Saturday, November 19, 2011

palakkadan sambar -traditional


Spicy Palakkadan Style Sambar

Ingredients:
Vegetables (Can use 1 to 2 cups of any of the below combinations of vegetables:
Potatoes,  and Brinjal(Vazhuthananga), OR Drum stick, or Ashgourd or Ladies finger and onion, tomato

Other ingredients:
 
Red gram(Thuvaraparippu) - 1/2 cup
Tamarind(Puli) - lemon size ball
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - As reqd
Coriander leaves for garnishing

For seasoning:
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Red chillies(Kollamulaku) - 2 nos
Fenugreek(Uluva) - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - 2 sprigs

For masala:
Coriander seeds - 2 tbsp
Bengal gram(Kadalaparippu) - 2 tsp
Fenugreek(Uluva) - 1 tsp
Red chillies(Kollamulaku) - 5 nos
Curry leaves - 4 sprigs
Asafoetida(Kayam) - 1/2" piece
Coriander leaves(optional) - few sprigs
Coconut - 3/4 cup
Oil - 2 tbsp
Preparation:
1)Heat oil in a pan or a kadai.

2)Fry all masala ingredients each separately till they lose their raw flavor.

3)Grind them to a fine paste.

4)In a sauce pan boil the red gram and mash and add 500mls of water.

5)Add vegetables to the mashed red gram mix(except tomato) along with turmeric powder, salt and allow to boil till vegetables are soft and cooked.

6)Soak tamarind in 1/4 cup water and squeeze out the juice and add this to the boiling vegetables.

7)Add cut tomatoes and allow it to boil.

8)Add the ground masala and boil.

9)Heat oil in another small frying pan.

10)Splutter mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, red chillies and curry leaves.

11)Pour the above seasoning into the sambar.

12)Garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve with rice, dosas or idlis.
 

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