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Friday, March 7, 2008

KADAPPA SAMBAR (IDLY SAMBAR)

KADAPPA SAMBAR:

INGREDIENTS:
Tamarind- small lemon size
Tur dal & moong dal- ¼ cup
Sambar powder-1 tdp
Green chillies-2
Onion-1
Tomato-1
Mustard seeds- ½ spoon
Fenugreek seeds- ¼ spoon
Oil-3 tsp
Jaggery powder-1 tsp
Curry leaves & coriander leaves
Salt to taste
Asafoetida powder- ¼ tsp

METHOD:
Place the tur dal & moong dal in the pressure cooker and cook it.
Extract the tamarind pulp with 2 cups of water. Add sambar powder and salt to it.
Heat the oil in the kadai & add the mustard seeds. When it splutters, add fenugreek seeds, green chillies, asofoetida, chopped onions. Fry till the onion turns into golden brown.Then add the tomato.
Finally add the tamarind mixture to it.Bring to boil it for 5 min.
Then add the cooked dal & boil it.
Finally add 1 teaspoonful of jaggery to it.
Remove it from fire and garnish with curry leaves and coriander leaves.
Your kadappa sambar is ready now.

NOTE: This sambar should not be very thick. This goes well with idly.
Try it out.

2 comments:

SG said...

Thanks for the recipe. We jus loved it :)

B Sridevi Ramesh said...

THANKS FOR TRYING