ARACHUVITTA SAMBHAR I KERALA SAMBHAR RECIPE I ONAM RECIPES

Onam is a festival celebrated by the people of Kerala. Usually, Onam will be celebrated for ten days with lots of cultural functions. When I studied in hostel, my mallu friends used to celebrate onam festival with us. They put pookolam (floral carpet), and then do dance with their traditional sandal saree. This year onam falls on 7^th September.

I would like to treat and wish my malayalee friends and readers with some recipes; I do not have much time, so I could do only three recipes on this year. The first recipe of onam special is Arachuvitta sambhar. Its traditional recipe in Kerala with freshly ground spices with their god’s gift coconut…J I couldn’t see their recipes without coconut.

Arachuvitta Sambhar (lentil gravy with freshly ground spices), is very aromatic and tasty. I heard about the sambhar after coming into the blog world. But I had tasted unniyappam and other some sweet recipes, especially nenthram chips…

 

Category	Sambhar
Cuisine	Kerala
Preparation Time	15 Minutes
Cooking Time	20 Minutes
Servings	3-4

Source – My Aunt

INGREDIENTS

Toor dal – ½ Cup

Turmeric powder – 1 Tsp

Castor oil – ½ Tsp

Water – 2.5 Cup  

To roast and grind

Oil – 2 Tsp  

Coriander seeds – 1 Tbsp + 2 Tsp   

Dry red chillies – 5-6

Fenugreek – ½ Tsp

Rice – ½ Tsp

Chana dal – 2 Tbsp

Coconut, chopped – 2 Tbsp

Radish – 1, wash, peels and sliced

Drumsticks – 1, chopped

Ghee – 2 Tsp

Oil – 2 Tsp

Fenugreek – ½ Tsp  

Mustard seeds – 1 Tsp

Urad dal – 1 Tsp

Cumin seeds – 2 Tsp

Hing – ½ Tsp

Dry red chillies – 1, broken  

Shallots – 6-8

Green chillies – 2, broken

Curry leaves – Few

Tomatoes – 2, chopped

Salt – To taste

Tamarind – Gooseberry size

Coriander leaves – Few

METHOD

• Pressure cook dal with turmeric and oil in 2.5 cups of water up to 3 whistles and keep it aside.
• Add 1 Tsp oil in pan, sauté the sliced radish till turns golden brown and keep it aside.
• Add 1 Tsp oil in pan, add the coriander leaves, dry red chillies, fenugreek, rice, chana dal and coconut roast it till the aroma comes and cool it completely.

• Grind the masala with little water and make smooth paste.
• Now heat ghee and oil in pan, add the seasoning ingredients from fenugreek to dry chillies wait until it sputter.
• Add shallots and curry leaves sauté it till transparent.
• Now add drumstick sauté it for 5 minutes and then add radish and tomatoes with little salt and sauté it till the tomato mushy.

• Then, add masala paste and add dal water from cooked dal, tamarind water and allow boiling and the keep the flame on low.
• Allow cooking till the vegetables cook well, then add mashed dal to the mixture.

• Sprinkle coriander leaves and switch off the flame.
• Serve hot with hot rice and potato chips or potato fry.