Easy south Indian style sambar using bottle gourd!
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Mullangi ~ White Radish has a strong pungent smell which makes it an unwanted guest in many homes. Though it smells awful, it is still under my weekly menu because of its medicinal qualities. In simple words… it purifies blood, excellent for curing piles, constipation, urinary, liver and stomach disorders. If you are a fan of spicy Thai food… you will know what I am talking about. My mom makes this delicious sambar in 2 steps which involves pressure cooking, which does the work in less than 20 minutes if you have double pan pressure cooker, something like this…..
Fenugreek leaves sambar/ Methi leaves sambar/ Vendhaya keerai sambar
What is Edamame?? Well ok ! its time to learn little Japanese, edamame are baby Soy beans in pods (Japanese to English) (Eda~twig, mame~beans) meaning beans attached to pods. These come under protein rich healthy food category and why not try it.
Where to find it ? Regular Super market frozen aisle, I found it at Meijers. Japanese or Chinese stores should carry fresh and frozen.
Pepper sambar is different from normal sambar. No sambar powder needed for this sambar. Adding pepper powder gives unique taste for this sambar.
You can use these veges for this sambar….
Kathirikkai ~ Brinjal ~ eggplant
Chow-chow ~ Bangalore kathrikkai ~ Chayote squash
Cheppagkizhangu ~ tararoot ~ colocosia
Bittergourd can be prepared as curry, deep fried as chips commonly, but as sambar/dal they tastes good, n the bitterness will be very mild while comparing when they r prepared as curries…Good of diabetic people..give a try friends..
Karela dal/Bittergourd Masala Sambhar/Pavakkai Sambar/Pagarkai dal
Vendaikkai sambar is very common but this kind of preperation is totally different…..jus give a try
Killi potta Sambar is one of my grandma's special..this sambar is very easy to do..no need of sambar powder..This sambar is one of the easiest recipe for the beginners..goes well with spicy potatoes masiyal..give a try friends..
A regular in south indian households..
Properties
Pumpkin or white gourd is very good for the heart, destroys the excessive humors of bile and phlegm in the body, very nourishing, semen builder and nourishment to the pregnant woman during their pregnancies and also clears away the constipation during that time.
Uses
My mom's one of the special is pongal sambar, she used to do whenever she prepare pongal..tasty sambar, easy to prepare..this sambar goes very well with idli, dosais too..made with brinjal(eggplant) n with split green gram dal, this sambar tastes awesome…as this sambar will be mild, can feed even kids very easily..
Kathirikkai pachaiparuppu sambar/Pongal paasiparuppu sambar/Pongal kathirikkai sambar/ brinjal sambar/greengram brinjal sambar