Unlike the normal sambhar, this one tastes different and is loaded with iron and proteins….
Lentil
Simple and quick lemon flavoured dal, a common lentil gravy served with rice loaded with melted ghee.
Lemon Pappu / Dhal / Dal / Elumichai paruppu / Pulippu Paruppu / Nimmakayi pappu / Nimakayi / Lemony Lentil soup /
1 Bunch Spinach, Chopped and Washed thoroughly.
1 cup Moong Dal (Pasi Parupu)
1/2 spn Turmeric powder
Salt to taste.
For Paste:
1 Tsp Cumin Seeds
2 or 3 Red Chilli
4 Tblspn Coconut (Shredded)
2 Tsp oil
Tempering:
Mustard, Red Chili, Few Curry Leaves
Method:
In a Kadai add 1 spn oil and fry cumin seeds, red chili and coconut. Make a Paste and keep aside.
Pressure cook the Moong dal and Chopped spinach together for 2 to 3 whistles.
Fenugreek leaves sambar/ Methi leaves sambar/ Vendhaya keerai sambar
Have you tasted MTR Spiced Chutney Powder ??? Well, here's a match or at least close enough to that. You be the judge, try and let me know whether it matches or not.
Chutney Podi / MTR Idli dosa podi / Idli Milagai Podi / Idli Powder / Dal Powder / Kandi Podi / Karam Podi / Spiced Powder / Thool / Kara Podi
Side for Dosa made from Channa Dal
Bonda is a simple deep fried dal dumpling, a tiffin item originating from Mysore, Karnataka and hence the name Mysore Bonda. This is mostly popular in restaurants often served as an evening tiffin item with Kaara Chutney and sambar. Here is a little peek of its secret…
Bonda / Plain Bonda / Mysore Bonda / Set Bonda / Evening Tiffin / Snack / Deep Fried / Fritter / Deep fried Dumpling / Lentil Batter / Restaurant Menu / Drive -in Woodlands Special
Pepper sambar is different from normal sambar. No sambar powder needed for this sambar. Adding pepper powder gives unique taste for this sambar.
You can use these veges for this sambar….
Kathirikkai ~ Brinjal ~ eggplant
Chow-chow ~ Bangalore kathrikkai ~ Chayote squash
Cheppagkizhangu ~ tararoot ~ colocosia
I happened to try this dish yesterday. We had planned chappathi for dinner 2 days back, and later realised its ammavasyay. so had to refrigerate both the dough and the soaked green gram meant for dhal. turned out to be very tasty. no side dish was required since it was basically a dhal stuffing.
Dal as we all know are a major source of proteins.
Usually we make any one variety of dal in our homes but how about making a mixed version so as to gain maximum benefit out of it??