Bellam pachhadi
Sweet thick sambar
Recipe by Bhanumathi Ganesh of
It has a tangy-sweet taste and tastes best with rice and boiled dal.
Ingredients
vegetarian
4 servings
200 gms Okra - chopped into small pieces 1 tsp mustard seeds 2 tbsp of oil 2 green chillies 1 medium-sized tamarind ball 1 medium-sized jaggery piece 1 tsp rice flour ¼ tsp turmeric salt to taste
Directions
- Soak tamarind in water and extract the juice.
- Heat oil in a hard bottomed pan. Put mustard seeds and wait till it splutters. Add the okra and green chillies and fry them, till they brightens.
- Pour in the tamarind juice, add salt, jaggery and turmeric powder. Mix the rice flour in a little water and pour it into the pan to thicken.
- Boil it till the raw smell of tamarind goes away.