Monday, February 16, 2015

Vegetables in Lentil - Sambar

Ingredients

2 Pounds of mixed vegetables, 2 cups (1 pound) Yellow Lentil, 3 teaspoon coriander powder, 2 teaspoon chiilie powder, 1 teaspoon cumin powder, 1 teaspoon fenugreek, A pinch of asofetidia (hing), 3 green chillies, 1 spoon mustard seeds, 3 teaspoon of cooking oil

First cook the lentils well keep it aside, take pot add 3 spoon oil to it. Add the chopped onions, add the mustard seeds, curry leaves, fry it for a minute. Now add the powder mix, give a stir don't burn it, cook it in a low flame.
Add the well cooked lentil and add 3 cups of water, add a teaspoon of tamarind juice and add salt. Once the mixture comes to a boil add the vegetables, the preferred are (drumstick, brinjal, okra,) you can add as much vegetables as you like. Cook it in low flame for 30 minutes

Once it's reduced a little bit. On a small pan add all the dry ingredients (mustard seed, curry leaves, and some dried chillies) with two spoon of oil. Fry it for a minute and add the mixture to the above pan and stir it well.

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