Babycorn Sambar
RICH IN PROTEIN, FIBER AND VITAMINS, LOW IN CALORIES !
As we are all aware of sambar recipes, there's nothing new about this soupy and slurpy lentil recipe. It is one of the easiest, quickest recipes but still is nutrient and energy dense.
Sambar being a liquidy dish, is great for all ages.
Babycorn is always relished as a side dish, however, this is a great vegetable that can be added to soups and sambars.
Nutritional information of Babycorn :
- Rich in fiber
- Low on Calories
- Rich in Folate (great for anemia)
- Rich in Thiamine ( energy giving and vitamin absorption)
- Rich in Vitamin C ( Immunity and skin health)
- Rich in Vitamin A ( overall health)
Preparation :
1. Wash and soak the lentils. Soaking lentils helps in reducing digestion issues related to bloating and flatulence. Pressure cook your dal and keep it aside .
2. Soak lemon sized tamarind in hot water.
3. Wash a bunch of babycorn and steam or pressure cook them for 5 mins.
4. Take a huge vessel, add a teaspoon oil, mustard seeds - splutter
Curry leaves- splutter
Crushed garlic cloves, jeera, hing (asafoetida), red chillies or green chillies.
5. Add roughly chopped onions, 1 tomato (optional), steamed babycorns and carrots.
6. Saute the vegetables in the oil for a minute and then add tamarind pulp to the vessel.
7. Add water to the tamarind pulp for consistency. Add a cube of jaggery to this mixture.
8. Let the Vegetables boil in the tamarind pulp for 5 mins and then you can add the cooked dal to the mixture.
9. Add salt, and sambar powder, let the sambar boil for 8-10 mins. Add finely chopped coriander and serve it hot it with rice.
Babycorns soaked in the sour, sweet, spicy sambar taste good and is great for your health.
Happy cooking 💓
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