Sambar(Kolmbo)
A Konkani sambar loaded with vegetables, freshly ground spices and coconut.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup toor daal
- 1/2 cup grated fresh/frozen coconut
- 1 tspn chana daal
- 1 tspn coriander seeds
- 1 tspn mustard seeds
- 1/2 tspn cumin seeds
- 1/4 tspn methi seeds
- A pinch asafoetida
- 7-8 curry leaves
- 1/2 inch piece cinnamon optional
- 5-6 cloves optional
- 5-6 red chilies
- 1/2 tea spn tamarind extract or a small piece of tamarind.
- 2 cups vegetables - green beans carrot, cauliflower, tomato, potato, drumsticks, zucchini(not traditional), tendli
- Oil
- 4-5 strands coriander leaves
- A pinch turmeric
- Salt
Instructions
- Cook dal with little turmeric and 2 drops of oil (turmeric and oil help dal to cook fast).
- Cook vegetables separately (I add little salt while cooking vegetables).
- Heat 1 tspn oil and fry ingredients from chana dal to red chillies.
- Add coconut and fry for 2-3 minutes.
- Grind to a thin paste along with tamarind.
- Heat cooked dal, add vegetables, ground masala and salt.
- Add half the amount of coriander leaves while cooking.
- Heat for 5-10 minutes.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
- Heat 1 tspn oil. Add mustard seeds, when they start popping, add curry leaves.
- Add this seasoning to the cooked sambar.
- Serve hot with rice.