You know what might make carrying this Beans Sambar to work more interesting? An insulated tiffin box that can keep it warm and fresh until it is time to eat. Pack the Beans Sambar along with warm rice, dosas, idlies, and many other rice-based dishes in your Vaya Tyffyn and enjoy every meal you have away from home.
Health Benefits
Sambar is one of those dishes that is just hands down healthy to eat. Everything from lentils, coconut, tamarind, add to the nutritive value of Sambar. The tamarind, specifically, helps improve respiratory health, skin conditions, and vision and boost immunity.
Ingredients
kg fresh frozen beans – 1 in sized, chopped: 1/4
cup fresh or desiccated coconut: 1
cup toor dal – cooked: 1/2
tbsp jaggery: 1
tsp turmeric powder: 1/2
lemon sized tamarind
salt to taste
A few curry leaves
tsp oil: 1
tbsp coriander seeds: 1
tbsp cumin seeds: 1/2
tbsp urad dal: 1/2
tsp fenugreek seeds: 1/4
A few curry leaves
dry Kashmiri chillies: 5
How To Make Beans Sambar
- Chop all the beans to 1-inch pieces.
- Rinse toor dal, drain excess water, and pressure cook until completely done. Mash the dal slightly.
- Roast cumin seeds, urad dal, coriander seeds, and red chillies with a tablespoon of coconut oil and set aside to cool.
- Blend roasted masala, coconut, a few curry leaves, and tamarind to a smooth paste and set aside.
- Heat a cup of water with chopped beans, a teaspoon of turmeric and curry leaves and. Add jaggery and salt and bring the mixture to a low boil. Add mashed dal and prepared masala and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
Trivia
Beans are the only cultivated plant that actually enriches the soil.