Kerala's Sambar
The video of Sambar i posted before is the one way of making the Sambar. let's try another type of Sambar today. Kerala Sambar is different from typical Sambar made in other south Indian states, Kerala Sambar is made using a mixture of different vegetables. This dish is inspired by:
Serves: 3-4 people
Difficulty level: Medium
Ethnic Group: South Indian
Ingredients:
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| Boiled yellow lentil |
- Mixed vegetables ( 1 potato, 1 carrot, 1 tomato, 5 Beans )
- 1/2 cup yellow lentil
- 1 Sliced onion
- 2 Green chili
- 4-5 garlic cloves
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- Tamarind
- 2 tsp chopped coriander leaves
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 3 tsp Sambar Powder
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- 3 Red chilies
- A spring of curry leaves
- 3 tbsp oil
- Water- as needed
- Salt- as needed
Directions:
1. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in pressure cooker and add the sliced onions , garlic and green chilies.
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| Add coriander to the cooked lentil and vegetables. |
2. Cook for few minutes and then add diced vegetables, and add lentil along with salt and 1/2 tbsp of turmeric powder.
3. Add enough water in the pressure cooker, cover it with the lid and cook it on medium flame upto 2 whistles.
4. Soak tamarind in 1/2 cup of warm water for sometime, squeeze and take extract from it.
5. When lentil and vegetables are done, remove the lid of the pressure cooker and add the tamarind juice in it. Stir and simmer on low flame for some more time and add more salt if needed.
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| Add the Mix( Mustard seed, curry leaves, shallots) in the lentil |
6. Add chopped coriander leaves and simmer for 2 minutes and keep aside.
7. Heat oil in a pan, and add mustard seed to it. Let it to splutter.
8. Add shallots, red chilies and curry leaves and fry for a minute.
9. Mix the sambar powder, coriander powder and chili powder and fry for 2 minutes on low flame.
10. Now pour the mix in the lentil presuure cooker and mix it for a moment on a low flame.
You can eat Sambar with rice, Just boil the rice and add Sambar on the top of it and enjoy the meal.
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| Sambar on the top of boiled rice. |
You can also refer to the following links for the Sambar:
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