Sambar (Red Gram and Vegetable Curry Tamil Style) -
Ingredients :-
1.
Vegetable oil
1 ½ tablespoons
2.
Whole dry red chilllies
6
3.
Bengal gram
1 tablespoon
4.
Asafetida
1 cm. piece
5.
Coconut grated
½ cup
6.
Curry leaves
2 sprigs
7
Coiander seeds
¼ cup
8
Cumin seeds
½ teaspoon
9
Fenugreek seeds
½ teaspoon
10
Water
5 ½ cups
11
Red gram washed
1 cup
12
Turmeric powder
½ teaspoon
13
Salt
4 teaspoons
14
Tamarind soaked in 1 cup hot water for 15 minutes and pulp zxtracted
25 gms.
15
Onion cut into 6 pieces
1 medium(100 gms.)
16
Drumsticks peeled and cut into 5 cm. long pieces
2
17
Vegetable oil
2 tablespoons
18
Mustard seeds
½ teaspoon
Directions-
Heat oil in a pan for about 1 minute and roast together whole chillies, Bering gram. Asafetida, coconut, 1 sprig curry leaves, coriander, cumin and fenugreek seeds till coconut turns golden brown.
Grind roasted ingredients into a paste, adding a little water (1/2 cup) from time to time.
Pour 3 cups water into cooker. Add red gram, turmeric powder and slat. Stir once.
Remove cooker from heat. Allow to cool naturally.
Closed cooker. Bring to full pressure on high heat. Reduce heat and cook for 4 minutes.
Open cooker. Mash dal completely with back of a ladle to blend with liquid. Add ground paste, tamarind pulp, onion, drumsticks, remaining curry leaves(1 sprig) and water (2 cup) . Stir once.
Closed cooker. Bring to full pressure on high heat. Remove cooker immediately from heat. Reduce pressure by placing cooker in a basin of cold water for about 2 minutes. Open cooker.
For tempering. Heat oil in a pan for about 1 minute. Add mustard seeds. When crackling, pour into sambar. Stir and serve hot.