Kerala Sambar Recipe
The sambar is a delicious curry from South India. It is served with rice, dosa or idli; however, there is a small difference in the methods of preparation between the different regions. This article will teach you the method of preparation of a Kerala style sambar.
Kerala Sambar Recipe
Ingredients
- Potatoes, Eggplant, Tomatoes, Carrot And Okra (these are a few examples, but you can add any vegetables that you like)
- Tamarind soaked in warm water
- 1 cup Thoor Dhal cooked under pressure with turmeric
- Fried coconut
- Dry Red Chilies
- Sambar Masala
Instructions
- Meanwhile, sauté the grated / scraped coconut, 3-4 red chilies, coriander / coriander seed and oil-free curry leaves in a hard-boiled wok until lightly browned. red-brown. Be careful that it does not burn. This mixture is now ground into a thin dough and added with the ingredients to the stove once it begins to boil. Add 3 tablespoons sambar powder / masala and cook for another 5 minutes. Make sure vegetables are not crushed.
- Add the remaining cut vegetables and stir-fried vegetables to the pressure cooker, add water to completely submerge the vegetables, salt to taste and cook for 5 minutes and wait until they boil.
- Cook toor dal (saturated in standard water 30 minutes minimum), green peppers, shallots, and one single teaspoon of turmeric into a pressure cooker till they use to become gentle (wait for two whistles in the cooker ). It takes about 10 minutes.
- Skip okra and / or eggplant (this step helps to control the viscous nature of these vegetables).
- Mix the tadka well with the contents of the pressure cooker and the sambar is ready!
- Peel the vegetables, wash them and cut them. (Cut the okra and pestle into pieces 2 inches long and all others in cubes). Take 6-7 shallots and cut in half. Cut the green peppers in length.
- Gather mustard seeds, dried red peppers and curry leaves to prepare the tadka.
- Stir well and add tamarind water to the casserole.
- Heat oil in a pan and add the ingredients you gathered.
- Heat the ingredients until the cumin seeds begin to crackle (if you wish, you can add chopped green chilies).
- Mix well the tadka with the contents of the pressure cooker and the sambar will be ready!
- Serves with idis, dosa or rice.
