUTHARACHA SAMBAR / SAMBAR WITH ROASTED COCONUT AND SPICES

Sambar is a traditional Kerala cuisine for all occasions such as Onam, Vishu, and other festive seasons and marriage functions with sadya. Usually it prepares in all houses as a side dish for rice or dosa or idly. We can prepare sambar in various methods. Regionally the preparation changes. In North region of Kerala, roasted coconut also added with sambar. It makes a good flavour and taste to the sambar. Instead of sambar powder, adding ground paste of roasted coconut, coriander, chilli and other ingredients to give a good flavor to the sambar. Here I am adding the recipe of Varutharacha Sambar.


VARUTHARACHA SAMBAR


INGREDIENTS


Toor Dal - 1 cup
Potato - 2 ( peel and cut it into cube size)
Drumstick -1 (cut into 2 inch piece)
Carrot - 2 (cubed)
Tomato - 1 (cut it into pieces)
Onion - 1 (cubed)
Okra - 2 (cut it into 1 inch piece)
Grated coconut - 2 tablespoon
Coriander - 3 tablespoon
Chana dal - 3 tablespoon
Dry red chilli - 5
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
Asafoetida - 1 teaspoon
Curry leaves - 2 springs
Shallots - 4
Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Tamarind - lemon sized
Salt - to taste
Cooking oil - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Coriander leaves - 1 teaspoon (chopped) (optional)

METHOD


Cook toor dal in a pressure cooker and keep aside. Roast chana dal, dry red chilli, coriander, fenugreek seeds, curry leaves and grated coconut in a hot pan. Don't add oil to it. Roast the coconut mix in low flame until it turn golden. Stir occasionally.Add asafoetida powder and stir well. Turn off the flame and allow it to cool.

   Take all the vegetables except tomato and okra into a vessel. Add turmeric powder, salt,tamarind juice, curry leaves and water to it and cook the vegetables. Cover the vessel with a lid and cook in medium flame for 10 minutes. The vegetables get about to cook, add tomato and okra and cook for 3 minutes more. Mash the cooked toor dal and add it to the cooked vegetables. Grind the coconut mix to make a smooth paste. Add this paste to the vegetables and cook for 3 minutes. Turn off the flame.


   Splutter mustard seeds and dry red chilli in oil in a hot pan. Add chopped shallots and curry leaves to it and saute well. Add this to the curry.  Add coriander leaves and combine well. Varutharacha Sambar is ready now. Serve it with hot rice or Idly / Dosa and enjoy...



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BINDU JAYESH
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