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What do we eat today?
VEGETABLE SAMBAR
Sambar or Sambhar is a lentil based stew mixed with vegetable and tamarind juice. Once the lentil soup comes to a boil, it is then mixed with spice powder known as sambar powder. Sambar is incomplete without vegetables. Though any vegetables can be added to sambar drumstick is a must in any south indian sambar recipe. The sambar soup is then tempered with the tempering agents, before serving it with rice.
Lentil - (Lens culinaris or Lens esculenta) is an edible legume. It is a bushy annual plant known for its lens-shaped seeds.
Turmeric powder - (Curcuma longa ) Turmeric, which is part of the ginger family of herbs, the Zingiberaceae.
Drumstick - Moringa oleifera is a fast-growing, drought-resistant tree of the family Moringaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South Asia
Onion - (Allium cepa L) is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium
Tomato - Lycopersicon esculentum ( earlier it was Solanum lycopersicum)
Brinjal (Egg plant)Solanum melongena is grown worldwide for its edible fruit.
Carrot - (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour
Potato - Solanum tuberosum is a root vegetable
Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) is a leguminous tree (family Fabaceae) bearing edible
Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.
Green chilli - (Capsicum annuum L. and Capsicum frutescens L.) is a hot-tasting tropical berry belonging to the Solanaceae family.
salt
Tempering ingrediants
Coconut oil - (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) the seed, or the fruit, which botanically is a drupe, not a nut.
Mustard seed - Brassica nigra, the black mustard, is an annual plant cultivated for its black or dark brown seeds, which are commonly used as a spice
Curry leaves - (Murraya koenigii) or curry leaf tree is a tropical to sub-tropical tree in the family Rutaceae and is native to India. Its leaves are used in many dishes in the Indian subcontinent.
PROCEDURE
Boil ½ cup of lentil with 2 cups of water. also add pinch of turmeric. pressure cook it. Once the dal is cooked mash it well.
Prepare and chop vegitable like carrot, eggplant, drumstick, onions and tomatoes. Add 1 tsp of jaggery/sugar along with green chill, salt and turmeric powder.
Add all the chopped vegetables to same mixture and bring it to boil , the vegetables should be cooked properly. Add 2 tsp of sambar powder.and bring it to boil.
Prepare the tempering by heating urad dal, mustard seeds, hing, curry leaves and red chillies. Add the tempering to the freshly prepared sambar. Sambar is ready.
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