Idly,ulli sambar(onion sambar) and award

Ingredients (Idly)

Rice - 1 cup
Urad dhal - 1/2 cup
Fenugreek - 1 tsp
Cooked rice - 3 tbs

Preparation

Saok rice,urad dhal and fenugreek for 6-7 hrs and grind it into a smooth batter adding cooked rice.Leave it overnight(maybe 2 overnights) for fermentation.
Add salt to the batter and pour the batter into a greased idly maker and steam it for 5-7 minutes.

Onion Sambar

Ingredients

Shallots/onions - 20 /2 small
Toor dhal - 1/4 cup
Tomato - 1
Red chilly powder - 1 tbs
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Sambar powder - 3 tbs
Hing - pinch
Garlic cloves -2 -3
Curry leaves

Preparation

Pressure cook the dhal with onions and tomatoes for 2 -3 whistle. Add redchilly powder,turmeric powder,salt,sambar powder to the cooked dhal and boil it for few minutes.

Tempering

In a pan take some oil and add sputter mustard seeds. Add chopped garlic cloves and saute till it becomes light brown. Add hing powder and curry leaves. Add this to the gravy.



Now its award time.



Sowmya has passed this Honest scarp award to me. Thank you so much dear for sharing this award.

Sambar -1 (my favourite version)

Ingredients

Toor dal (yellow lentils) -1/4 cup

Onion -1

Potato -1

Carrot -1

Tomato -1

Drumstick -1

Okra (Ladies finger) -5 -7

Green chillies -2

Garlic -3 pods

Tamarind -a small piece

Turmeric powder

Salt

For sambar masala

Grated coconut - 3tbs

Toor dal - 1tbs

Raw rice -1 tbs

Urad dal -1tbs

Chana dal -1 tbs

Fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp

Cumin seeds -1/4 tsp

Curry leaves 2-3 sprigs

Asafoetida powder -less than 1/4 tsp

Whole Red chilly -4

Coriander powder - 2 1/2 tbs

Pepper corns -3

Preparation

Soak tamarind in little water and keep it aside.

In a pan take some oil and roast grated coconut till light brown in colour,add rest of the ingredients and roast again until it becomes dark in colour.Grind it to smooth paste by adding litle water.

Cook toor dal in a pressure cooker . Add all the chopped vegetables except drumsticks and okra (ladies finger) along with green chillies,turmeric powder and crushed garlic .Add salt.After 5-8 minutes add drumsticks and cook again for 2-3 minutes.Finally add okra and add the tamarind water .When Okra is almost cooked add the sambar masala and cook again for few minutes.

Add some coriander leaves.

Tempering

Take oil in a pan and sputter mustard seeds and add whole red chillies and curry leaves. Add this to sambar.