Jackfruit seed Sāmbhar

• Servings: 4
• Boiling dal time: 7 minutes.
• Preparation time: 7 minutes.
• Boiling vegetable time: 3-5 minutes.
• Cooking time: 4 minutes.
• Seasoning time: 4 minutes.
• Total time: 27 minutes.

Authentic south Indian cuisine in which I used fresh ripen jack fruit seeds: which is available in summer season, eat this Sāmbhar with rice and papad; makes it a complete meal. Jack fruit seed has high quality proteins which aids in building muscles. The proteins we get from it are free from cholesterol.

Ingredients:

• Tuvar dal (split pigeon pea): ½ cup
• Sāmbhar masala powder: 2 teaspoon
• Garlic flakes: 3-4 nos.
• Tamarind: 5 gm
• Turmeric powder: half teaspoon
• Coriander leaves: 25 gm
• Salt: 1 teaspoon (as per taste)
• Jack fruit seeds: 10-15 no.
• Carrot: 1 no.
• Drum stick: 1 no.
• Tomato: 2-3 nos.
• Madras onion: 8-10 no.
• Green chilli: 1 no.

For seasoning:

• Refined oil: 1 tablespoon
• Mustard seed: half teaspoon
• Cumin: ½ teaspoon
• Curry leaves: 1-2 twigs
• Red chilli: 1 no.
• Asafoetida: 1 pinch
• Fenugreek seed: one fourth teaspoon
•  Madras Onion: 1 no.

Preparation:

1. Wash Tovar dal; put green chilli, garlic, onion and 3 cups of water into pressure cooker. Boil dal in the pressure cooker on high flame. Bring to full cooking pressure, reduce to low flame and cook for 3-4 minutes. Allow cooker be cool and open.
2. Pulverize the dal. Add salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder, and Sāmbhar powder and tamarind pulp into the dal. Mix properly and Keep aside.
3. Soak tamarind in half cup of water, keep aside.
4. Roughly chop all vegetables, add one cup of water and boil it (You can boil vegetables into pressure cooker).

Method:

1. Add boiled vegetables into prepared dal, mix slowly. (Be careful otherwise vegetables get mashed)
2. Add coriander leaves, cook for 4-5 minutes at low flame, so that all flavour will mix properly.

seasoning:

1.  Take fry pan, put oil in it, when smoke begins to come add whole red chilli, mustard seed, and cumin and fenugreek seed; sputter it for few seconds.
2. Add asafoetida and chopped onion, stir and fry till it becomes brown in colour. Add curry leaves; wait for few seconds, put off the gas.
3. Pour this seasoning on the prepared Sāmbhar, cover for few minutes.
4. Mouth watering “Jack  fruit seed Sāmbhar” is ready to  be served with Rice, Dosa, vada and idly.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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