Simple Radish Curry

This is a simple everyday recipe which I love to cook. I really like the radish flavor that gets absorbed into the Curry along with the other core ingredients.

Ingredients:

Radish (medium size) - 3 to 4
Toor dal - 1/2 cup (approx 100 gms)
Sambar Masala - 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Jaggery (optional) - 1 small cube
Coriander leaves
Curry Leaves
Tamarind Paste - 2 tsp
Rice Flour - 1 tsp

For Tempering:

Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Haldi (Turmeric) - 1/4 tsp
Hing (Asafoetida) - 1 pinch

Method:

Wash and peel the skin of Radish. Cut them into slices. Wash the toor dal and cook it along with radish pieces about three whistles in a cooker.

Take a pan and heat oil in it. Temper it with Mustard seeds, turmeric and asfoetida. Now add Currly leaves to it. For the tamarind pulp, mix rice flour nicely and see that there are no lumps formed. Add this to the pan. Now add the radish and the cooked dal.

Add the rest of the ingredients Salt, Jaggery and Sambar powder. Let it cook for 10 to 15 mins on med flame.

Garnish it with coriander and serve hot with rice.

Some Tips and Tricks:

1. Always when making Sambar, cook the vegetables like Radish, Drumstick, Potato along with the Dal as these vegetable take longer time to cook.

2. Cooking the Vegetables with Dal also gives the Curry a good taste as the Dal has already absorbed the taste of the Veggies when they are being cooked.

3. Adding rice flour to the Sambar gives you the desired thickness. Rice flour mixes well in Tamarind pulp without easily forming lumps.