Thursday, April 15, 2010

Venpongal and Carrot Sambar

 Venpongal:
 Ingredients:
  • Raw rice – 1 cup
  • Mung dal – ¼ cup
  • Peppercorns – 1 Table spoon
  • Cumin seeds – 1 Table spoon
  • Asafoetida - pinch
  • Curry leaves
  • Water – 4 cups
  • Cashew nuts - 1 Table spoon
  • Ghee
  • Salt
 Method:
  • Soak rice and mung dal in water for about 20 mins.
  • Drain soaked rice and dal. Cook them in a pressure cooker by adding four cups water and required amount of salt.
  • In a separate vessel, heat one table spoon ghee and fry cashew nuts, peppercorns, cumin seeds, asafoetida and curry leaves.
  • Mix this with cooked rice and dal.
  • While serving, add two table spoon ghee over pongal.
 Carrot Sambar:
 Ingredients:
  • Carrot -2 nos
  • Toor dal – 150 g
  • Onion – 1
  • Tomato – 1
  • Garlic cloves – 3
  • Sambar powder – ½ Table spoon
  • Turmeric powder – ¼ Tea spoon
  • Tamarind pulp – 1 Table spoon
  • Salt
  • Curry leaves – few
  • Coriander leaves
 Method:
  • Cook toor dal with water and keep it aside.
  • Chop carrot, onion and tomato.
  • Extract juice from tamarind pulp.
  • Heat oil in a vessel and add mustard seeds. When they pop up add onion and a pinch of salt. Fry till onion is slightly brown.
  • Add carrot, tomato, curry leaves, turmeric powder, sambar powder and tamarind juice. Mix and cook them well.
  • Now add cooked toor dal, required amount of water for the curry and crushed garlic cloves. Adjust salt and cook the mixture until it is done (in a slow flame).
  • Garnish with coriander leaves.

15 comments:

  1. carrot sambar is new for me..
    nutritious combo!

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  2. Nice Combo Krishnaveni! Carrot Sambar luks gr8...Keep Rocking!

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  3. The pongal and sambar looks so delicious.the carrot sambar is new to me.
    Pongal i used to prepare.sure will give a try to this caroot sambar..
    Best combos ..

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  4. Both of these dishes looks yum, loved the way you have presented it..so nice and delicious

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  5. Such alovely healthy protein packed dish.Nice click too.

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  6. Both dishes looks delicious..fabulous combination..

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  7. Krishna,,,pongal n carrot sambar great combination i like it very much,,here i get more carrots than our indian veggies i use only carrot for sambars mostly..

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  8. wooow!!!both dishes looks delicious and yummy...superb click....

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  9. Awesome combo..carrot sambar is something I never had before...though I put them along with other veggies in my sambar :-)

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  10. nice combination dear! awesome presentation too!

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  11. Hello friends thanks for your valuable comments

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  12. Abba Akka! I am feeling hungry already...Wow looks super good.

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