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Kadachakka Sambar

Traditional Kerala Sambar
Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 5 people

Ingredients
  

  • Bread Kadachakka) : 1 n
  • Toor dal : 1 cup
  • Scraped coconut : 1 cup
  • Black Urad Dal) : 3 ts
  • Fenugreek seeds : 1 tsp
  • Red chilli : 7 nos (or red chilli powder : 3 tsp)
  • Coriander : 1 cup (or Coriander powder : 5 tsp)
  • Asafoetida : a small piece or ½ tsp powder
  • Turmeric powder : 1 tsp
  • Salt : to taste
  • Tamarind : to taste
  • Red chilli : 2 nos (for frying)
  • Mustard : 2 tsp (for frying)
  • Curry leaves : 1 stem (for frying)
  • Coconut / refined oil : for frying

Instructions
 

  • Remove the skin of Kadachakka (Bread-fruit) and cut into small pieces and wash it well.
  • Wash the toor dal and cook it in a pressure-cooker.
  • Put the tamarind in some hot / cold water to make the tamarind pulp.
  • Fry the ingredients (scraped coconut, black-gram, fenu greek, red chilli, asafoetida and coriander) along with one tea-spoon oil for 10 minutes on low flame.
  • Allow the mix to cool for 10-15 minutes and then grind it well and keep this paste separately.
  • Place the pressure-cooker with the cooked dal (or can replace the pressure cooker with another vessel convenient to cook) on the stove and put the pieces of kadachakka in the cooker .
  • Add the masala mix in it along with tamarind pulp and salt and allow this mix to boil for further 10 - 15 minutes or more and when it is cooked well, put off the stove and remove the cooker from the stove.
  • Heat the frying pan, put two teaspoons of oil in the pan and add mustard seeds, curry leaves, red chilli and if required some black-gram also.
  • When this mix turns golden in colour remove it from the stove and add it to the sambar.
  • This is a good dish to serve with rice, chappathi, dosa, idly etc.
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