Description
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
| Ingredients-1 | |
|---|---|
| ¾ cup | Split green gram |
| 5 nos | Brinjals( medium size) |
| 1 no | Onion |
| 1 no | Tomato(big) |
| 3 nos | Green chillies n salt as per taste |
| Ingredients-2 | |
|---|---|
| 2 tsp | Coriandre seed |
| ½ tsp | Asafoetida powder |
| ½ tsp | Fenugreek seed |
| 2 T | Grated coconut |
| Ingredients-3 | |
|---|---|
| ½ tsp | Mustard seed |
| ½ tsp | Urad dal |
| 2 nos | Red chillies |
| 2 stks | Cilantro leaves |
| 5 nos | Curry leaves |
| Oil for tempering |
Instructions
Take a pressure cooker, meanwhile wash thoroughly split green grams thrice with water, finely chop the onion, tomato as well as slightly open the green chillies, cut the brinjals into small pieces too…put everything together with salt as per need also with a pinch of turmeric powder in the pressure cooker with 2 cups of water..cook them until 5 whistles…keep aside, let them cool..now dry roast the fenugreek seeds, coriander seeds, asafoetida powder with grated coconut in simmer until they turn slightly brown, grind the roasted spices nicely in a blender.. once u open the pressure cooker, just smash slightly the cooked dal n vegetable with a spatula n add the grounded roasted spices, put the flame in simmer n stir them for a while, adjust the thickness of the sambar as per ur need at this stage, if u need to make them thinner can add water while adding the spices, as i like them thick, i didnt add much water..heat oil for tempering in a kadai n add mustard seeds, urad dals n red chillies, let them splutters, add the curry leaves too..add this to the already cooked dal..garnish with the finely chopped cilantro leaves..
Tasty n mildly spicy pongal sambar is ready to serve with pongal as well as with idlies n dosais..
Comments
13 responses to “Pongal Sambar/Eggplant Greengram Sambar”
Thanks for ur receipe. I tried it and it turned out very yummy..Actually I searched for this sambar in somany sites but this is the one which i want and i got it at last.. once again thank u for ur receipe..
I tried your pongal sambhar and it came out very tasty. Brinjal and moong dhal combo was very good. Easy to make too and delicious side for pongal. My family enjoyed a great dinner. Here are the pictures. Thanks for sharing this recipe and I need more recipes like this from your kitchen 😉
Pongal Sambhar: Pongal and paasiparuppu sambhar-I packed for my lunch and took pictures
Cool abhi..thanks a lot for ur pic n also for ur feedback..
Hi Priya, I would like to try this recipe but i need to know if i can substitute brinjal with any other vegetable? Saleena
Hi Saleena…can use chow chow, radish in place of brinjal..hope this helps u..
Priya,tried it today as a side dish for Idly.Super taste.Thanx for sharing.
Thanks Sworna for ur feedback..
priya we call it ‘chidambaram kotsu’ but we don’t add onion in this. This gotsu only real combo… for pongal. ur gotsu looking yummy…
Priya, gotsu turned sambar combo looks great, thanks for sharing.
Looks so yummy priya, will give a try next time…thanks for sharing.
Priya,
This is different combo which I have not tried yet. I will try tonight and let you know. Thanks for sharing.
Pakkave romba aasaya irukku Priya….seekiram try pannanum
Give a try seema, its very easy to prepare too..