Kohlrabi (noolkol) Sambar

Sambar is most frequently made main dish of the south indian families. There are varieties of sambar prepared at various home. The sambar powder for the sambar is made in two way. one is use fresh flavour powder and other is stored sambar powder. And I use the stored sambar powder to this dish. This sambar can be mixed with rice or any roasted vegetables or papad. 

This version of sambar has noolkol as it's vegetable. It is low calorie vegetable and rich in vit - c, calcium, iron. This sambar is totally different and it very simple dish. So try this healthy sambar at home and comment me how it is............

Preparation Time : 10 mins

Cooking Time : 20 mins

Serve - 4
Recipe Category - Main
Recipe Cuisine - Indian

INGREDIENTS :  

Boiled toor dal - 1 cup

Tamarind extracted water - 2 cup

Noolkol - 1 or 2 (cut into medium size)

Sambar powder - 3 tspn

Onion - 1 (chopped)

Tomatoes - 2 tspn (chopped)

Green chilli - 2 (sliced)

Coconut - 1/4 cup

Salt - as needed

Coconut oil - 1 tspn

TO TEMPER :

Coconut oil - 2 tspn

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

Dry chilli - 2 (broken)

Shallots - 3 (chopped)

Curry leaves - few

METHOD :

• Cook the dal in a pressure cooker allow to cool and open, and mash well.
• Boil noolkol seperately for 5 - 10 mins in a pan, untill they are soft. set aside.
• In a kadai add oil, onions, chilli, tomatoes, and saute it well.
• Now add boiled dal, turmeric powder, sambar powder, salt, and pour the tamarind extracted water, boiled noolkol and mix it well.
• Now allow to boil untill the raw smell is gone. Now add the cooked toor dal and mix well. 
• Let every thing boil for 3 - 4 mins. At that time take grated coconut in to a blender and grind lightly into coares form.
• Add grind coconut to the sambar. let them to boil for 2 mins.
• Now in another stove heat a kadai add oil, mustard, urad dal, and allow to crackle. 
• Then add chopped onions, broken chillies, curry leaves and toss it well.
• Now pour the tampered items into the sambar.
• The wonderful sambar is ready to serve with papad.

PICTORIAL :

Take kohlrabi

Peel the skin and cut it into medium size cubes

Now take your ingredients

Take noolkol in a kadai

Add some water

Bring to boil

Drain it

Now heat a kadai and add oil

Chopped onions, and chillies

Add in chopped onions

Toss well untill it became mushy

Now add boiled toor dal

Add in turmeric powder

Add in sambar powder 

Tamarind extract

Good amount of salt

Add in boiled noolkol

Take coconut 

Pulse it

Into coarse form

Add in coconut

And bring to boil

Now take temper items

For temper add oil

Mustard, urad dal

Chopped shallots

Some curry leaves

Toss well

Add in broken chillies

Toss well

Pour it to the sambar 

Now it's ready

Serve

Enjoyed it..........