Sudha's Veg Kitchen [ Food blog]

 BITTER GOURD SAMBAR/KARELA SAMBAR Good day friends, Today I am going to share a recipe of sambar made with bitter gourd.This vegetable not everyone's favourite but in our family we all like it .Even kids who generally throw tantrums or are choosy with veggies will enjoy to eat this sambar. Recipe for 4-5 people INGREDIENTS Tuvar Dal /Pigeon peas-1/2 cup Bitter Gourd/Karela -2 (medium sized) Tamarind - a small lemon size (soaked in water for 10-15 minutes) Coconut-2 tbsp grated Tomatoes-1 Turmeric-2 tsp Sambar powder- 2 tbsp Salt to taste Curry leaves Oil-2 tsp Mustard seeds/sarson-2 tsp Asafoetida/hing-1/2 tsp Recipe -: Wash and chop 2 bitter gourd into small pieces. Rinse the lentil/Dal .Add enough water. Add the chopped bitter gourd,a pinch of turmeric and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles. Add tamarind water to cooked Dal and gourd mixture,add 2 tbsp sambar powder,1 tsp turmeric,add little water to adjust consistency and let it boil for 5-6 minutes. Grind coconut and tomato finely...

TOMATO RICE Today sharing an easy rice based dish called Tomato Rice.If you have left over rice for the evening or morning you can very easily prepare this dish.You can prepare this dish as a change to break the monotony of eating plain rice and dal .This recipe is a good lunchbox recipe too not taking much time and nor  requiring many ingredients.You can serve this dish with papad. INGREDIENTS BOILED RICE -1&1/2 CUPS TOMATOES -2 ONIONS -2 GREEN CHILLIES -2-3 GINGER -A SMALL PIECE MUSTARD SEEDS(SARSON)-1 TSP BENGAL GRAM (CHANA DAL)-1 TSP BLACK SPLIT GRAM (URAD DAL )-1 TSP CHILLI POWDER -1/2 TSP TURMERIC /HALDI -1 TSP ASAFOETIDA (HING) -A PINCH SALT -TO TASTE SALT -TO TASTE STEP BY STEP PROCESS OF MAKING TOMATO RICE    We shall chop onions ,tomatoes and green chillies to small pieces and grate ginger,                                Now heat...