Thotakura Pulusukura - Amaranthus Sambar Recipe

Ingredients

• Toor Dal - 1/2 cup
• Thotakura - 1 bunch
• Green Chilli - 2
• Inguva Karam - 1 tsp
• Tamarind (Imli) - Small Lemon size
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Turmeric - 1/8 tsp
• Sambar Powder - 1/4 tsp
• Seasoning - Fenugreek Seeds - 1/4 tsp, Mustard - 1/4 tsp

Preparation

1. Wash and cut Thotakura (without roots) and green chilli.
2. Wash Toor Dal and cook with a cup of water. Cook Thotakura without water in the cooker.
3. Squeeze out tamarind extract with a cup of warm water.
4. Add Inguva Karam, turmeric, Sambar powder and salt to that.
5. Take a vessel with a tsp of oil on medium flame, add seasoning.
6. When it starts spluttering, add cooked Thotakura and tamarind extract with other ingredients, let it boil.
7. Mix 1/2 tsp of rice flour with 1/4 cup of water, add toThotakura mixture, continue boiling.
8. Add cooked Toor Dal to it, boil another 2 min. and turn off the flame.

Sambar Powder

Ingredients

• Toor Dal - 1/2 cup
• Chana Dal - 1/4 cup
• Coriander Seeds - 1/2 cup
• Fenugreek Seeds - 1/4 cup
• Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
• Saunf -1tbsp
• Onion Seeds - 1/2tbsp (optional)

Preparation

1. Keep thick bottomed pan on low flame.
2. Fry all ingredients separately, let it cool.
3. Make powder and keep in air tight container.