Avarakkai Sambar | Broad Beans Sambar

Avarakkai Sambar or Broad Bean Sambar is an very flavorful and delicious sambar. Here we replace the mixed vegetables with avarakkai and this basic sambar is itself is truly delicious. In our home, each of us like different sambars like idi sambar, mixed vegetable sambar, amma's style. One common recipe we all love is this avarakkai sambar. It can be made without much effort. Check below for the recipe.

Avarakkai Sambar

Ingredients:

Toor dal - 3/4 cup

Broad beans - 100 gm(10 to 15)

Onion - 1

Tomato - 1

Tamarind - small ball sized

Green chilli - 2

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Sambar powder - 2 to 3 tsp

Salt - to taste

Coriander leaves - 2 tblspn

To temper:

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Red chilli - 2

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp

Curry leaves - 2 sprigs

Oil - 2 tblspn

Method:

Take toor dal and garlic in a pressure cooker and cook for 4 whistles on medium flame. Once pressure subsides, mash it well.

Remove the thick fibre from the beans cut them into1 inch piece.

Heat a vessel, add mustard seeds, cumin. Once it crackles, add red chilli and curry leaves.

Add sliced onion and saute until it becomes translucent. Then add in chopped tomato, slitted green chilli and asafoetida.

Once the tomato turns mushy, add the chopped broad beans and saute for 2 minutes.

Add in sambar powder, turmeric, salt and saute for few seconds.

Now, add tamarind extract, 3 cups of water and bring it to boil.

When the beans is 3/4th done, add the mashed dal, coriander leaves and cook until the avarakkai is done. Put off the flame.

Serve hot with rice.

Pictorial:

Keep all your ingredients ready

Take toor dal and garlic in a pressure cooker and cook for 4 whistles on medium flame. Once pressure subsides, mash it well.

Remove the thick fibre from the beans

Cut them into1.5 inch piece.

Heat a vessel, add mustard seeds, cumin. Once it crackles, add red chilli and curry leaves.

Add sliced onion and saute until it becomes translucent.

Then add in chopped tomato and slitted green chilli

and 1/4 tsp of asafoetida.

Once the tomato turns mushy, add the chopped broad beans and saute for 2 minutes.

Add in sambar powder, turmeric

salt and saute for few seconds.

Now, add tamarind extract

3 cups of water and bring it to boil.

Mash it well

When the beans is 3/4th done, add the mashed dal

Add coriander leaves and when the avarakkai is cooked well, put off the flame.

Its ready!