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Priyanka Prabhu
A Well Known Recipe done by everyone at their home for lunch or for dinner. Idli Sambhar is the best combo to taste and favorite breakfast of many people. The preparation of Sambhar varies from one region to other. In my mother tongue, Konkani we call it as “ಕೊಳಂಬೊ” prepared almost in the same way as sambhar is generally prepared in South Karnataka. There is a slight change in the masala that we add in this recipe.
It is a common or a usual dish on Sundays that mom prepares along with other side dishes. My dad and sister likes it a lot but not one of my favorite. But this is the most basic recipe to be learnt by ones who learn cooking first time. I have been preparing it along with mom every now and then but last Sunday I prepared it all by myself. Its pretty time consuming took around an hour to prepare it. It’s not a very easy recipe to prepare it soon; need to get ready with too many ingredients.
Let me list down the ingredients one by one. Its a very lengthy list!!!!!!
INGREDIENTS: (for 4 members)
a) Vegetables required are:
· ½ cup of chopped Beans
· ½ cup of chopped carrot pieces
· ½ cup of chopped Southekayi/Cucumber
· ½ cup of Ivy gourd chopped
· 1 cup of chopped Drumstick pieces
· ½ cup of chopped Lady’s Finger
· ½ cup of chopped tomato
· ½ cup of chopped potato
· ¼ cup of chopped onion
· Small bunch of Coriander leaves along with its Stem
b) For the preparation of ಕೊಳಂಬೊ/Sambhar Masala
· 2 tsp of Coriander seeds
· ½ tsp of Mustard seeds
· ½ tsp Cumin or Jeera seeds
· Small pinch of Hing or asafoiteda
· 7-8 Bengal Gram i.e. Channa
· 4-5 tsp of Coconut oil
· 6 Methi seeds
· Small Turmeric piece or ¼ tsp of turmeric powder
· ½ cup of grated Coconut
· 9 dries red chilies(preferably 5 long red chilies and 4 short round red chilies)
c) For Seasoning
· 1 tsp of Mustard seeds
· 10 Curry leaves
· 3 tsp of coconut oil
d) Other Ingredients are
· 4 Glass of Water( 1 cup for Grinding of Sambhar Masala+2 Cups of Water for Boiling vegetables+1 cup for cooking purposes)
· 2 tsp of Crystal salt
· ½ cup of ( washed )Dal (Togari Bele in Kannada or Tori Dali in Konkani)
Finally done with listing the required ingredients for preparation of Authentic Sambhar or ಕೊಳಂಬೊ (as we call it)……..
METHOD TO PREPARE IT:
1) First let’s cook some vegetables in a Pressure Cooker that requires more time to cook like Carrot, Beans, Potato, Southekayi/cucumber and Ivy gourd along with Dal and 2 glass of water for about 10 minutes after the first whistle of Pressure Cooker.
2) Simultaneously while Vegetables are getting cooked in the Pressure Cooker we shall prepare Sambhar or ಕೊಳಂಬೊ Masala. For preparing Masala we need to roast the Bengal gram with 5 tsp of coconut oil. After Bengal gram gets roasted add Coriander seeds, Mustard seeds, Cumin seeds, Hing or asafoiteda, turmeric piece or powder to it and roast these seeds as well. Now put it off the flame and add 6 Methi seeds to it (we won’t roast these seeds because it gets charred very soon).
3) Grind the roasted Masala along with Red chilies and Grated coconut with 1 glass of water.
4) Add the Ground masala to an utensil and put it over low flame for preparing of Sambhar. Now we shall add the remaining vegetables that will require less amount of time to cook such as Drumstick pieces, Lady’s Finger, Tomato, Potato and freshly chopped coriander seeds.
5) Add the cooked Vegetables to the Utensil as well along with the cooked vegetable water.
6) Salt must be added to the Curry and add a little more water say about ½ or full glass of water as you prefer to the utensil.
7) Cook for about 10-15 minutes and then we shall take it off the flame and season it.
8) For seasoning we need to add Mustard seeds, Curry Leaves and Coconut Oil in a small seasoning Pan and add to the prepared Sambhar or ಕೊಳಂಬೊ.
It will take a maximum of an hour to prepare it. But it’s worth spending an hour to taste and eat it along with Idli or rice (along with other side dish).
This may be a lengthy process to prepare Sambhar or ಕೊಳಂಬೊ, but trust me it’s worth trying out this recipe. It really tastes very good and its fragrance because of the fresh coriander leaves is mind blowing……..
Everyone must try this and enjoy it…….
Thank you all
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