Monday, November 24, 2014

How to cook sambar (Indian)

Ingredients: 
Everest sambar powder,  or home made sambar powder
Thoor dhal,
Any vegetable of your choice (Ladisfinger / Carrot / Potato / Radish) dont use beetroot.
Rice powder
Tamarind
Turmeric powder
Mustard
Sunflower oil / Groundnut oil


Procedure:
1. Put thoor dhal in a vessel and pour water in the vessel.
2. Take a cooker and pour water in the cooker, and keep the vessel containing thoor dhal inside the cooker
3. Put the whistle on top of the cooker and keep it in an induction or ordinary stove.
4. Keep it for 4 whistles.
5. Now cut the vegetables and keep it ready.
6. Once the 4 whistles comes switch off the cooker and wait till you are able to remove the whistle with hand.
7. Put small amount of tamarind in water and boil it for some time (say 3-5 min).
8. Once it is boiled, wait till it cools and remove the tamarind and press it so that all the juice in the tamarind comes out.(throw away the tamarind).
9. Put oil in one kadai or bowl and put some mustard - heat (wait till mustard makes crackling sound).
10. Now put the cut vegetable inside and fry for some time.
11. Pour the dhal along with the water in the kadai or the vessel.
12. Next pour the tamarind water in the kadai / vessel.
13. Put pinch of turmeric powder and a spoon of the Everest sambar powder.
14. Now once the sambar starts boiling put half spoon of rice powder to make sambar thick.
15. Boil and serve with rice.




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