Varutharacha Sambhar ~ Sambhar with roasted Coconut & Spices

By á-50882

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• Parippu/Toor Dal – 3/4 cup
• Mixed vegetables – 2 cups[I used drumsticks,carrot,potato,beans&tomato]
• Tamarind – 1 small lemon size
• To roast and grind
• Channa dal – 2 tsp
• Coriander – 4 tsp
• Methi – 1/2 tsp
• Red chillies – 10
• Small onions/Shallots* – 2
• Hing – 1 tsp
• Grated coconut – 1/2 to 3/4 cup
• For Seasoning
• Coconut oil – 2 tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Curry leaves – 1 sprig
• Salt to taste
• For garnish
• Coriander leaves – 2-3 tbsp,chopped

Preparation

Step 1

Cook the dal till soft.
Dry roast the ingredients given for the masala till golden brown and grind to a smooth paste.
Soak the tamarind in hot water and extract as much as 2 cups of ‘puli vellam’-tamarind water from it.
Cook the vegetables in this tamarind water till done.
Add the ground masala and dal to the cooked vegetables and let it boil-till everything gets mixed.
Prepare seasoning in a pan with coconut oil and splutter mustard seeds and add curry leaves.
Add the seasoning to the sambhar and garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves.