Radish Sambar/Moolangi Saaru

One of the delicious and flavorful sambar that goes well with ragi ball/muddhe and rice :) For this sambar powder is used. I have used home made sambar powder, you can also buy a good quality sambar powder like MTR sambar powder.Try it and let us know how you liked it? 

Preparation time: 20-30 mins

Cooking time : 15 mins

Ingredients:

Radish - 1 1/2 cup (chopped)

Tur dal - 1/2 cup

Tomato - 1

Water - 2 cups

Salt

To Grind:

Coconut - 1/4 cup

Sambar powder - 3 tblspn

Chilli powder - 1 tblspn

Tamarind - small lemon sized

Coriander - fistful

Onion - 1/2 sliced roughly

Garlic - 1 1/2  pods

To Temper:

Oil - 1 tblspn

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Jeera - 1tsp

Onion - 1/2 (sliced lengthwise)

Curry leaves - few

Garlic - 2 pods

Method:

1. Wash and cut radish and pressure cook along with washed dal and tomato roughly chopped with 1 cup of water. Pressure cook for 2 whistles

2. Meanwhile, grind the ingredients given under 'To Grind' to a paste by adding little water

3. In a pan, add 1 tblspn of oil and heat. Once it is heated add mustard seeds and allow it to splutter. Then add all items given under 'To Temper' and saute till onion are transparent

4. Once the dal is cooked, allow the pressure cooker to cool. Once cooled, add the paste prepared and add another cup of water and heat on medium high flame

5. Bring to boil, and then reduce the flame to low medium and add the temper and salt to taste

Check the taste by taking the liquid part and adjust the taste accordingly and boil for another 5 to 8 mins

Enjoy with rice or muddhe!

Note:

1. Can adjust the taste i.e., sambar powder, chilli powder, tamarind and salt at step 5

2. Can add grated cocnut directly without grinding. if grinding it makes the sambar bit thick. In this i have added the coconut without grinding.

3. If you want, you can skip the garlic either in grinding and out it for tempering or vise versa

Pepper Rasam

Rasam is a famous dish in South India. And here is the recipe for Pepper Rasam which is a kind of rasam in alot of types... This is also good for cough and cold since pepper is used... And I just love to gulp a cup of any rasam :) This is also easy to prepare when you dont have any veggies at home! Important ingredients here are tamarind, tomato and pepper :)

Preparation time : 10 min
Cooking time :  30 - 40 min

Ingredients:
1. Tomato -2
2. Tamarind - small lemon sized ball
3. Whole black pepper - 1 tbsp (if you like it can use 1 1/2 tbsp)
4. Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
4. Garlic - 2 cloves
5. Turmeric Powder - a pinch
6. Sambar Powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)
7. Curry leaves - few
8. Salt to taste
9. Coriander leaves - 2tbsp
10. Water - 1 3/4 cup
11. Jaggery - 1 tsp (optional)

Seasoning:
1. Ghee - 1 tsp
2. Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
3. Red Chilli - 2
4. Curry leaves - few
5. Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp

Method:
1. Soak tamarind in warm water and get juice from pulp
2. Grind jeera,pepper,garlic and curry for few seconds in mixie
3. In a kadi, add cup of tamarind juice, chopped tomatoes, sambar powder, turmeric powder, jaggery, mixture prepared in step 2 and salt and boil
2. Once it starts boiling, reduce the flame and simmer for 15 mins
3. Now add water and boil in medium flame (nearly 10 - 15 mins)
4. Once forth starts forming switch off th gas
5. Add finely chopped coriander leaves
6. In a pan heat ghee and add mustard seeds, once it splutters add all other ingredients under 'For seasoning' and put it into rasam and mix

Note:
1. Can use black pepper powder if you want instead of grinding the black pepper