Friday, 15 January 2016

AUTHENTIC MURUNGAIKKAI SAMBAR/DRUMSTICK POD SAMBAR

This side dish is very familiar and favorite for everyone in Tamilnadu. It will go very well with hot steamed rice.
Ingredients:
Toor dal one cup
Shallots half cup
Curry leaves half cup
Sambar powder 
Turmeric powder one spoon
Cooking oil one tablespoon
Mustard seeds one spoon
Asafoetida one pinch
drumstick pod pieces (cut into two inches length ) one plate
Tomato one chopped
Tamarind extract thick one cup

Procedure:
Pressure cook the toordal with one spoon turmeric and three. drops of castor oil with four whistles.
Soak goose berry size tamarind in one cup of water for half an hour and take extract.
Heat the dry vessel with cooking oil.
Allow mustard seeds to splutter.
Add shallots, curry leaves and saute a while until translucent.
Followed by drumstick pod pieces, turmeric half spoon, sambar powder, asafoetida and saute well with ladle in medium flame .
Pour the tamarind extract and salt required.
Allow to boil and cook the pods for fifteen minutes.
Finally add cooked toordal entirely.
Allow to boil for some time and add coriander leaves chopped.
This sambaar has its own unique flavor and loved by all.
lip smacking Sambaar meal...with ghee..
U will love to eat more and more..

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