Andhra Sambar !

INGREDIENTS:

Tuvar/toor daal-1cup

Onion sliced-1/4cup

Green chilli sliced-4

Tomato cubes-1/4cup

Sorakaya/bottlegourd cubes-1/2cup

Bhendi/okra/ladyfinger pieces-1/4cup

Pepper/Eggplant pieces-1/4cup

Drumstick pieces-1/4cup

Ginger chopped-1tspn

Red chilli-2

Hing/Igua-1/4tspn

Sambar powder-1tbspn

Mustard seeds-1/2tspn

cumin seeds-1/2tspn

Urad daal-1/2tspn

Garlic mashed-1clove

Turmeric powder-pinch

Curry leaves-1stem

Chopped cilantro-1/4cup

Salt to taste

Tamarind-2inch size

PROCESS:

Wash and dice all the vegetables.You can add or remove any vegie acc to your taste.

Wash toor daal and add water and cook it along with turmeric powder in a pressure cooker.

Once daal is cooked mash it with ladle.
Cook all the vegies together in a cup of water in cooker for just 3whistles or you can cook outside also in a pan.

Once the vegies are cooked ,to this add cooked daal, and tamaring water -1cup and extra water depending on the consistency u like(around 3-4cups of water).

Add salt to taste and sambar powder .Let it come to boil (takes about 10-15min).

Take a pan for tadka.Heat some oil in a pan, add mashed clove,mustard, cumin seeds, urad daal,red chillies, green chillies, curry leaves and keep frying for a few minutes. Finally before removeing it from flame add hing and season the sambar with tadka.

Add chopped cilantro on the top ofr garnish.

Garamagaram sambar ready to serve with rice or with idly/dosa.

Andhra Majjiga Pulusu !

Andhra majjiga pulusu is very simple and tasty recipe.My hubby loves this dish when served with daal.Its a enhancement to majjiga charu.Both are different.Majjiga charu is plain buttermilk with some tadka.Where as Majjia pulusu consists of cooked vegies added to it.Here is the recipe for al frds.

INGREDIENTS:

Buttermilk-2cups

Onion sliced-1/2 cup

Drumstick pieces-6

Brinjal slices-1/2cup

Tomato cubes-1/4cup

Sorakaya/Bottlegourd cubes-1/2cup

Green chilli-5

Curry leaves-1stem

Chopped cilantro-1/4cup

Salt to taste

For Tadka:

Mustard seeds-1/4tspn

Methulu/methi seeds-1/4tspn

Ginger finely chopped-1tspn

Turmeric powder-1/2tspn

Process:

First Cook all the vegetables in a cup pf water for 15min.Once they are soft remove any excess water.

Now take a pan ,add 1tbspn oil,once hot add ingredients of tadka one by one .Once they start to splutter add cooked vegies,and chopped cilantro and after 2min add buttermilk and enough salt to taste and keep stirring with gas on med flame.

Keep stirring for about 10min.

Tasty Majjiga pulusu is ready to serve with hot rice and daal.Enjoy....!