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Vallarai Keerai Sambar / Keerai Sambar Recipe / Brahmi Leaves Sambar / Spinach Sambar Recipe

January 18, 2014 By Aarthi 7 Comments

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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..

Check out my other sambar recipes too



Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 20 mins
Serves : 4 to 5

Ingredients:

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 tblspn or a small lemon size
Coriander Powder / Malli Podi – 2 tblspn
Chilli Powder – 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Sugar – 1 tsp


For Cooking Dal:
Toor Dal / Tuvaram paruppu – 1/2 cup
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi – 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp

Tempering Spices:
Oil – 1 tblspn
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp
Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu – 1 tsp
Asafoetida / Kaya Podi / Hing – 1/4 tsp
Dry Red Chilli – 1 broken


Method:

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.

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.


Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients
I used vallarai keerai
Chop spinach finely, peel shallots and garlic
You have to boil, toor dal, turmeric and cumin seeds
Add them to water and cook
Cook it till done
Heat oil in a kadai
Add in cumin, mustard, urad dal, asafoetida and dry red chilli
Add in shallots and garlic
saute them well
add in chopped spinach
saute them well
add water and mix well
boil them
add in coriander powder
add in chilli powder
add in tamarind pulp
mix well
bring it to boil
add the dal mix
mix well
season with some salt and sugar
Simmer for a while
Serve

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  1. Janani

    January 18, 2014 at 4:43 pm

    So nice and tasty sambar

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  2. nayana

    January 18, 2014 at 6:34 pm

    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…

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  3. Hamaree Rasoi

    January 19, 2014 at 9:34 am

    Sambar looks so tasty and tangy. Thanks for posting the step by step pictures.
    Deepa

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  4. Anonymous

    February 27, 2014 at 2:44 am

    looks good. Coriander powder shown in pic looks like sambar powder. What to use?. Please clarify.

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  5. Aarthi

    February 27, 2014 at 4:43 am

    @AnonymousNo it is coriander powder, my mom grounds her own coriander powder, so it is looking like that

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  6. Regi

    March 20, 2015 at 9:53 am

    No sambhar podi required ??

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  7. Aarthi

    March 21, 2015 at 3:22 pm

    @Regino need

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