முளைகட்டிய பயறு சாம்பார் / Sprouted Moong Dhal Sambar / Mulaikattiya Payaru Sambar - Cooking with Sprouts

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Yesterday I went my mum’s place, me and my sisters had great time together. We cooked and baked together. She made kadai paneer and paneer fried rice for me, I took pictures of her cooking..I will post those recipes soon. We also baked a chocolate chip and almond streusal topped pudding cake. It cameout so good..We loved it a lot. And I admit that my sister who just finished schooling is cooking like a professional.

Now coming to the recipe. I recently found that hubby is loving sprouts a lot. Now I am having a huge container of sprouts in my fridge. I am making salads out of it and every now and then I am adding it into upmas and so on..But last week I thought to make sambar out of it. Everything cameout pretty good together. I loved the tart and sweet combo in that sambar. This is so much healthier and goes great with hot rice..

I hope you will love it and tell me how it turned out..

Ingrediants:

Mulaikattiya Payaru / Moong Sprouts / Green Gram Sprouts – 2 cups

Onion – 1 large chopped

Tomatoes – 2 chopped

Potato – 1 large peeled and chopped

Tamarind Pulp – 1 tblspn or to taste ( Click here for recipe)

Jaggery a small piece

Chilli powder – 2 tsp (adjust)

Turmeric powder / Manjal podi – 1 tsp

Coriander powder / Malli podi – 1 tblspn

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves / Cilantro for garnishing

For Tempering:

Oil – 1 tblspn

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1 tsp

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp

Dry Red Chilli – 1

Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya podi – 1/4 tsp

Method:

Take tamarind pulp in a bowl and add about half a cup of water. Now add turmeric, chilli, coriander and salt to it and mix well.Set this aside till use.

Heat oil in a deep pan. Add all the ingrediants given in the tempering list and let it sizzle for a min.

Now add in onions and tomatoes and mix well. Saute this for a min.

Add in potatoes and sprouts and mix well.

Cover with water and let it cook for 15-20 mins untill the potatoes is cooked and break down..

Now add in the mixed tamarind water and mix well..Let it boil for 2-3 mins untill the raw flavour of tamarind goes away.

Add in a small piece of jaggery and mix well. And simmer for a couple of mins.

Garnish with cilantro and serve over rice..

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