Arachuvita sambar | Kalyana sambar | How to make arachuvita sambar
Arachuvita sambar is a special variety of sambar prepared popularly in South Indian weddings and commonly known as Kalyana sambar.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 250 g Broad beans (or any sambar veg)
- 1 cup boiled toor dal
To fry & grind:
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tsp gram dal
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
- ½ tsp pepper corns
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 8 red chillies
- ¼ cup coconut
Other ingredients:
- 1 tbsp. oil
- ½ tsp mustard
- ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
- 8 shallots/1 big onion
- Few curry leaves
- ¼ tsp asafoetida
- 1 tomato
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- ¾ cup tamarind water
- 2 cups water
- 1 tsp salt (as per taste)
Instructions
Preparation:
- Boil a cup of soaked toor dal, mash and keep aside.
- Soak small lemon size tamarind in warm water for 15mins.
- Chop broad beans(thatta avarai) and boil with enough water. Cook the veggie soft and keep aside. You can keep the veggie along with the boiled water.
Recipe to make Arachuvita sambar:
How to make the masala for Arachuvita sambar:
- Heat a tsp of oil in a pan.
- Add gram dal, coriander seeds, fenugreek seeds, red chillies, pepper and cumin seeds.
- Roast the above spices for few minutes until the gram dal becomes a golden color.
- Finally, add coconut pieces, fry for two minutes and switch off.
- Let this mixture cool down completely and grind into a paste using less water.
Sambar recipe:
- In another big vessel, heat oil.
- Season with mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds.
- Now add chopped small onions and saute well.
- Also, add curry leaves and asafoetida.
- Next, put chopped tomato and cook until soft.
- Add some turmeric powder and mix with the masala.
- Now add the boiled avarakkai and mix.
- Pour the extracted tamarind water.
- Let the vegetable extract the tamarind juice for a few minutes.
- Add required salt and boiled toor dal.
- Pour two cups of water (or as required) to adjust the consistency of the sambar.
- Let the sambar come to full boiling and switch off.
- Serve with hot rice, papad and pickle.
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Notes
Tips: 1) First of all, you can use any kind of sambar vegetable like drumsticks, Brinjal, ash gourd, etc. Also, you can use mixed vegetables too. 2) Moreover, use only given quantity of coconut for this measurement. More coconut makes the sambar like thick gravy. 3) Furthermore, there is no need to use sambar powder for this arachuvita sambar recipe. Our specially ground masala will solve the purpose. Still, if you like, you can use a tsp of sambar powder.
Nutrition
Calories: 320kcal
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