Tuesday 17 May 2016

SNAKEGOURD SAMBAR

Snake gourd sambar is the today's special in our blog. This is the best accompaniment with hot steamed rice and ghee. The method is very simple as we do in other sambars. the only thing differet is the vegetable that is snake gourd. It gives wonderful taste to sambar.


How to make this yummy sambar? Let us check out..

Ingredients:

Snake gourd one medium size
Toor dal or mazoor dal 100 gms
Mustard seeds one spoon
Cooking oil one table spoon
Shallots one cup
Sambar powder one tablespoon
curry leaves one sprig
Hing one pinch
fenugreek powder one pinch
Coriander leaves chopped one tablespoon
Tamarind extract two cups
Tomato one

Procedure:

Pressure cook the toor dal or cook mazoor dal in a wok with one spoon of turmeric and three drops of castor oil.

Wash the snake gourd and remove the central pulp and cut into half equal size lengthy bits.
Cut into half ring shaped pieces.
Peel off the shallots and chop longitudinally.
Heat the wok with any cooking oil and add mustard seeds.
Let us wait to splutter.
Add shallots, curry leaves, snake gourd bits.
Saute for a while until the shallots turn translucent.
Add Sambar powder and hing.
Pour the tamarind extract and chopped tomato and salt.
Allow to boil for two minutes.
Add cooked dal with two cups of water.
Let them combine together and boil for another five minutes.
Check the taste of salt and adjust if needed.
Add coriander leaves and switch off the flame.

Transfer the cooked sambar into a serving bowl.
You can have it with idlies, dosai, or any other main dish. It will taste perfectly with hot steamed rice and ghee.

Do try.














SIMPLE CORN RAVA UPMA

Corn Rava upma is an easy and nutritious breakfast, we can try. The method is the very same as we do cook all varieties of Upma. The only difference is the rava we used is Corn rava. It is appealing with yellow color. We make this meal with vegetables and green peas that is known as kitchadi.

How to make this upma?

Ingredients:

Corn Rava 200 gms
Shallots or bellary onion half cup
Green chillies three split
Curry leaves half cup
Ginger grates one tablespoon
Mustard seeds one spoon
Cooking oil one tablespoon
Moong dal one tablespoon
Urad dal one tablespoon

Procedure:

Heat the pan with the cooking oil over a medium flame.
Add mustard seeds to splutter
Followed by chopped shallots or onion, green chillies and curry leaves, urad dal, moong dal and gram dal.
Saute for a while until the shallots become transparent.
Add Four cups of water and salt.
Allow to boil.
Check the taste of salt and adjust if it is less.
Then transfer the rava and stir swiftly.
Close the pan with lid and reduce the flame to low.
Allow to cook for five minutes.
Switch off the flame.

Transfer the cooked upma to a serving bowl.

Serve with ghee. banana and cane sugar.
You can enjoy with coconut chutny, sambar and curd as per your taste.















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