Manglore Cucumber Sambar
This recipe is for Mangalore Style Southe Sambar, a delicious dish made with Mangalore cucumber. It combines fresh spices and coconut to bring a unique flavor. Perfect for anyone looking to try a new variety of sambar, this recipe is both tasty and easy to make.
Servings 8 people
Calories 154kcal
Ingredients
- 1 medium sized yellow-cucumber / sambar-cucumber/ southekayi
- 1/2 cup toor dal
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 4 tsp salt or as per your taste
- 2 tsp jaggery
- 2-3 tbsp Tamarind Juice
- 1/2 tsp Oil to cook dal
- Water
Ingredients for masala:
- 1 cup grated coconut
- 3 red chili
- 2 tsp urad dal
- 4 tsp coriander seeds
- 1 tsp jeera / cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds optional
- 2 tsp cooking oil
Ingredients for tempering:
- 2 red chili
- 12 curry leaves
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 2 tsp cooking oil
- 2 asafoerida pinch
Instructions
- Wash the sambar-cucumber and cut into pieces by discarding the soft middle portion.
- Now wash again because some cucumber middle portion will be bitter in taste, so wash properly.
- Take toor dal in a pressure cooker and rinse.
- Add turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp oil, 2 cup water and cook the dal by making 2 whistles.
- Adding turmeric powder and oil helps in better cooking of dal. (dal will be half cooked at this stage)
- Now to the same cooker add chopped sambar-cucumber, 2 tsp salt, 3 cup of water and cook by making 2 more whistles. After this stage dal will be fully cooked along with vegetables.
- Take a frying pan and roast red chili, urad dal, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, and fenugreek seeds under medium flame using oil.
- Grind roasted spices and coconut in a mixer grinder by using required water.
- Then add this ground paste into the cooker, which has cooked vegetables and dal.
- Check the salt then add 2 tsp salt and 2 tsp jaggery.
- Adjust the thickness by adding required water.
- Mix well and bring it to boil. Temper it with oil, red chili, mustard seeds, asafotida and curry leaves.
- Serve tasty southekayi or cucumber sambar with hot rice.
Nutrition
Calories: 154kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 1179mg | Potassium: 226mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 356IU | Vitamin C: 72mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 2mg