Ingredients :
MTR Sambar powder or anything else
1 small cup of toor dal
Wash well, then add about 4-5 cups of water.
Add
2 cloves of garlic,
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp oil
split 3 green chillies vertically
also 1 sprig of curry leaves (karivepaku)
and pressure cook it. (cook well, atleast 3-4 whistles)
Now, chop all the vegetables you need.
Onion (not much.. about half onion)
Bottle gourd (about half of a large one)
drumsticks
1 radish
1 tomato
baby Carrots (can use regular ones into about 2 inch long and 1/2 inch wide pieces)
vertically Split 3-4 green chillies
1 sprig of curry leaves
Process:
Then on the side soak about a standard indian tomato size ...tamarind ball.
To make it soak well, you can put this in a glass bowl and microwave for 30 secs - 1 minute.
set aside
Then take a large sauce pan, and put some oil, add seasonings (jeera, aavalu, turmeric, green chillies,curry leaves)
stir once..dont let it burn.. taste antha pothundhi popu maadithe..
Then immediately add all your vegetables
Dont cover the pan, just stir every few minutes..
All vegetables change colors when they are slightly cooked.. you'll know.. (About 5-10 minutes)
meanwhile, squeeze the tamarind and prepare juice.. Add a couple of cups of extra water. When the vegetables start oozing some liquid, add this tamarind juice.. Let it cook and boil .. add water and salt and mirchi powder.. per necessity.. When the vegetables are 80% cooked, add the cooked dal.. to the liquid.. Then check salt and mirchi, add additional amount as needed. Add sambar powder and also some dhaniya powder. Also, start sambar powder with 1 tsp, stir the sambhar and add more if u feel the need for more.. adjust to your taste.. The sambhar should be bubbling and boiling.. and the vegetables should be all cooked.. and atleast 1 or 2 times pongu ravali.. you reduce flame and stir.. and again increase flame.. for the pongu.. after 2 times this happens, veggies are fully cooked, and taste is perfect, turn off the stove.. Dont over cook the vegetables it spoils the taste.. So, be sure to not over do it.
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Sambhar/Pappu Charu |
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Quick n Easy Kalakhand |
Ingredients:
1 can Sweetened condensed milk
2 cups Milk powder
1 stick butter
Pure Edible silver leaves(chandi ke vark)
Process:
Melt the butter in a large microwaveable bowl. Put the lid and heat the bowl for 1-2 minutes until the butter melts. Once the butter is all melted, add milk powder and condensed milk and stir the mixture well. Put the bowl back in the microwave and cook for 7 minutes.During this time, after every one minute, stir the mixture well until all 7 minutes are done. The mixture turns light browning and the butter separates from the mass. Spread the mixture in a shallow pan and Lay the silver leaves and stick them. Cut into 1 - 1.5 inch cubes and serve. Yummy Kalakhand will be a crowd pleaser..
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