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The Pondicherry Kitchen – A Review, A Recipe for Puducherry (Pondicherry) Sambhar & A Giveaway

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Servings 6 serving

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup toor tuvar dal / (split gram lentils)
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp urad dal
  • 6 2 chillies (seeds discarded) dry red , broken into
  • 1/2 tsp asafoetida
  • 2 aubergines big (or any vegetable of your choice), cut into big pieces
  • 1 tomato big , cut into pieces
  • 1/2 tsp jaggery , optional
  • 6 curry leaves
  • 2 onions big (or 50gm shallots) finely chopped
  • to taste Salt
  • 1/2 tbsp tamarind pulp
  • 6 cloves garlic crushed coarsely ,
  • 1/2 tbsp cumin seeds , powdered coarsely
  • 1/2 tbsp black peppercorns , powdered coarsely
  • 1 tbsp coriander leaves , finely chopped

Instructions
 

  • In a pressure cooker, add the toor dal, turmeric powder and 1 tbsp oil. Pressure cook for 3 whistles, switch off the flame and let the pressure drop. Set aside.
  • Strain the water out and keep it aside. Set the dal aside.In a pan heat 1 tbsp oil, add the mustard seeds and the urad dal and let them splutter.
  • Add the dry red chillies, asafoetida, vegetable of choice, tomato, jaggery if using, curry leaves, onions, salt and the water in which the dal was cooked.
  • Cover the pan and cook till the vegetables are done.
  • Add the tamarind pulp, cooked dal, crushed garlic, cumin and peppercorns and the coriander leaves.
  • Cover the pan for 10 minutes, stir and adjust seasoning.
  • Serve piping hot with rice and ghee and vegetables.

Notes

I am giving away the review copy the Pondicherry Kitchen by Lourdes Tirouvanziam-Louis to one randomly chosen lucky reader of this blog.
If you would like to try your luck at winning this book, please leave a comment at this post telling me why you would think this cookbook might have a place on your bookshelf and in your kitchen. Please also leave your mail-id or a link to yourself that I can find easily in case you happen to be the lucky winner. If I have to search and dig around to find you, I will choose an alternate winner for the book.
This giveaway is open only to readers in India. If you live outside India you're welcome to participate so long as you have a shipping address within India.
The giveaway is open till the midnight of 30th of January, 2013.