Onam Recipe 2 - Palakkadan Sambar

Ingredients :

1.

Toor Dal	100 gr.
Turmeric powder	1 tea spoon

2.

Tamarind

1 lemon sized ball

3.

Drumstick	2 Nos.
Ash Gourd	50 g.
Lady’s Finger	50 g.
Tomato	50 g.
Brinjal	50 g.
Shallots	50 g.
Turmeric powder	Little
Salt	To taste

4.

Red Chilli	6-8 nos.
Coriander Whole	20 gr.
Fenugreek seeds	10 gr.
Asafoetida	5 gr.
Coconut – grated	½ portion of 1 coconut
Raw Rice	1 table spoon
Coconut oil	2 table spoon

* or Ready to Use
5.

Coconut oil	2 table spoon
Mustard Seeds	1 table spoon
Red Chilli	2 nos.
Curry leaves	2 springs
Coriander leaves	2 table spoon

Method :

-          Cook dal with turmeric powder, in 1 liter water. (table 1)

-          Extract the tamarind pulp in ½ liter warm water.(table 2)

-          Clean and cut the vegetables – drum stick in 2 inch length and

others (except shallots) in 1 inch cubical shapes and shallots to half –

and cook well in tamarind water.(table 3)

-          Fry the masala  in coconut oil until becomes golden brown

and when it cool, grind and make a fine paste.(table 4)

-          Add cooked tur dal after well mashed, along with the masala

to the vegetables, boil well.

-          Add curry leaves, coriander leaves and season with mustard

and red chilly. (table 5)

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