South Indian Sambhar

Time taken-45 minutes

Ingredients:

1. Arhar Daal-1 cup
2. 1 tsp of mustard seeds
3. 7-8 curry leaves
4. Chopped oinion- 2 cups
5. One tomato chopped
6. 1 carrot chopped
7. 5-6 tsp of tamarind paste
8. 1 boiled potato mashed.
9. Turmeric powder- 1 tsp
10. Sambhar Masala- 2 tbsp
11. Coconut oil- 4 spoon

Method:

1. In a cooker, boil arhar daal and keep it aside for cooling, then blend daal to smoothie.
2. In a fry pan, add coconut oil when the oil turns warm, add mustard seeds, curry leaves and leave it till mustard seeds start to crackle, then add onions and cook them till they turn to transparent in colour.
3. Now add chopped carrot, tomato and cook it with covered lid for 5-6 minutes on slow flame.
4. After 5 minutes and check whether carrot is cooked, if not then cook it again for 2-3 minutes if yes then add mashed potatoes, turmeric powder, sambhar masala, and mix well
5. After 2 minutes, add blended daal , tamarind paste, 1 cup of water and salt to the cooking mixture
6. Cook the sambhar for around 5 minutes till it comes to boil.
7. Here your sambhar is ready to serve with idli, dosa, roti, paratha, rice etc

You can buy the ingredients online in India at local banya or big basket 

Shengdana South Indian Chutney

Time taken-15 minutes

Ingredients

1. Peanuts-1 cup
2. Urad daal-1/2 cup
3. 1 cup curd
4. Garlic-4 cloves, chopped
5. 1 chopped green chilli
6. 5-6 curry leaves
7. 1 tsp mustard seeds
8. Coconut Oil- 4 tsp
9. Salt as per taste

Method

1. Roast Peanuts and remove the red cover of peanut and keep aside to cool
2. Roast urad daal and keep aside to cool
3. As urad daal and peanut cools down grind them to powder
4. In bowl add curd and grind powder of urad daal and peanuts.
5. Now take a fry pan, add oil, as the oil heats up add mustard seeds, curry leaves, garlic.
6. When the garlic colour changes to golden, add the curd mixture to fry pan and then add salt, ¼ cup of water, mix well
7. Your instant chutney is ready to serve with dosa, idli, vada, etc