Chinni’s Corner-Mulangi Sambar(Radish Sambar)

There was a time when a young me- a school going boy would rush home after school into the most welcome care and affection of his ever loving grandmother. Amma as all of so lovingly called her would be well prepared to satiate the hunger of a growing teen. What pleased the boy was a bowl full of hot steamed rice with Freshly prepared Mulangi Sambar. For my North Indian readers, Mulangi is nothing but Mooli in Hindi and commonly known as Radish in English.

Its been a while since I ventured into Chinni’s corner, a combination of lazyness,cricket and a few other jobs kept me away, but my love for food and adventure with words continue almost unabated with yet another round of recipes. I have seen people up North consume Sambar, like soup, their love for South Indian food is unparalleled, and appreciation quite pleasing. I am now wondering how I would like to take this forward to the next logical step, which according to me would be to step into unexplored areas, undiscovered and little known recipes of India. That is enough food for now, meanwhile let me go back to cooking the Mulangi Sambar.

In a cooking pan add mustard seeds to cooking oil, allow to splatter.

Once the above step is taken care off, add chopped Onions

Allow to cook for a while, and then add chopped tomatoes

Add a little bit of salt, to ensure faster cooking

Add a little bit of cooking oil,no more than two tee spoonful

Allow to cook for a while, then you can add the sliced Radish. Kindly note that the Radish needs to be sliced in round circular shapes. Stir all ingredients well.

Add Turmeric Powder

Add Red Chilly Powder, Stir all ingredients well

Add Tamarind Water(Not the Tamarind just the water)

Add Toor Dal, cooked in a pressure cooker, Add Moong Dal as well which also has been cooked in a pressure cooker.

Add Curry patta leaves

Add Salt

Add Dhaniya Powder,Stir well

Add chopped coriander leaves

Mulangi Sambar is ready to be served with hot cooked rice or with Dosa/Idli/Vada. Amma will be mighty pleased with Chinni’s effort, looking from the heavens above and smiling.