Vendakkai Sambar Recipe | Ladies finger sambar recipe | Okra sambar recipe

Vendakkai Sambar Recipe | Ladies finger sambar recipe | Okra sambar recipe

I love to make sambar with various vegetables. Already I have posted sambar recipe and tiffin sambar recipe. Today I have shared vendakkai sambar recipe. Vendakkai sambar will be preparing with main ingredients vandakkai and toor dal


Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Total time: 30 minutes
Course: Side dish
Cuisine: South Indian traditional recipe
Serving: 6

Ingredients:
200 Gram Toor Dal
6 vendakkai (ladies finger)
1 Tomoto
1 Onion, Finely chopped
6 Sambar Shallots, Peeled
1 tsp turmeric
1 Pinch Hing(Perungayam)
3 Garlic, Peeled
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
1 Tblsp Chilly Powder
1 Tblsp Sambar Powder
1 small piece tamarind
1 tblsp cooking oil
Salt to taste
Water as needed

For Grinding:
1 tsp Cumin
½ cup Grated Coconut

For Tempering:
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 Sprig Curry leaves
1 tsp vengaya vadagam
Oil for cooking

For Garnishing:
Handful Coriander leaves

Preparation:
1.       Transfer grated coconut and cumin seeds to mixi jar, grind it and keep aside
2.      Soak tamarind in hot water in 15 to 20 minutes. Extract the pulp and keep aside

Method:
(1 Cup = 200 ml)
1.       In a pressure cooker, add Toor dal, Garlic, Tomoto, ½ tsp Turmeric, ½ pinch hing, fenugreek seeds and 2 cup water. Cover the pressure cooker for 6 whistle on medium flame.
2.      Once the pressure cooker settle down, open the pressure cooker and do the mix.
3.      Meanwhile heat a pan add 1 tblsp oil and add onion, sambar shallots and vendakkai(ladies finger), sauté it for a minute.
4.      Add 3 Cup water and salt. Let it boil till the vendakkai cooks half
5.      Add Cooked dal and mix well. Let it boil for a minute
6.      Add chilly powder, sambar powder, ½ tsp turmeric powder and ½ pinch hing. Let it boil for a minute.
7.      Add Coconut paste and tamarind pulp, then let it cook till the coconut paste raw smell disappear.
8.     Switch off the stove and garnishing the Coriander leaves
9.      Furthermore, in a pan add 1 tblsp oil and mustard seeds
10.  When mustard seeds crackle, add vengaya vadagam and curry leaves
11.   Pour the tempering over the sambar and mix well
12.  Serve Vendakkai sambar with rice

Step by Step Pictorial
In a pressure cooker, add Toor dal, Garlic, Tomoto, ½ tsp Turmeric, ½ pinch hing, fenugreek seeds
Add 2 cup water
Cover the pressure cooker for 6 whistle on medium flame
Once the pressure cooker settle down, open the pressure cooker and do the mix
Soak tamarind in hot water in 15 to 20 minutes
Extract the pulp and keep aside
Meanwhile heat a pan add 1 tblsp oil
Add onion, sambar shallots and vendakkai(ladies finger), sauté it for a minute
Add 3 Cup water and salt. Let it boil till the vendakkai cooks half
Add Cooked dal and mix well
Let it cook for a minutes
Add chilly powder, sambar powder, ½ tsp turmeric powder and ½ pinch hing. Let it boil for a minute
Mix well
Add Coconut paste
Add tamarind pulp
Mix well and let it cook till the coconut paste raw smell disappear
Switch off the stove and garnishing the Coriander leaves
Furthermore, in a pan add 1 tblsp oil and mustard seeds
When mustard seeds crackle, add vengaya vadagam and curry leaves
Pour the tempering over the sambar
Mix well
Serve Vendakkai sambar with rice

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