Buttermilk Sambar

Ingredients

Buttermilk(Moru) - 2 cups
Lady's finger(Vendakka) - 1/4 cup
(cut into small pieces)
Aubergine/Eggplant - 1/4 cup
(cut into small pieces)
Tamarind(Puli) - A small ball sized one
Bengal gram(Kadalaparippu) - 3 tbsp
Red gram(Thuvaraparippu) - 3 tbsp
Fenugreek seeds(Uluva) - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds(Jeerakam) - 1/2 தசப்
Salt - 1 tsp
Coconut - 2 tsp
Green chillies - 2 small ones or 1 big one
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 6 nos
Coriander leaves - 2 - 3 ச்டல்க்ஸ்

மேதோத்

1)Cut and boil any one of the above mentioned vegetables
in water with tamarind.

2)Heat the oil in a pan.

3)Fry the Bengal gram, red gram, fenugreek seeds, cumin seeds and green chillies.

4)To this mixture, add shredded coconut and fresh coriander leaves.

5)Dry grind all of them together and add it to the boiling vegetables.

6)Allow it to continue to boil for few minutes.

7)Add salt to it.

8)Bring it down from the stove.

9)After it cools, add the buttermilk to it.

10)Garnish it with fried mustard seeds and curry leaves.

:- For those not wanting a tangy taste, boil the vegetables in plain water instead of the water with tamarind.

:- Buttermilk Sambar (Mor Kozhambu) is ready.

:- Serve Buttermilk Sambar (Mor Kozhambu) with rice.

:- If you do not like Buttermilk Sambar (Mor Kozhambu) you can mix sugar with it and have it with rice.