Ruchi Ruchi Aduge: 07/24/08

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Alasande Rajma Sambar

Ingredients:
10 - 15 Long Beans / Lentils / Alasande
1/2 cup Kidney Beans / Rajma
Big pinch of Turmeric powder
Big pinch of Chilly powder
1.5 - 2 tsp Sambar powder
Grape sized Tamarind
Grape sized Jaggary
Salt to taste
1/4 cup cooked Yellow Lentils (optional)
1/2 - 3/4 cup grated Coconut
4 - 5 Curry leaves
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Oil

Recipe:
Soak kidney beans in like warm water for about 5-6 hrs.
Chop long beans into 1 inch long pieces as shown in the picture below.

Wash soaked kidney beans and put them in a pressure cooker container. Add little amount of water, salt and pressure cook.(2 whistles)

Put chopped long beans in a vessel. Add salt, chilly powder, turmeric powder, jaggary, little amount of water and cook them well by covering a lid. Put the cooked kidney beans, cooked yellow lentils to this vessel and mix them well.

Put grated coconut, sambar powder, tamarind in a mixer and grind them to smooth paste by adding sufficient amount of water. (If it is frozen coconut add warm/hot water while grinding.)

Add this ground masala to the vessel containing cooked vegetables. Add required amount of water, salt and bring them to boil.

Put mustard seeds and oil in a pan. Once it starts spluttering, add curry leaves and add it to sambar. It goes well with Rice/Dosas/Chapathis.

Sambar Powder

Ingredients:

2 cups Red Chillies(Kumta Chilly preferred)
1/4 cup Black Gram seeds / Uddinabele
1 tsp Fenugreek seeds / Methi / Menthe
1 tsp Cumin seeds/Jeera
3 - 4 tsp Yellow Lentils / Togari bele
3/4 tsp Mustard seeds / Sasive
1 cup Coriander seeds /Kottambari
4 - 5 strands Curry leaves
1/2 inch sized dry Turmeric/Arashina
1/2 tsp Asafoetida powder/Hingu
2 tsp Oil

Recipe:

Put all the ingredients in a heavy bottomed vessel and fry them in low flame until they give nice aroma. Keep this side for about 20 mins to cool down to room temperature.

Put this fried ingredients in a mixer and make smooth powder. Store this in an airtight container. Store this in a refrigerator for longer shelf life.

Tapioca (Cassava, Yucca, Kappa, Maragenasu) Subji (Palya) | ಮರಗೆಣಸು ಪಲ್ಯ

Cooked Tapioca side dish for Rice or Roti

Ingredients:

3/4 Kg (5 cups chopped) Tapioca (Cassava, Yucca, Kappa, Maragenasu) | ಮರಗೆಣಸು

1 - 2 tsp Chilly powder | ಮೆಣಸಿನ ಹುಡಿ

1/4 tsp Turmeric powder | ಅರಶಿನ ಹುಡಿ

Lemon Sized Jaggery | ನಿಂಬೆ ಗಾತ್ರದ ಬೆಲ್ಲ

Salt to taste | ರುಚಿಗೆ ತಕ್ಕಷ್ಟು ಉಪ್ಪು

3 - 4 Tbs grated Coconut | ತುರಿದ ತೆಂಗಿನಕಾಯಿ

2 tsp Black Gram seeds | ಉದ್ದಿನಬೇಳೆ

1 tsp Mustard seeds | ಸಾಸಿವೆ

2 - 3 broken Red Chillies | ಕೆಂಪು ಒಣ ಮೆಣಸಿನ ತುಂಡು

2 strands Curry leaves | ಕರಿ ಬೇವಿನ ಸೊಪ್ಪು

4 Tbs Oil | ಎಣ್ಣೆ

Recipe:

Remove outer cover of Tapioca, wash it. Chop it into small thin pieces as shown in the picture below and put it in water . (Note: Remove the innermost hard part if any.)

Put chopped Tapioca, Turmeric powder, Chilly powder, salt, Jaggery, around 3 cups of water in a Pressure Cooker and cook. (5-6 whistles).

Once the pressure goes off, mash it and adjust the water, salt & keep the Palya in medium flame and stir it once in every 2-3 mins, bring it to boil.

Add grated coconut, mix and keep the Palya in low flame for about 2-3 mins.

Add black gram seeds, mustard seeds, broken red chillies and oil in a pan. Once it starts spluttering, add curry leaves and add the seasoning to Palya.