Araithuvita Sambar

Most of the time shiva asks me to prepare sambar. Today also he asked me to prepare sambar. I learnt this dish from my mom. For araithuvita sambar, I will put beans, potato, brinjal, drumstick and tomato, these veggies will give more taste to eat and healthier too.

It is a traditional recipe too. This goes very well with rice, idly and dosa.


Ingredients:

Thoor Dal - 1cup
Beans - 2
Carrot - 1
Drumstick - 1
Potato - 1
Tomato - 1
Curry Leaves - 10
Coriander Leaves - Few
Jeera - 3 tbsp
Shredded Coconut - 1 cup
Fenugreek Seeds - 1tbsp
Turmeric - 1tbsp
Tamarind - Few
Salt - As u want

Method of Preparation:

- Soak Tamarind for 15 minutes, and extract the juice.

- Grind  coconut and jeera and take it aside.

- Boil  thoor dal with jeera in a pressure cooker for 15 mintues and keep it aside.

- Cut  veggies in lengthwise order. Clean it well.

- Take pan and keep it in gas stove, put the veggies in the kadai and pours the smashed tamarind water and put the Turmeric powder.

- Boil this for 10 minutes.

- With the half boiled veggies put sambar podi and boil well, until the raw smells vanish.

- Now add boiled thoor dal and grinded coconut.

- Cook this for 3 mintues. Take it aside.

- Keep pan in the gas stove, add oil, hing, mustard seeds, vendhayam and curry leaves until it comes golden brownish color.

- Put this to the prepared sambar.




- Garnish sambar with coriander leaves.

- Serve with plain rice and a spoon of ghee; it will give special taste to sambar rice.

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