Yesterday I made cheera sambhar, usually during Sunday menu
sambhar will be there as main curry dish along with other sides dish and rice.
My hubby love sambhar, and during his bachelor days he often made this spinach
sambhar, some time he makes broccoli sambhar too. After marriage I tried
spinach sambhar but not yet got courage to try his second version of
sambhar. Amma usually makes mixed
vegetable sambhar as well as with shallots, trust me the second one is most
tasty.
It is one of the common curries all over south India. They
make their presence during breakfast, lunch and dinner. I make spinach rice
whenever I get the spinach, this time hubby told me to make spinach sambhar, may
be he was missing it for long time.
Standing for long time is becoming a hard task for me. My
back hurts like hell; sitting for a long time is also a tough choice for me.
Cooking dishes for a long time has become a herculean task, I will be happy if
I can make one side dish, curry and rice.
What else you can expect in the later stages of pregnancy, night sleep
means waking every hour for peeing intervals.
Coming back to cheera sambhar it is one of easy dish you can
prepare if you have sambhar powder in your hand. I make this sambhar slightly
different than the other version. Here I used to fry the onion first and then
wilt the spinach and then boil with tamarind juice. When it starts boiling, add
sambhar powder and then add cooked toor dal or split pigeon peas to it.
According my hubby’s request I boiled a potato along with toor dal and added to
this. Finally seasoned sambhar with curry leaves, mustard seeds, red chilies
and asafetodia.
This is ultimate combo of iron and protein rich curry. About
spinach and lentil you know to health benefits, I don’t need to repeat it. Try
this one if you want change in your daily routine meal. Here goes the recipe.
One year ago : Pain Aux Amandes/ Almond bread
One year ago : Pain Aux Amandes/ Almond bread
Print recipe from here
What you need
Spinach: 1 bunch( wash thoroughly in running hot water and chopped fine)
Onion: ½ cup( Chopped finely)
Potato: 1 no
Toor dal/ split pigeon peas: ½ cup
Olive oil: 1 tablespoon
Sambhar powder: 1 tablespoon ( I used store bought one)
Salt: 1 teaspoon or to taste
Tamarind: small ping
pong size ball
Turmeric powder: ¼ teaspoon
Curry leaves: 1 sprig
Curry leaves: 1 sprig
Mustard seeds: ¼ teaspoon
Asafetodia: ¼ teaspoon
Red chilies: 2 no
Water: 2 1/4 cups
How I made
In a pressure cooker , cook toor dal and potato with 2 cups
of water for about 3 whistles or 15 minutes and set aside.
In a medium sauce pot heat 1 teaspoon of oil and add chopped
onion and let if fry for 6 minutes or until
they become translucent or change color.
To this add chopped spinach turmeric and salt and let it wilt for about
2 minutes. In the mean time extract juice from tamarind with ¼ cup of water and
set aside.
Then add tamarind juice and bring to a boil to this add
sambhar powder and again let it boil for a 2 minutes. To this add cooked toor
dal and potato and mix everything. Bring
to boil again. In the mean time in a small skillet add rest of oil mustard
seeds, red chilies, asafetodia and curry leaves. Once mustard seeds starts
popping switch off and add it to curry.
Enjoy with rice and other side dish.
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Yield: 6 serving
Verdict: Yummy
Will you make it again: Yes I will
I am linking this healthy curry to Hearth and Soul blog hop: 76 hosted here
I am linking this healthy curry to Hearth and Soul blog hop: 76 hosted here
