DRUMSTICK SAMBAR WITH COCONUT / NUGGEKAYI SAMBAR

INGREDIENTS

1 cup toovar dal

3-4  drum sticks cut into 2”-3” length

1 onion cut into slice

2-3 table spoon sambar powder

1 table spoon chopped fresh coriander leaves

¼ tea spoon turmeric powder

Salt to taste

FOR GRINDING

½ cup grated coconut

A small lemon size tamarind

1-2  tomato

 FOR TEMPERING

1 sprig of curry leaves

¼ tea spoon asafoetida

2 table spoon cooking oil

½ tea spoon mustard seeds

1/2 tea spoon jeera

METHOD

1. Cook the dal with  onion, turmeric and 2-3 drops of oil  with 3 cups of water for 2-3 whistles and keep aside.

2. Grind grated coconut, tomato and tamarind into a smooth paste.

3. Boil cooked dal and drumstick in a heavy bottomed pan. Add salt and sambar powder and cook for 6-8 minutes. Now add ground paste and 2 cups water and cook for few minutes until the drum stick cooked and  sambar reaches the desired consistency. Add chopped coriander leaves. Switch off the stove.

4. Heat a table spoon of oil in a small kadai, add mustard seeds, when it starts to splutter, add jeera, curry leaves and asatoefida, fry for few seconds and pour over the sambar.

5. Serve hot with steamed rice or idlies