Araichu Vitta Sambar

Ingredients

• • Drumsticks (cut into 2½ inch pieces) - 4
• • Thuar dal - ½ cup
• • Tamarind - small lemon size
• • Salt - as required
• • Curry leaves - as required
• • Coriander leaves - as required
• • Turmeric powder - ¼ teaspoon

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Ingredients For Grinding Together

• • Coriander seeds - 1 tablespoon
• • Red chillies - 8
• • Bengal gram dal - 2 teaspoons
• • Fenugreek - ¼ teaspoon
• • Coconut (grated, fresh) - ¼ cup

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Ingredients For Seasoning

• • Gingelly oil - 2 teaspoons
• • Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon
• • Asafoetidas - a pinch

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Method

• 1. Fry "For Grinding together" spices in little oil and then grind with ¼ cup grated fresh coconut.
• 2. Pressure cook dal in enough water with turmeric powder. Allow to cool, and mash well.
• 3. Soak tamarind in water for ½ an hour and squeeze out extract. Strain well .
• 4. Cook drumsticks in enough water till it becomes soft.
• 5. Add tamarind extract, salt, ground paste, mashed dal and cook till thick.
• 6. Fry seasoning in oil and mix with Sambar.
• 7. Garnish with coriander leaves, curry leaves and serve hot with cooked rice.

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Variations

• • Use small onions or diced big onions along with the vegetable.

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Note - Other Suggested Vegetables

• • Brinjal, ladies finger: Fry in oil for few minutes. Cook in tamarind extract, then add dal and ground paste.
• • Carrot, chow-chow, radish etc. Cut into thin slices - steam cook in pressure cooker.
• • Yellow pumpkin, white pumpkin, bottle gourd, vegetable marrow etc. Cook in water or tamarind extract and then make Sambar.