Kadamba Saadam

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Total Time:
30-45 minutes
Serves: 4
Nutrition facts:

240 calories, 9 grams fat

Cuisine: Indian Recipe
Technique: Boil Recipe
Difficulty: Medium

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup - Tuvar dal
  • 1 cup - Rice (soaked in water for 1 hour)
  • 7 or 8 - Dry chillies
  • 1 tbsp - Fenugreek seeds
  • 1 tbsp - Asafetida
  • 5 tbsp - channa dal
  • 2 sticks - Cinnamon
  • 3 or 4 - Cloves
  • 1/2 cup - Dry coconut
  • 2 tbsp - coriander seeds
  • Vegetables - Potatoes, carrots, bell peppers, beans, peas, carrots, brinjals etc.
  • 4 to 5 - green chillies, as required
  • 1 tbsp - Poppy seeds
  • A fistful - Peanuts
  • Oil
  • 2 lemon sized balls - tamarind
  • 1 tbsp - Mustard

How to Make Kadamba Saadam

  • Pressure cook the Tuvar dal as usual.
  • Fry in 1 tbsp of oil fenugreek, channa dal, dry chillies, asafoetida, cinnamon, clove, coriander seeds, dry coconut and poppy seeds in the order and grind the whole mixture into a smooth paste.
  • In a large pan, add the cooked dal, all the vegetables, a little turmeric, green chillies and half a cup of water.
  • Let the vegetables cook with the dal for 10 minutes.
  • Once the vegetables are cooked, add the above paste, tamarind extract and salt.
  • Let the whole mixture boil for a while.
  • Once the Sambar is ready, put the pre-soaked rice into it and allow it to cook it in the Sambar itself.
  • This way it will absorb all the flavours and come into a nice smooth mixture.
  • Heat ghee in a pan.
  • Add mustard, one dry chilli, asafoetida and peanuts.
  • Fry them well and add it to the above preparation.
  • Serve hot with chopped coriander leaves.

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