Kadamba Sambar

Kadamba Sambar is one such sambar which has its origins in Thanjavur. As the name suggests, Kadamba means flowers of different colors strung together in a multi color garland, and it has multi colored vegetables as ingredients. . I made this kadamba sambar for our family get together a week back. Here goes the recipe..

  

  Ingredients:-

 Potato - 1 chopped into cubes

 Tomato - 1 (chopped it into cubes)

 Brinjal – 1

Pumpkin - few small piece 

Radish- 1(Chopped into cubes) 

Onion - 1( chopped )

 Ladies finger- 2 (chopped)

Drumstick –3

Tamarind - a small lemon sized (soak it)

 tur dhal  - 1 1/2cups

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Sambar powder - 1 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

To Grind:-

 Coriander seeds - 1 1/4 tsp

 Channa dhal - 3/4 tsp

  Red chillies – 5 to6

 Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp

Coconut – ½ cup

 For seasoning:-

  Oil - 2 tsp

  Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

  Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp

  Red chillies - 1

  Asafoetida powder - a pinch

   Curry leaves - for garnishing

 

METHOD:

1.First pressure cook tur dhal with required amount of turmeric powder and keep it aside

2. Take a pan, fry the ingredients given to grind, to golden brown and grind it into a fine paste and Keep it aside.

3. Squeeze juice from tamarind for about one and half cups and keep it aside.

4. Wash n cube the veggies into uniform cubes, cook them with enough water, turmeric powder and salt.

5. Add the tamarind juice when the veggies become tender. 6. Once the raw smell of the tamarind juice has gone, add the mashed dhal, adjust the salt, let it boil for a couple of minutes.

7. Add the roasted-ground masala, adjust the water to the desired consistency of the sambar, and let it boil for 5-6 minutes on medium heat. 8. Heat oil in a small pan, make the tempering with mustard, Fenugreek seeds and curry leaves. Pour it over the sambar and Serve it hot with rice.

Sambar Sadam

Sambar sadam :Turdal and Vegetables cooked in Rice with Spices, Since it is cooked with lentils, vegetables and rice and it is nutritious along with dal with veggies . It’s a complete meal .. This rice for sure will tickle the taste buds of all sambar lovers. . It’s more like Bisi Bele bath, but without much of those spices .. we won’t need to prepare any vegetable curry with this. This has become a usual menu in my home. I am a great fan of this rice dish. It tastes great when served hot with papadam .Everyone in my home like this rice. It goes well with raitha ,Papadam and chips. I am sure anyone who had tried it would definitely love to have it.

Ingredients :
Raw Rice - 1 cup
Toor dal - 1/2 cup

Tamarind - small lemon sized ball

Pearl onions -15

Beans - 4-5

Carrot - 2

Potato - 2

Peas – handful

Brinjals - 4-5 nos

drumstick(cut into small pieces)-1

Radish – 1

Onion -1

green chillies (slit lengthwise)-2

Sambar powder- 1tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2tsp

Salt - To taste.

Water - 4cups'

Masala for Grinding (fry and dry grind)

Dry coconut-1/2 cup

whole red chillies- 7 no.s ,

coriander seeds-3 tsp,

gram dhal-1 tsp, -

fenugreek seeds- 1/2 tsp

Cloves - 2

Cardamom -1

Khus khus -1 tsp

Heat a tsp of oil, roast the above ingredients, adding coconut at the end. Roast everything till it becomes slightly brown in colour and dry grind it.

For the seasoning:

Mustard -1 tsp

Fenugreek - 1/4 tsp

Curry leaves - little

Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp

 curry leaves-few

Method:

Cut vegetable to cubes.

Cook rice & dal cook with 4  cups of water. Once  cooked Remove from the fire and keep aside

Dry roast the spices as mentioned in the ingredients and dry grind it.

Heat a tbsp of oil and add the ingredients for seasoning. When mustard splutters, add onions, green chilli and sauté till it they become transparent. Then add all the vegetables and sauté for a few more seconds.

Now add tamarind extract, needed salt and the masala powder, sambar powder let it boil well till the veggies cooked and raw flavor goes

Then add cooked dal, cooked rice and 4-5 tsp of ghee and mix well and remove from heat.

Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot with papadam & Raitha.

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