Easy Sambar (Mixed Vegetable curry)

Preparation Time: 20 min

Cooking Time: 15 min

Serves: 8

Ingredients measure:-

For Pressure Cook Vegees:

Velarikka (Big Cucumber): 1 medium

Turnip : 2 or 3

Carrot : 2 medium

Ivy Gourd : 8

Brinjal: 1 medium

Big Onion: 1 cup cut lengthwise

Tomato: 2 cut lenthwise

Salt: Sufficient

For Sauting:

Sambar Masala( Any Branded): 2 to 3 tbsp

Dry red chillies: 3 broken

Salt: to taste

Drumstick: 3

Asafoetida: 1 pinch

Mustard seeds : 1 tsp

Curry leaves : 2 tsp

Preparation:-
1)      Cut the vegees as cubes.
2)      Pressure cook the vegees for 3 whistles.
3)      Keep it aside for the whistle to go off.
4)      Boil Drumstick separately for 5 mins.
5)      Saute the items under for sauting in sim flame for 2 mins.
6)      In a earthern pot or kadai, put 2tsp oil and splutter curry leaves.
7)      Dump in the pressure cooked ingredients, pinch of Asafoetida and sauted masala mix.
8)      Simmer the flame and put in the boiled drumsticks.
9)      If needed add in some more sambar masala.
10)  Mix well and boil for 5 to 10 mins.
11)  Garnish with curry leaves.

Note:- You can also add 1 tsp of grated coconut to the sauted masala mix and run it in a grinder to a paste form and use. It improves the taste.