Saturday, 24 May 2014

sugar baby (chakkarakutty) mampazham sambhar, vazhakkai and chakkakuru thoran

Hello,

How are you friends? I know of late I am not regular - its holiday time. I want to spend quality time with my kids. So don't find much time to blog! Today I will share with you a simple but very delicious sambar. Its a delicacy during summer vacation as this tiny mangoes are available only for a few months during summer. 











Sugar baby (chakkarakutty) mambazha sambar

Ingredients

Sugar baby - 10 (slit  into four pieces)
jaggery - 1 tbsp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
salt as required

For the masala

Tuvar dal - 2 tbsp
channa dal - 1 tbsp
coriander seeds - 1 tsp
red chilly - 3
badigye chilly - 3 
curry leaves - a few
hing - a small piece
coconut - 1/4 cup
Tamarind pulp - 2 tbsp(cook and extract pulp)

Tuvar dal - 1/4 cup (wash, soak and cook in pressure cooker till soft) (optional)
ghee - 1 tsp
mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
fenugreek seed - 1/2 tsp
curry leaves a few

Method of Preparation

Dry roast the masala add coconut and roast till golden brown. Grind to a coarse paste by adding little water. 

Wash and soak tuvar dal in water. Pressure cook for two whistles. 

Wash and remove the stalk from the mango. slit  it into four pieces, do not remove from the seed. We are going to cook the whole mango with the seed. Add little hot water in kalchatti and cook the mango till soft, add turmeric, jaggery and salt. Add tamarind pulp. Add coconut paste and cooked tuvar dal, add one or two glasses of water allow the sambar to boil, In a small pan pour oil add mustard, fenugreek seed, allow mustard to splutter, add one red chilly hing and curry leaves. Pour it in the prepared sambar. 



Raw banana and jack fruit seed curry/
Vazhakkai and chakkakuru curry









Ingredients

Raw banana - 1
jack fruit seed - 10 (smash and peel off)
sunflower oil - 1 tbsp
mustard seed - 1 tsp
urad dal - 1/2 tsp
red chilly - 1 (broken)
curry leaves - a few

Method of Preparation

Wash and peel raw banana, cut into small cubes, smash jackfruit seed and remove outer skin. Use a steamer to pressure cook jack fruit seed and raw banana, add turmeric powder and salt. Remove from the cooker. In a heated pour oil add mustard and urad dal, allow mustard to splutter, add red chilly and curry leaves. Gently add cooked jack fruit seed and raw banana. Mix well. serve with sambar. 
























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