QUICK SAMBAR / DRUMSTICK LEAVES SAMBAR

Hi Everyone,

EASY SAMBAR!! My mum makes everything easy.She don't cook any dish in complicated method , she finds a easy method for everything and yet it tastes delicious.

Likewise Sambar also she prepares in jiffy and the aroma of her sambar fills the entire house .But she does not grind or do anything in special way ,she will just add the powder and boil and serve that's it.

I made this sambar with drumstick leaves , you can add any vegs like carrrot , cabbage , potato , brinjal , drumstick or any vegs of your choice

This sambar is easy to make and it will be great help for bachelor cooking ,with minimum vessels and easy ingredients.The recipe is as below,

SERVINGS : 4 MEMBERS.

INGREDIENTS :

Tur dal / Thuvram parupu – 1 cup.

Drumstick leaves – 2 cup ( replace with carrot , beans , potato , brinjal ,cabbage or any vegs)

Coconut grated – 4 tsp.

Onion – 1 no (I used big onion , you can use pearl onion 4 nos too)

Tomato – 1 no ( medium sized)

Curry leaves – a sprig.

Garlic – 4 pods.

Sambar powder – 1 tsp.

Asafoetida – 1/4 tsp.

Salt – as required.

Coriander leaves – a bunch.

Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp.

Chilli powder – 1 tsp.

Castor oil / Vilakennai– 1/2 tsp ( optional).

Oil – 1 tsp.

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METHOD :

1. Wash tur dal in running water twice , Wash and clean drumstick leaves well and remove the leaves from stem, discard the stem .If you are using any other vegs chop them to medium sized pieces.
   
2. Chop onions ,garlic , tomato to big sized pieces.
3. In your pressure cooker boil tur dal along with turmeric powder , chilli powder , castor oil and add enough water to immerse the tur dal , boil for 3 whistles.
   
4. When pressure subsides open the cooker and mash the turdal well ( after mashing ,the tur dal must look like gravy and should not be grainy).
   
5. In a shallow vessel , heat oil , followed by mustard and when mustard splutters add onions,garlic , curry leaves and fry till onion turns soft.
   
6. Add tomatoes and fry till mushy , then add grated coconut , drumstick leaves/vegetables and saute for a minute.
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. If you are adding vegetables add 1 cup of water , salt and boil for 5 minutes until the vegs are half cooked and then add turdal mixture.As I added green leaves and it takes only few minutes to boil so added turdal mixture immediately 1 minute after adding green leaves.
   
8. Once the turdal mixture is added , add salt , sambar powder,asafoetida and boil till the sambar reaches required consistency.
   
9. Garnish with coriander leaves and remove from flame.
   
10. Serve hot for Rice , Idli , Dosa , Paniyaram , Aapam of your choice.
    

NOTES :

1. After adding tur dal mixture don't boil for more time , as over boiling will change the bright colour of sambar and also the freshness of sambar will be lost.That's why we boil the vegs and then we are adding the turdal mixture.
2. Sambar will thickens once it comes to room temperature so remove from flame before it goes to very thick consistency.
3. I used homemade sambar powder , you can use store brought too.
4. Castoroil reduces heat and good for health so we use to add in all kuzhambu.You can even skip it.