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SAMBHAR WITH TASTE OF LEGEND

GITA RAMESH

Sambhar is one of the most popular and healthiest south Indian dishes. There are many ways how to prepare it, but Mrs. Gita Ramesh, in her Ayurvedic cookbook, believes, that it taste the best, if it is cooked with love!

Sambhar is a south Indian vegetarian stew, made of pulses and vegetables. 'The Historical Dictionary of Indian Food' by late food historian KT Achaya described Sambhar as, "a fairly thick spicy extract of thuvar dhal soured with tamarind, frequently containing soft vegetables like brinjal, drumstick, gourd and lady's finger." But, preparation is much more than an assortment of delicious flavours. A bowlful of this savoury stew packs a number of health benefits, every sambar lover must know! But less known is the legend behing the dish origine.

INGREDIENTS

½ cup or 100 gm green gram (moong), washed thoroughly
2 aubergines (baigan), small, cut lengthwise into 1” pieces
1 carrot (gajar), cut lengthwise into 1” pieces
½ tea spoon or 2 ½ gm turmeric (haldi) powder
1 onion, sliced
2 green chillies, chopped
1 tablespoon or 15 ml vegetable oil
1 cup or 200 gm okra (bhindi), cut lengthwise into 1” pieces
Tamarind (imli), Lemon sized, soaked in 1 cup warm water, juice squeezed out
Salt to taste
1 tablespoon or 15 gm sambhar powder
For the tempering:
1 tablespoon or 5 ml vegetable oil
½ tea spoon or ½ gm mustard seeds (rai)
¼ tea spoon asafoetida (hing). Powder
1 dry red chilli (sookhi lal mirch, broken
8-10 curry leaves (kadhi patta)

The story behind the dish as we know it today as Sambar, is that it was created in the kitchens of the Thanjavur Maratha King, Shahuji in the 17th Century. King Shahuji had a special guest of honour at his court, and had wanted to prepare a feast. Marathas famous for being vegetarian, had planned on serving the traditional Maratha dish Amti. However, the royal cooks had ran out of Moong bean lentils and Kokum; which were the traditional ingredients needed to cook Amti. So they experimented with Toor lentil and Tamarind pulp instead of Kokum; and also added ground Coconut and vegetables. Guess who was the guest of honour? It was the Maratha King Sambhaji, the son of Shivaji. Hence the newly created dish was named Sambhar in the honour of the guest of the court, and the Maratha King.

RIGHT:
HEALTH BENEFITS
6 REASONS
TO LOVE SAMBHAR
-
1. High On Proteins
2. Full Of Fibres
3. Antioxidant Punch
4. Easy to digest
5. Weight Loss benefits
6. Detox Benefits

HEALTH BENEFITS 6 REASONS TO LOVE SAMBHAR- 1. High On Proteins
2. Full Of Fibres
3. Antioxidant Punch
4. Easy to digest
5. Weight Loss benefits
6. Detox Benefits

ABOVE:
HEALTH BENEFITS
6 REASONS
TO LOVE SAMBHAR
-
1. High On Proteins
2. Full Of Fibres
3. Antioxidant Punch
4. Easy to digest
5. Weight Loss benefits
6. Detox Benefits

METHOD OF COOKING

Mix the aubergines and carrot with the green gram in pressure cooker. Add the turmeric powder, onion and green chillies with 2 cups water and cook. Allow just one whistle and switch off the gas.
Heat the oil in a pan; fry the okra lightly. Remove and put this into the cooker with the rest of the ingredients.
Pour the tamarind juice and allow the mixture to simmer. Add salt to taste. Add sambhar powder and continue to simmer fr another 5 minutes.
For tempering, heat the oil in a pan; add the mustard seed, asafoetida dry red chilli, and curry leaves. Pour this into the sambar and stir well.
Serve hot.

It can be argued that the dish was part of the Tamil cuisine for a long time and the etymology of the word Sambhar comes from the Tamil word Chaampu which means, ground paste or fine paste. So any curry made from a paste of ground spices and concoctions is technically Sambhar or Kulambu (literally Emulsion). There are evidences which point to inscriptions from the early 15th century and all the Sambal dishes carry the same etymology.

"Anybody with absolutely no cooking skills can also follow these simple and quick recipes and eat fresh and hot food. We selected each dish by keeping in mind today’s trend of eating habits and taste. " Gita Ramesh

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