My Mom's Soothing Okra Sambar. My mom usually prepares sambar recipe on any auspicious day and this recipe is exactly what she uses to nail it. This recipe is pretty straightforward But once I started cooking, RK tasted my sambar, and he has become a die-hard fan, just like any other South Indian. Kudos to my mom's recipe, for.
Accompany a side veggie dish like a poriyal or a veggie roast and you have a delicious South Indian meal.
Traditional south Indian bhindi sambar made from granny's recipe, healthy tasty , south Indian traditional touch a must try this mouth watering sambar.
This is my mom in law's basic sambar recipe for rice in which we use lady's finger @ okra.
You can cook My Mom's Soothing Okra Sambar using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of My Mom's Soothing Okra Sambar
- Prepare 250 gms of okra cut into cubes.
- It's 2 cups of tamarind water.
- Prepare of As needed: Salt.
- It's 3-4 tablespoons of gingelly oil.
- It's 1 tsp of Turmeric powder.
- You need of Seasoning.
- You need 1 tsp of Mustard seeds.
- Prepare 1 tsp of chana dal.
- Prepare 2 tsp of urad dal.
- You need 1/4 tsp of asafoetida/hing.
- It's 2 of Green chillies slit lengthwise.
- It's 1 sprig of curry leaves.
Last week a reader mailed me to blog basic sambar & vathakuzhambu recipes. So i thought of sharing this recipe which might be useful for Tamil new year lunch menu too. My mom makes it perfectly and she even says it is perfect for beginners in cooking as it comes out easily tasty, how ever you do small mistakes. As a southindian sambar is one of our staple dish, we make it with a whole lot of vegetables, frankly we make sambar with any vegetables.
My Mom's Soothing Okra Sambar instructions
- In a pot, add oil and put in the items given under seasoning section. Wait till the dals become golden brown..
- Add in the chopped okra and mix well. Toss until okra is cooked well to about 80%. Make sure it is not completely cooked as it turns mushy..
- Add in the tamarind water and let it boil covered until the raw smell goes off. Now, add in turmeric powder along with required amount of salt..
- Finally, when all the raw smell have gone of turmeric, turn off heat and close it until serving..
- Tip: note that this sambar is supposed to be watery as against the usual thick varieties. The runny texture and the thick okra blend well with rice. The more thicker it becomes, the proper taste of okra is lost. Also, add no other seasoning like sambar powder or cilantro/coriander leaves. They take the authentic taste away from this recipe..
We have sambar with dosa, idlis, rice. I hope you will give it a try and let me know how it turned out. Two girls who look like a man getting a friend son! Friends living in the same neighborhood, Hyeri and Delay. They soon have a son to go to the army.
