My Mom's Soothing Okra Sambar
My Mom's Soothing Okra Sambar

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, my mom's soothing okra sambar. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

My Mom's Soothing Okra Sambar is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. My Mom's Soothing Okra Sambar is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

My mom usually prepares sambar recipe on any auspicious day and this recipe is exactly what she uses to nail it. This recipe is pretty straightforward to make and would still taste awesome, even if you skip the Garlic and Onions. My curiosity in cooking never ends!!!!!

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook my mom's soothing okra sambar using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make My Mom's Soothing Okra Sambar:
  1. Get 250 gms okra cut into cubes
  2. Get 2 cups tamarind water
  3. Get As needed: Salt
  4. Make ready 3-4 tablespoons gingelly oil
  5. Get 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  6. Prepare Seasoning
  7. Prepare 1 tsp Mustard seeds
  8. Prepare 1 tsp chana dal
  9. Make ready 2 tsp urad dal
  10. Get 1/4 tsp asafoetida/hing
  11. Make ready 2 Green chillies slit lengthwise
  12. Take 1 sprig curry leaves

Last week a reader mailed me to blog basic sambar & vathakuzhambu recipes. So i thought of sharing this recipe which might be useful for Tamil new year lunch menu too. Once the pressure is released mash the dal well with the back of a spatula. A sambar is a South Indian lentil and vegetable stew made with lentils, tamarind, and a special sambar spice mix.

Steps to make My Mom's Soothing Okra Sambar:
  1. In a pot, add oil and put in the items given under seasoning section. Wait till the dals become golden brown.
  2. Add in the chopped okra and mix well. Toss until okra is cooked well to about 80%. Make sure it is not completely cooked as it turns mushy.
  3. Add in the tamarind water and let it boil covered until the raw smell goes off. Now, add in turmeric powder along with required amount of salt.
  4. Finally, when all the raw smell have gone of turmeric, turn off heat and close it until serving.
  5. Tip: note that this sambar is supposed to be watery as against the usual thick varieties. The runny texture and the thick okra blend well with rice. The more thicker it becomes, the proper taste of okra is lost. Also, add no other seasoning like sambar powder or cilantro/coriander leaves. They take the authentic taste away from this recipe.

There are as many sambar spice mixes as there are households. There are also many different variations of sambar. Bong Mom Predominantly a Bong, who loves being a Mom and loves to cook among other things for the li'l one and the big ones. She loves to write too and you will find her food spiced up with stories. Mainly a collection of Bengali Recipes with other kinds thrown in, in good measure.

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