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Sambar for Ven Pongal

This sambar is very good forVenPongal.I add vegetables like carrot ,beans andpotato for this type of sambar, you can add any vegetable of your choice..Rather

adding big onions small onions change the taste and flavor of the dish.Do try thisyou will definitely like it.

Ingredients

1. Toordhall - 1 handful2. Yellow Moongdhall - 2 tbsp3. ChannaDhall - 1 tbsp4. Hing - 1/4 tsp5. Tomato -16. Tamarind - 1 small gooseberry size7. Carrot - 28. Beans - 59. Potato - 110. Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp

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11. Chilli Powder - 1 tsp12. Green chilly - 1 slit13. Small onion - 4 ,cut into 2 halves14. Oil - 2tbsp15. Salt as needed

Ground Paste

1. Small onion - 5 nos2. Coriander seeds - 1tbsp3. Pepper seeds - 1/2 tsp4. Jeera - 1/4 tsp5. Channadhall - 1/4 tsp6. Coconut - 2 tbsp

Roast all the ingredients in oil ,let it cool down and grind into a paste with littlewater.Season

1. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp2. Curryleaves - 5nos3. Red chilly - 2 ,split4. Coriander leaves - 2 string5. small onions - 2 ,chopped

Method :

1. Pressure cook toordhall ,yellow moongdhall and channa dhall till soft.2. In a kadai, pour little oil and fry the vegetables for 2min.3. Now add the chopped tomato and tamarind extract and let it boil.4. Add turmeric powder ,salt and chilli powder.5. When the vegetables are 3/4 th cooked add cooked dhall and theground paste.6. Let it boil for 4 min,add coriander leaves and switch off.

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7. Heat oil in a pan for seasoning.8. Add mustard seeds let it splutter,add red chillies ,curryleaves andsmall onions,when onions turns golden pour top it on the sambar.

9. Stir when serving.Yummy sambar to go withVenPongal.

Tips

You can use any one type of dhall ,using three gives nice taste and flavor Small onions will give a nice flavor ,try using only small onion forgrounding.

Seasoning in the last is enriches the flavor of the dish It is not spicy ,so adjust spice levels to your palate.Sending this to South Indian Cooking Series of Anu's Healthy Kitchen hosted

by Divya

Sambar for Pongal

This is a very simple and quick sambar which goes well with pongal.

Ingredients needed

Onion -2

Tomato -2

Moong dal - 1/4 cup

Vegetables - 1 medium sized brinjal, 1 potato and 1 carrot.

Sambar powder - 1 tsp

Salt as required

Oil -2 tsp

For the seasoning

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Hing/asafoetida-1/4 tsp

Mustard -1 tsp

Urad dal -3/4 tsp

Curry leaves -little

Preparation

Chop all the vegetables including onion and tomato finely. Wash and peel the skin of carrot and potato

and then chop finely.

Take a pressure pan, add chopped carrots, potato, brinjal, moong dal and pressure cook for 3

whistles.Keep aside.

Method

Heat 2 tsps of oil in a pan, add the ingredients mentioned under seasoning in the same order.

Then add finely chopped onions, saute till it becomes transparent, now add the tomatoes and cook till

tomatoes become mushy.

Add sambar powder, pressure cooked vegetables + dal mix, needed salt, 1 cup of water and boil for 5-

10 minutes.

Garnish with coriander leaves.

This sambar should be watery, so adjust water accordingly.

Serve Ven pongal hot with sambar.

Meet you all again with another interesting recipe, till then it is bye from Padhu of Padhuskitchen.

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