Mullangi Sambar/ Radish Sambar

Mullangi Sambar /Radish Sambar is a gravy dish made with radish and can be served as a side dish with rice, dosa or idli.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Mullangi Sambar / Radish Sambar.

Ingredients:-

Radish.                 -2 cup chopped
Potato.                  - 1 medium size
Tur dal.                 - 3/4 cup
Turmeric powder. -1/4tsp
Onion.                   -1
Tomato.                 -2
Tamarind.              - a small piece
Sambar powder.     - 2tbsp
Mustard seeds.         -1tsp
Cumin seeds.          -1/2tsp
Curry leaves.          -1 spring
Coconut oil.            - 2tsp
Salt.                        - to taste

Instructions:-

1). Remove the outer skin of radish and wash well. Chop the radish into thin round pieces.

2). Peel, wash and chop potato into medium size pieces.

3). Wash tur dal and pressure cook along with chopped radish pieces, chopped potato pieces, turmeric powder, 1tsp oil and required water till soft and keep aside.

4). Wash and chop tomatoes into small pieces.

5). Soak a small piece of tamarind in little water and extract tamarind juice.

6). Peel, wash and chop onion into thin lengthy pieces. Saute the chopped onion pieces in little oil till translucent.

7). In a small bowl add sambar powder and add little water in it and mix well.

Method:-

1). In a cooking vessel add the pressure cooked radish, potato and tur dal along with cooked water and boil for 2 minutes on low flame.

2). Add chopped tomatoes and extracted tamarind juice into the vessel and boil till tomato pieces become soft.

3). Add required salt into the vessel and mix well.

4). Add sambar powder and little water into the vessel and mix with all the ingredients.

5).Add fried onion pieces into the vessel and mix well.

6). Add hing powder into the sambar and mix well.Boil for few minutes and switch off the flame.

7). Heat 1tsp coconut oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds and cumin seeds and saute well. Add curry leaves and and saute well. Switch off the flame and pour the above seasoning into the mullangi sambar in the cooking vessel and mix well.

8). Transfer the mullangi sambar to a serving bowl.A delicious Mullangi Sambar/ Radish Sambar is ready to serve with rice, dosa or idli.