Healthy food recipes with sesame oil

South Indian Sambar

This Sambar recipe is one of the most loved dishes in South Indian cuisine. It accompanies most every meal. In South India,there are variations to this sambar recipe, but this is the one I use.

Ingredients

1/2 lime sized ball Tamarind

1 cup Toor Dal (or red lentils)

1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder

2 teaspoons oil

Salt to taste

5 small dry red chilies (or to taste)

8 Curry Leaves (see note)

1 medium onion (shallots are preferable)

1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds

1/4 tsp asafoetida (optional)

1/2 teaspoon fenugreek seeds

1 large tomato

2 tablespoons sambar powder (see note)

1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves (also known as coriander leaves)

1 cup of a vegetable of your choice like green beans, chopped carrot

Directions:

Soak the tamarind in 1 cup water for 20 minutes. Squeeze it out, adding water little by little to prepare 1 cup of juice.

Choose a heavy cooking pot. Wash and clean the dal. Boil 2 cups of water and add the dal, turmeric powder and 1 teaspoon of oil. As the dal boils, skim off the foam and discard. Boil until the dal is soft and then mash it coarsely. If needed, add more water as it is boiling but do not let it get too watery. If you use a pressure cooker it will take about 5 minutes.

Appalam Kootu

Method:

Step 1: Soak gram dhal for 20 mins

Step 2: Pressure cook dhal, turmeric powder,

half amount of a) onion (chopped) b) green

chillies (chopped) c) Ginger (chopped) d)

Garlic (chopped) e) little oil

Step 3: Fry appalams and remove extra oil

from appalam and break into 2 x 2 inch pieces

Step 4: Boil potato and smash with huge chunks of pieces.

Step 5: Heat oil in pan and add seasoning add mashed potato and cook for few minutes

Step 6: Blend remaining green chillies, 1/4 cup of coconut, salt and cumin seed into fine watery paste.

Step 7: Add the applams to the pan and add the above mixture.

Step 8: Once cooked add remaining shredded cocunut and remove from heat.

Step 9: Garnish with chopped cilantro.

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