Kitchen Tantra

Araithu Vitta Sambar(Agragaram Style)

Ingredients:

Onion 1 large sliced
Tomato 1 large sliced
Tamarind small ball size soaked in water and extract the juice(maybe 2-3 cup)
Thoor dal 1 cup soaked in water for 1 hour
Jaggery 1/2 cup
Mustard seeds 1/2 spoon
Cumin seeds 1/2 spoon
Dry red chilies 3
Chenna dal 1/2 spoon
Urad dal 1/2 spoon
Asafoetida 1/2 spoon
Curry leaves few
Oil few spoons.

Vegetables:

Eggplant(brinjal) small size 4 - sliced
Drumsticks 2-3 chopped to 3 inches size
Pumpkin 200 gms diced (4 inch size)
Carrot 2 chopped to 3 inch size
Beans chopped (3 inch size)

Masala Preparation:

(Fry these each separately in oil till reddish brown and till fragrant. Wet grind to thick paste altogether)

Thoor dal 3 spoons
Chenna dal 3 spoons
Urad dal 3 spoons
Coriander seeds 1 cup
Dry red chilies 10
Fenugreek seeds 2 spoons
Asafoetda 1/2 spoon
Curry leaves few
Grated coconut 1 bowl full.

Method:

In a pressure cooker add thoor dal along with soaked water. Add salt and few spoons of oil. Now pressure cook them for at least 5-6 whistles.

In a pan heat oil, add onions and fry till golden brown. Now add tomatoes and fry till it looses its water content.

Add turmeric, salt, jaggery and chili powder. Fry them for a while.

Then add vegetables. Add tamarind water. Cover and cook for 5 minutes.

Now add the cooked thoor dal to this and cook till vegetables are 3/4 done.

Further add the thick masala paste to this and cook till the sambar thickens.

In a separate small pan, heat oil. Add mustard, cumin, dry red chilies, asafoetida, chenna dal, urad dal and curry leaves. Run this seasoning over the sambar made.

Serve them hot along with plain rice. Run few spoons of ghee over it just before serving.

Labels: Beans, Brinjal/ Egg-Plant, Carrot, Sambar