Ingredients: 1 cup arhar dal, 2 cups chow chow – chop, 30 grams tamarind – soaked in 1 cup water, 1 onion – thinly sliced, 2 tomatoes – chopped, 1 tablespoon sambar powder, 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder , 4 sprigs of coriander – chopped, oil – according to use, salt – as per taste, 1 teaspoon sesame oil – or any oil, 1 teaspoon mustard, 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida, 1 red chili, 1 sprig Curry leaves
Time in minutes: 40 Servings: 4 Course: Lunch Diet: High Protein Vegetarian
Instructions: To make chow chow sambar, first put 2 cups water, turmeric powder, salt along with lentils in a pressure cooker and cook till 2 years come. After the lentils are cooked, mash the lentils well and keep them aside. Heat the oil in a pan. Add onions and cook till they become soft. Now add tomatoes and chow chow. Cook until 3/4 of the chow is cooked. Bitch kept shaking in between. Now add tamarind water, sambar powder, salt and cook it until the chow is cooked well. Now add dal, green coriander and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Turn off the gas. Now heat sesame oil in a tempering pan. Add the mustard seeds, dry red chilies and cook for 15 seconds. Now add asafoetida, curry leaves and turn off the gas after 10 seconds. Add this tempering to the sambar and mix. Serve Chow Chow Sambar with beans and cabbage with porridge and rice for dinner.