Horse gram sambar(with tamarind) and fry | How to prepare Huralikalu sambar | Karnataka style recipes

How to prepare Horse gram sambar:


This is one of the gram mostly used by local karnataka people and this can be used to prepare sambar and palya(dry fry of the gram).  and I especially love to eat this sambar as this particular version sambar has tamarind in it and I love that tangy and spice taste). 

This has lot many health benefits, in my home we often prepare this when someone is having cold, as its heat food and removes cold content.and has benefits like weight loss and good food for diabetic patients.


Ingredients for sambar:
Horse gram-250grams
Garlic-5-6
Onion-2 or 3
Tomato-1
Red chilli-5-6
Tamarind juice-1 small cup
Curry leaves
Oil
Mustard seeds

If you want thickness for the sambar, take 2-2 spoons of cooked horse gram, 1 small onion, 1 small tomato and small quantity of coconut and grind it and add it after thadka is given)

Method:

1) Wash horse gram, add water and salt, and cook it in pressure cooker till you get 4-5 vessels. Horse gram take a lot of time to cook

2) Drain the boiled gram water and keep aside. This water is added to sambar.


Pressure cooked horse gram

3) Now take a vessel, add oil, mustard seeds,onions and curry leaves for tempering

4) Add Crushed garlic, red chilli and fry

5) Add tamarind juice and cook till the raw smell goes. At this stage if you need the sambar to be little more spicy add sambar powder

6) Now add the cooked gram water and also add little cooked horse gram and allow it to boil(I have added only  small quantity of gram to sambar and kept the remaining for making dry fry palya from the gram).

7) If you need think sambar, you can grind little coconut, onion and tomato,cooked horse gram and add it after adding garlic and redchilli

This sambar is a nice combination to be eaten with ragi ball(mudde) and rice.





Horse gram Fry:

1)Take a frying pan and add oil mustard seeds, allow it to pop up
2)Add curry leaves, onion, garlic and red chilli and fry
3)Add required salt for taste
4)At last add the cooked horse gram and mix it properly. you can add coriander leaves at last.

5)If you feel that salt is less for cooked gram, add salt accordingly.


Serve this along with horse gram sambar, ragi mudde and rice


Health benefits of Horse gram:


=>Helps to reduce excessive weights
=>Helps to control and lower cholesterol levels
=>Helps in control various menstrual problems
=>Helps in keeping body warm during winter and cold and controls fever.
=>Widely used in Ayurvedic medicine for treating many health problems like worm, conjunctivitis and piles



Nutrition Facts:
100 gram of Horse gram contains nutrition facts as below:

NutrientsAmounts
Energy321  Ecals
Moisture12 gm
Protein22 gm
Fat0 gm
Mineral3 gm
Fiber5 gm
Carbohydrates57 gm
Calcium287 mg
Phosphorous311 mg
Iron7 mg


Simple Home remedies with easily available spices:

Turmeric is one of the medicinal and antiseptic spice easily available in every house kitchen.

Few instant usage of turmeric: can apply to small wounds/cuts to stop the bleeding and stops the  infections.




Vegatable kurma or mix Veg Gravy | Karnataka style vegetable Kurma


How to make Vegetable kurma:

Kurma is South Indian word to the curry which is thick in density and usually prepared to eat along with dosa/idli and chapati. I have tried this style of kurma and this came out very well.





Ingredients:


Toor Dal- 1/2 cup(optional)

lablab dal- 2 spoon(optional)

Beans-1 cup
Carrot- 1/2 cup
Patato-2
Brinjal-2
peas-1/2 cup
(you can use veggies of your choice here and finely chop the vegetables)

For frying:
Onion- 1 small size

Tomato-1
Green chilli- 2 or 3
Ginger garlic paste- 1spoon
Sambar powder- 2 spoons(i have used home made sambar powder here)

For masala to grind:
1 Onion
2 small tomatoes
2 green chilli
Coconut-2 tbl spoons (if you want thickness in curry )
Coriander leaves


Method:


1. Grind the masala with the items mentioned above

2. Finely chop all the veggies and keep

3. Wash dal and add it to pressure cooker along with chopped veggies(optional). add double the water to it.

4. Cook in pressure cooker till 3 whistles and keep aside.

5. take a vessel and heat it.

6. Add mustard seeds, curry leaves and allow it pop.

7. Add oil and allow it to heat

8. Add 1 chopped onion, ginger garlic paste and fry

9.Add grounded masala and sambar powder(I have used home made sambar powder here. this will be commonly prepared and kept in all south Indians houses. if you donot have this handy, you can replace this with ready sambar powders, /or use the 1 spoon garam masala powder+ 1 spoon coriander powder+ 1/2 spoon chilli powder combination)

10. Fry till the raw smell goes

11. Add cooked dal and veggies(i have added toor dal to just get thick consistency in curry. and this is just optional). add salt and allow it to cook for some 10 minutes.
once that starts leaving oil at end of the vessel, its done.

Serve this along with chapati's, roti, dosa or rice.