Instant Sambar - Sambar without Paruppu - Tiffin Sambar

   

    Instant Sambar is a grea6t relief when we feel lazy to cook still feels like eating a tastier side dish. This Sambar doesn't need any paruppu/dal nor sambar powder for preparing. Yet the Sambar has superb flavour and taste!!! Let us get into the recipe now!!!

Ingredients:

For Masala:

1. Small Onions - 5 to 6

2. Tomato - 1

3. Coriander Seeds - 1 Tbsp

4. Dried Red Chillies - 2 or as per your spice level.

5. Roasted Chana Dal (Porikadalai) - 1 Tbsp

For Sambar:

1. Small onions - 5 to 6

2. Tomato - 1

3. Carrot and Beans - few chopped

4. Jaggery - a little

5. Asafoetida 

6. Turmeric Powder

7. Chopped Coriander leaves - few

For Tempering:

1. Mustard Seeds

2. Urad Dal

3. Curry Leaves

&

Salt

Oil

Recipe:

1. In a Pan, heat oil and saute coriander seeds and dried red chillies. Add Small onions and chopped Tomato and saute for a while. Closing the pan with a lid will make the process easy. Once done let the mixture to cool down. While the Mixture is cooling down let us prepare the sambar base.

2. In another/same pan, heat oil and temper mustard seeds, urad dal and curry leaves. Add in Small onions and saute for a while. Add chopped tomatoes and saute for a while. Add chopped Carrots and Beans. Give a stir. Add Water and let the vegetables boil. Add in Asafoetida, Turmeric powder and salt. Close the pan with a lid.

3. Add the roasted chana dal along with the cooled down mixture and grind it into a smooth paste while the veggies are boiling.

4. Once the veggies are cooked, add in the grounded paste. Add required water, salt and a little Jaggery. Once boiled add in chopped coriander leaves and switch off the flame.

5. The Instant Sambar is Ready.. Goes well with Idli, Dosa, Rava Dosa, Pongal etc !!!

Notes:

1. You can use big Onions as well. But the Small Onions gives more taste.

2. You can add a little tamarind pulp if you need extra sourness. 

Avocado Pasta - Ready in 10 minutes

     

  Avocado pasta is a very easy and quick recipe. It is made by mixing Guac (Guacamole) with boiled pasta. You can also add stir fried veggies. The creamy taste of Avocado, The crunchiness of the veggies, The flavour of Garlic, lemon and coriander leaves gives an irresistible taste to this dish. Let us get into the recipe.

Ingredients:

For Guac:

1. Avocado - 2 (medium size)

2. Garlic -2 pods

3. Lemon Juice - 2 spoons

4. Coriander leaves - few chopped

5. Salt

For Pasta:

1. Any pasta of your choice - 1 1/2 cups

2. Water

3. Salt

4. Olive oil

For Stir fried veggies : (Optional) 

Any veggies of your choice.. I added 

1. Onions

2. Capsicums/Bell Pepper

3. Corn kernels

4. Spinach

Recipe:

Youtube link:

              Avocado Pasta

1. Boil water with a little salt and Olive oil.. Cook the Pasta in the boiling water.

2. While the pasta is boiling, scoop the avocado out of its skin in a bowl. Add finely chopped garlic pods, Lemon juice, finely chopped coriander leaves, salt. Mash the avocado well and mix all the ingredients. This Mix is called Guacamole (Guac). Original Guac has finely chopped onion n tomatoes in it. You can also add chilli flakes and other spices of you choice....

3. Mix Guac and boiled Pasta.. That's it! Pasta is ready!

                                                     

3. (optional step) Roughly chop onions, Bell pepper, spinach and saute in Olive oil with corn and salt. Do not saute for more than 2-3 minutes. The Veggies should retain its cruchiness. You can add chilli flakes if you like to have it spicy.

The Same can be done with any type of Pasta. One with Penne Pasta below

Enjoy a quick dinner which could be prepared in a Jiffy!