Varutharacha Sambar | Sambar With Roasted Coconut
Varutharacha Sambar is a flavourful sambar with freshly roasted and ground coconut. This is a kerala style sambar prepared at the time of onam sadya. The quantity of dal is less in this sambar when compared to other sambar recipes.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Toor dal
- 2 Onion
- 2 Carrot
- 2 Raw banana
- 1 Drumstick
- 1 Brinjal
- 250 g Elephant yam
- 2 Potato
- 3 Tomato
- 4 Ladies finger
- 2 tbsp Coriander powder
- 1 tbsp Red chilli powder
- 3/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- Tamarind small gooseberry size
Ingredients For Roasting Coconut:
- 1 1/2 Cup Coconut Grated
- 3 nos. Dry Red Chillies
- 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
- 1/2 tsp Fennel seeds Perumjeerakam
- 1 tsp Pepper corns
- Few Curry leaves
For Seasoning:
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 2 nos. Dry red chillies
- Few Curry leaves
Instructions
- Pressure cook the dal in 1 1/2 cup water for four whistles.
- Add all the veggies except drumstick, ladies finger and brinjal into the cooked dal. Add coriander powder, turmeric powder, chilly powder, salt and enough water. Cook for 2 whistles.
- Heat a kadai and add all the ingredients for roasting coconut. Dry roast them till brown in colour. Keep aside for cooling.
- Heat oil in a pan and saute brinjal and ladies finger for 4-5 minutes.
- Add drumstick, roasted ladies finger and brinjal into sambar and cook it again for 5 more minutes.
- Soak tamarind in 1/2 cup hot water.
- Grind the roasted coconut mixture with little water to get a fine paste.
- Add tamarind water and ground coconut into sambar and allow to boil once and switch off the flame.
- Heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds, add dry red chillies, curry leaves and fry. Add the seasoning into sambar.
- Varutharacha Sambar is ready to serve.
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