Vallarai Keerai Sambar Recipe with step by step pictures. Vallarai Keerai are one of the healthiest spinach and it is known for improving the memory skills.
Vallarai Keerai Sambar
Vallarai Keerai / Brahmi Leaves are one of the healthiest spinach. This spinach has properties to increase memory power. Normally they make thogayal with it. But i wanted to try sambar with it. So i made it and the result was mouthwatering. This keerai is a little bitter but this sambar makes it so yummy you just want to have it like a soup.So try it and let me know ho it turned out for you..
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Ingredients for Vallarai Keerai Sambar
- Shallots / Sambar Onion / Chinna Ulli - 10
- Garlic - 6 cloves
- Vallarai Keerai / Brahmi Leaves- 3 cups chopped ( You can use any spinach)
- Water as needed
- Tamarind Pulp - 3 tbsp or a small lemon size
- Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 2 tbsp
- Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Sugar - 1 tsp
For Cooking Dal:
- Toor Dal / Tuvaram paruppu - ½ cup
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Tempering Spices:
- Oil - 1 tbsp
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tsp
- Asafoetida / Kaya Podi / Hing - ¼ tsp
- Dry Red Chilli - 1 broken
How to Make Vallarai Keerai Sambar
- Take dal, turmeric powder and cumin seeds in a sauce pan, cover it with water. Bring it to boil and simmer for 20 mins till done.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Add the tempering spices to hot oil and let it sizzle for a min.
- Add in shallots, garlic and saute them for a min.
- Now add in chopped spinach and saute them well. Pour in water and bring it to a boil.
- Add in coriander powder, chilli powder, tamarind pulp and mix well. Boil it again.
- Add in cooked toor dal mix and mix well. Season with salt and sugar. Mix well and simmer for 5 to 8 mins.
- Serve with rice.
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Vallarai Keerai Sambar Recipe
Ingredients
- 10 Shallots / Sambar Onion / Chinna Ulli
- 6 cloves Garlic
- 3 cups chopped Vallarai Keerai / Brahmi Leaves You can use any spinach
- Water as needed
- 3 tbsp or a small lemon size Tamarind Pulp
- 2 tbsp Coriander Powder / Malli Podi
- 2 tsp Chilli Powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Sugar
- For Cooking Dal:
- ½ cup Toor Dal / Tuvaram paruppu
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- Tempering Spices:
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- 1 tsp Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu
- ¼ tsp Asafoetida / Kaya Podi / Hing
- 1 broken Dry Red Chilli
Instructions
- Take dal, turmeric powder and cumin seeds in a sauce pan, cover it with water. Bring it to boil and simmer for 20 mins till done.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Add the tempering spices to hot oil and let it sizzle for a min.
- Add in shallots, garlic and saute them for a min.
- Now add in chopped spinach and saute them well. Pour in water and bring it to a boil.
- Add in coriander powder, chilli powder, tamarind pulp and mix well. Boil it again.
- Add in cooked toor dal mix and mix well. Season with salt and sugar. Mix well and simmer for 5 to 8 mins.
- Serve with rice.
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Janani
So nice and tasty sambar
nayana
used to have this sambhar in childhood when we had this creeper in our garden, not had it since ages, you really made me feel nostalgic...
Hamaree Rasoi
Sambar looks so tasty and tangy. Thanks for posting the step by step pictures.
Deepa
Anonymous
looks good. Coriander powder shown in pic looks like sambar powder. What to use?. Please clarify.
Aarthi
@AnonymousNo it is coriander powder, my mom grounds her own coriander powder, so it is looking like that
Regi
No sambhar podi required ??
Aarthi
@Regino need