My Mom's Soothing Okra Sambar
My Mom's Soothing Okra Sambar

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, my mom's soothing okra sambar. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

My Mom's Soothing Okra Sambar is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. My Mom's Soothing Okra Sambar is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

It is simple to make, delicious and does not require much supervising. Since okra is good for all, it is a comfort recipe that can be consumed by anyone. It is simple to make, delicious and does not require much supervising.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have my mom's soothing okra sambar using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make My Mom's Soothing Okra Sambar:
  1. Prepare 250 gms okra cut into cubes
  2. Take 2 cups tamarind water
  3. Prepare As needed: Salt
  4. Get 3-4 tablespoons gingelly oil
  5. Take 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  6. Take Seasoning
  7. Get 1 tsp Mustard seeds
  8. Make ready 1 tsp chana dal
  9. Take 2 tsp urad dal
  10. Make ready 1/4 tsp asafoetida/hing
  11. Take 2 Green chillies slit lengthwise
  12. Make ready 1 sprig curry leaves

Since okra is good for all, it is a comfort recipe that can be consumed by anyone. My mom usually prepares sambar recipe on any auspicious day and this recipe is exactly what she uses to nail it. This recipe is pretty straightforward to make and would still taste awesome, even if you skip the Garlic and Onions. This is my mom in law's basic sambar recipe for rice in which we use lady's finger @ okra.

Steps to make My Mom's Soothing Okra Sambar:
  1. In a pot, add oil and put in the items given under seasoning section. Wait till the dals become golden brown.
  2. Add in the chopped okra and mix well. Toss until okra is cooked well to about 80%. Make sure it is not completely cooked as it turns mushy.
  3. Add in the tamarind water and let it boil covered until the raw smell goes off. Now, add in turmeric powder along with required amount of salt.
  4. Finally, when all the raw smell have gone of turmeric, turn off heat and close it until serving.
  5. Tip: note that this sambar is supposed to be watery as against the usual thick varieties. The runny texture and the thick okra blend well with rice. The more thicker it becomes, the proper taste of okra is lost. Also, add no other seasoning like sambar powder or cilantro/coriander leaves. They take the authentic taste away from this recipe.

Last week a reader mailed me to blog basic sambar & vathakuzhambu recipes. So i thought of sharing this recipe which might be useful for Tamil new year lunch menu too. I usually make vendakkai sambar & avarakkai sambar for no moon day and for festivals where we don't use onions because this sambar. I just love Vendakka sambar specially when Mom used to make. It took me several days to get the similar taste.

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