Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, okra/ vendakka sambar. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Okra/ Vendakka Sambar is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Okra/ Vendakka Sambar is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook okra/ vendakka sambar using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Okra/ Vendakka Sambar:
Take To pressure cook–
Prepare 2 cups toor dhal
Get 2 tomatoes
Prepare 10 garlic cloves
Get 1 tspn asofetida/ hing
Get 1/2 tspn turmeric powder
Take For Vegetable–
Get 500 g Ladies finger/okra
Take For tempering–
Get 1 tsp vadavam
Prepare 2 dry red chilli (broken)
Get 1 onion (chopped)
Get 2 tomatoes (chopped)
Get 2 tsp red chilli powder
Get 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
Get To taste salt
Make ready 3 tbspn oil
Prepare To soak–
Get 1 ball Tamarind(lemon size)in ½ cup water
Make ready 5 tbspn coriander leaves (chopped)
Instructions to make Okra/ Vendakka Sambar:
Take all the ingredients under To pressure cook in a cooker, add water and cook for 4 whistles. Lower flame for 10 minutes.
Soak tamarind in water. Take ladies finger and dry roast till stickiness disappears. Keep aside.
Heat oil in a vessel, add vadavam and dry red chilli. (Instead of vadavam you can also add mustard seeds,urad dhal, fenugreek seeds and chopped shallots and fry till dark brown)
Next add curry leaves,1 tbspn coriander leaves.
Now add onions and saute till translucent. Then add tomatoes cook till mushy.
Add salt and red chilli powder. Saute till raw smell goes.
Mash the cooked dhal in pressure cooker and add the ladies finger to it.
Extract tamarind water. Add dhal and tamarind water. Check salt and tanginess. Cover and cook till it boils.
Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot with steamed rice or for tiffin.
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