Okra/ Vendakka Sambar
Okra/ Vendakka Sambar

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, okra/ vendakka sambar. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Okra/ Vendakka Sambar is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Okra/ Vendakka Sambar is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook okra/ vendakka sambar using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Okra/ Vendakka Sambar:
  1. Make ready To pressure cook–
  2. Prepare 2 cups toor dhal
  3. Make ready 2 tomatoes
  4. Make ready 10 garlic cloves
  5. Get 1 tspn asofetida/ hing
  6. Take 1/2 tspn turmeric powder
  7. Get For Vegetable–
  8. Prepare 500 g Ladies finger/okra
  9. Get For tempering–
  10. Take 1 tsp vadavam
  11. Get 2 dry red chilli (broken)
  12. Prepare 1 onion (chopped)
  13. Make ready 2 tomatoes (chopped)
  14. Prepare 2 tsp red chilli powder
  15. Prepare 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  16. Get To taste salt
  17. Get 3 tbspn oil
  18. Get To soak–
  19. Take 1 ball Tamarind(lemon size)in ½ cup water
  20. Make ready 5 tbspn coriander leaves (chopped)
Steps to make Okra/ Vendakka Sambar:
  1. Take all the ingredients under To pressure cook in a cooker, add water and cook for 4 whistles. Lower flame for 10 minutes.
  2. Soak tamarind in water. Take ladies finger and dry roast till stickiness disappears. Keep aside.
  3. Heat oil in a vessel, add vadavam and dry red chilli. (Instead of vadavam you can also add mustard seeds,urad dhal, fenugreek seeds and chopped shallots and fry till dark brown)
  4. Next add curry leaves,1 tbspn coriander leaves.
  5. Now add onions and saute till translucent. Then add tomatoes cook till mushy.
  6. Add salt and red chilli powder. Saute till raw smell goes.
  7. Mash the cooked dhal in pressure cooker and add the ladies finger to it.
  8. Extract tamarind water. Add dhal and tamarind water. Check salt and tanginess. Cover and cook till it boils.
  9. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot with steamed rice or for tiffin.

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