Quick Sambhar
Easiest way to prepare sambhar
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Yellow lentils
- 1/2 a Tamarind
- 3 nos Lady`s Finger chopped
- 7 nos Cucumber finely chopped
- 1 no Tomato chopped
- 1 no Drum stick chopped
- 1 no Onion chopped
- 1/4 of Carrot
- 1 tsp Coriander powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 2 tsp Red chilly powder
- 1/2 tsp Fenugreek powder
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida powder
- 4 springs Coriander leaves chopped
- Salt As reqd
For seasoning:
- 3 tbsp Coconut oil
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- 2 nos Dried Red chillies broken
- 2 springs Curry leaves
Instructions
- For preparing quick sambhar, soak tamarind in water and keep aside for sometime. After that extract tamarind juice.
- Cook the lentils along with turmeric powder and salt in a pressure cooker with 4 cups water.
- Add the veggies: ladies finger's, drumstick, cucumber, tomato, onion and carrot to this cooker. Cook it till one whistle is heard.
- Heat a kadai, add coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilly powder and fenugreek powder. Keep stirring for 2 minutes.
- Pour in the tamarind juice and stir for one minute.
- Add this mix to cooker(where lentils and vegetables are there).
- Switch off flame and add asafoetida powder and coriander leaves.
- Take a fry pan add oil, splutter mustard seeds, add dried chillies and curry leaves. Pour this into cooker.
- Quick sambhar is ready. Serve it hot.
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