Meatless Monday Moolangi ( Radish) Sambar

I am the form who drools over vegetables! Today, I am proud to hold upwards utilization of Meatless Monday.Meatless Mon is a organization whose destination is to trim down global meat consumption.For to a greater extent than data almost Meatless Mon operate here.I am thankful to Mrs Sonal Gupta for introducing me to this movement.She has a bang-up blog http://simplyvegetarian777.wordpress.com.

As a child, I never ate moolangi/ radish. This is because my woman nurture never bought or cooked moolangi. Why???because she does non similar the aroma that it imparts piece cooking. I e'er wanted to honor out how it tasted. When I started living on my own, I started using radish. I similar it, peculiarly when I brand this sambar out of it. The aroma of it when it cooks is a petty unpleasant , but that's solely temporary. The gustatory modality is great.

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

Moolangi /White radish: two medium length ones.
Onion: 1 medium chopped
Tur dal: 1/4 cup
Sambar powder: 1 1/2 tsp
Chilli powder:1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder: 1/4 tsp
Jaggery/ chocolate-brown sugar: 1/2 tsp
Tamarind: marble sized if dry,( 1/4 tsp if pulp)
Water: 1 cup+ 1 cup
Mustard seeds  : 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves: 1 sprig
Asofoetida: pinch
Cilantro ( coriander leaves): 1/4 loving cup chopped.

Method:

Cook tur dal  thoroughly alongside 1 loving cup H2O inwards the line per unit of measurement area cooker in addition to continue aside. When cooled, whip it lightly then that it becomes homogenous.

With a knife/ peeler scrape the cutis of the radish. Wash it in addition to piece it into 0.5 cms thickness slices.

Add i loving cup water, tabular array salt in addition to gear upwards it on the stove-top. When one-half cooked, add together the chopped onions. Should receive got almost 10-15 mins max for the radish to cook.

In the hateful fourth dimension receive got 1/2 loving cup warm H2O in addition to brand a tamarind solution. Add sambar powder, chilli powder, turmeric powder, jaggery in addition to mix well.

To the cooked radish, add together the tur dal. Mix well.

Now add together the tamarind & sambar pulverization mixture in addition to allow it come upwards to a boil. Turn off the flame.

In a small-scale frying pan, oestrus oil, add together mustard. Once the mustard splutters, add together curry leaves in addition to asofoetida powder. Add it to the sambar.

Garnish alongside freshly chopped cilantro/ coriander leaves.

Serve hot alongside rice/ idlis.

Enjoy!

Cooking made easy:

I tend to build clean equally I cook. This makes certain that I exercise non receive got a whole pile of dishes in addition to a messy kitchen waiting to hold upwards cleaned when I am already tired of cooking. 

Tip for salubrious living:

Radish has a whole lot of wellness benefits. They are rigid detoxifiers in addition to thus purify the liver. It provides much needed dietary fiber in addition to roughage hence preventing constipation.It too is filling in addition to helps us instruct satiated quickly.They too are supposed to receive got anti-inflammatory in addition to anti-carcinogenic properties.

References:
http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-502-RADISH.aspx?activeIngredientId=502&activeIngredientName=RADISH
http://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/vegetable/health-benefits-of-radish.html

Food for thought: 

A journeying of a K miles begins alongside a unmarried step. ( Lao Tzu).