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Healthy Food Recipe - Brinjal Sambar

Posted on: 10/Nov/2014 2:49:45 PM
Ingredients:
  • Toor dal – 100 gm
  • Brinjal – 200 gm
  • Onion – 5 No
  • Tomato – 3 No
  • Tamarind – the size of a small lemon
  • Mustard, fennel seeds – ½ spoon
  • Fenugreek seeds – ½ spoon
  • Turmeric powder – ½ spoon
  • Sambar powder – 2 spoon
  • Salt – as required
Method:
  1. Soak toor dal in water for about half an hour and get it cooked in a cooker



  2. Place a pan and heat 3 spoons of oil. Add fenugreek seeds for seasoning. Make sure that it doesn’t turn black



  3. Add chopped onions, tomatoes and brinjals one followed by the other



  4. Add salt as required, and pour some water. Add turmeric powder and sambar powder and close it with a lid. Allow the vegetables to get cooked.



  5. Add the cooked dal at this stage



  6. Add tamarind water to the mixture
  7. Once the mixture comes to a boil, allow it to get cooked in a low flame for 5 minutes
  8. Heat a small pan, heat oil and add mustard, and fennel seeds. Add this seasoning to the sambar
  9. You can add coriander leaves at the end and serve hot and tasty brinjal sambar



Note:
You can add fenugreek seeds in most varieties of cooking. This will help cooling down your body 

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Mrs. Lavanya Sampath