Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, idli and bottle-gourd sambhar. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Bottle Gourd Sambar or Lauki Sambar is versatile, nutritious and part of everyday cuisine in South India. Adding vegetables like Bottle gourd (Lauki or Surakai) in Sambar makes it more tasty and healthy. Eating of Bottle Gourd has a lot of health benefits. Lauki (Sorakkai) is rich in Vitamins B and Vitamin C, sodium, iron and potassium.
Idli and Bottle-gourd Sambhar is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Idli and Bottle-gourd Sambhar is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have idli and bottle-gourd sambhar using 19 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Idli and Bottle-gourd Sambhar:
- Make ready For plain Idli-
- Take 1/2 cup urad dal (soaked overnight)
- Make ready 1 cup plain rice (soaked overnight)
- Get as per taste Salt
- Make ready as required Ghee or oil to grease
- Make ready For For Sambhar-
- Make ready 1/2 bowl Toor daal
- Get 1 medium sized fresh bottle guard (cut in squares)
- Make ready 1-3 tsp Sambhar powder
- Get 8-10 Curry patta
- Take 1 tsp Chana dal
- Get 1 tsp Urad dal
- Take 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- Take 2-4 green red chillies cut in halves
- Make ready 1 tsp turmeric powder
- Take 1 tsp coriander powder
- Prepare 2 tsp Oil
- Prepare 1 tsp Jaggery or shakkar
- Get as required Water
Idli Sambar are a typical South Indian breakfast that has become popular across the globe for it's soft spongy Idlis and lipsmackingly delicious Sambar. Idli Sambar is a complete food in itself as it contains all the essential nutrients, minerals and vitamins that are essential for your overall health. Different vegetables like beans, carrot, drumstick, etc. present in the sambar provide enough fiber that aides your digestive health. Moreover, idlis are steamed and sambar contains very little.
Instructions to make Idli and Bottle-gourd Sambhar:
- Grind the rice and urad dal and mix together. Put into a large container and let it ferment. After it is fermented add salt and grease the idli stand. Pour a small quantity of batter in stand and steam for around 5-7 mins. Take out if a toothpick inserted in it stands clean.
- Heat the oil, add mustard add some seeds, curry patta, urad dal, chana dal, chillies etc. Add turmeric, coriander, jaggery and sauté for a couple of min.
- Boil soaked chana dal and lauki along with some salt and cook until done. Add this lauki, chana dal to the Tadka and cook for a few more minutes.
- Serve this when hot.
Different vegetables like beans, carrot, drumstick, etc. present in the sambar provide enough fiber that aides your digestive health. Moreover, idlis are steamed and sambar contains very little. Sambar and Kuzhambu are the quintessential dishes in Tamil cuisine. We relish sambar with rice and also with all the tiffin items like idli, dosa, upma, rava kichadi, pongal, and the list goes on. Ok now, confession time. :-) Seriously I can't get enough of sambar, especially araichuvitta sambar or sambar with fresh ground spices.
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