Friday, March 5, 2010

Spinach and Ridge Gourd Sambar


Ingredients:
Cooked toor dal - 1 cup
Spinach - 1 cup (chopped)
Ridge gourd / Peerkkangai - 1 cup (peeled and cut into slices)
Tamarind - lemon sized
Sambar powder - 2 tsp
Channa dal - 1 TBSP
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
Red chillies - 2-3 broken
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Asafetida - small pinch
Salt - to taste
Oil - 2 tsp
Curry leaves

Method:
  1. Soak tamarind in water and squeeze out the extract.
  2. Heat oil in a vessel and add the mustard , fenugreek seeds, red chillies and curry leaves.
  3. Add  channa dal and fry till golden brown.
  4. Add the vegetables and saute for a minute.
  5. Add the tamarind extract along with 1-2 cups of water.
  6. Add sambar powder, salt and asafetida.  Let it boil for 10 minutes.
  7. Add the cooked toor dal and bring it to a boil.  Serve hot with rice.  

This goes to Divya's Healing Foods Events started by Siri.

3 comments:

  1. Nice one...latha...sambhar is always awesome...but with spinach...even better.

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  2. Healthy one,adding spinach sounds really good...

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  3. Loved the combo of spinach and the gourd. Sambar looks delicious.

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