Mangalore Soutekai sambhar

Soutekai sambhar

Mangaluru Southeykai sambar is an tasty sambar made by freshly grounded spices.

I still remember the taste & aroma when i tasted it for the  the first time, i was enthralled by that flavor :)

Ingredients :

Sambar Cucumber : 1 cup (diced)

Toor dal : 2 Tbsp

Channa dal : 1 Tbsp

Urad dal : 1 Tbsp

Rice : 1 tsp

Coriander seeds/Powder : 3 Tbsp

Cuminseeds/Powder : 1 Tbsp

Fresh Coconut gratings : 1/2 cup

Red chilies : 6 -8 

Tamarind : to the taste

Jaggery : to the taste

Hing : a pinch 

Oil : 2 tbsp

Salt : as per taste

Method :

Wash the cucumber, remove the seeds, cut in to pieces. 

Now take a kadai, add a spoon of oil, roast the dals & rice one by one, then red chilies.

If you are using coriander, cumin seeds, then those should be roasted as other ingredients.

Mix all the ingredients together, ground it to a fine paste adding enough water

Take a vessel add oil, when its hot add mustard seeds when it splutters, add diced cucumber, saute it, keep on medium flame close the lid.

Let it cook for few mins, sprinkle salt & saute close the lid, continue to keep on medium flame flame, when cucumber almost loses its rawness, add the masala paste to it, saute for few seconds.

add water, let it boil , add tamarind juice, jaggery & salt.

Let it boil until cucumber softens.

Now give seasoning, take a kadai add 1 tsp of oil, red chilies, curry leaves, hing & add to the Sambar.

Serve hot .

Tastes great with rice.

To make sambar more spicy / hot one can use Gowribidanur/Guntur chilies as Bydagi chilies gives good color.