Saturday, 17 August 2013

Sandige Huli or Parippu Urundai kuzhambu or Dal Dumplings in Sambhar

Sandige Huli as called in Kannada or parippu urundai kuzhambu  in tamil.
Sandige Huli is a must on auspicious occasions like wedding, thread ceremony or house warming ceremony etc..
But I don't wait for such occasions, but cook and have with hot steam rice whenever I feel like eating them.
This is my friend S's mom recipe..
Made  small alterations according to my taste.

Ingredients:

To Grind:
Tuar Dal - 1 cup(soaked in water for 3-4 hours),
Dry Red Chillies - 2,
Green Chillies - 2,
Coconut - 1/4 cup grated,
Coriander leaves - 1 tablespoon,
Salt.

Tamarind - 1 marble size(soaked in warm water and juice extracted),
Jaggery - 11/2 teaspoon,
Sambhar Powder - 2 tspn,
Salt.

To Temper:
Ghee or Oil - 2 teaspoon,
Asafoetida - a large pinch,
Curry leaves - 8-10 leaves.



Method:
Drain the water completely from dal and grind to course paste.(to medium semolina consistency).
Take 3/4 quantity of this mixture, make small balls out of these mixture and steam them in idly stand for 8-10 minutes.
But if you want to directly cook in sambhar then you can omit this step.
Grind to fine paste with little water the rest of the dal mixture(that is 1/4 of the mixture).
In a broad saucepan, heat oil.
Add mustard seeds, when they crackle add asafoetida.
Add curry leaves.
Add ground paste(1/4 of the mixture).
Add tamarind juice, sambhar powder, jaggery and salt.
Boil until the raw smell goes .
Add  steamed dal dumplings and cover and cook in low heat for 2-3 minutes.
Serve with hot steamed rice.

If you have not steamed the dumplings, then once the sambhar is ready, that is when raw smell is evaporated add the dal dumplings .
Adjust the consistency of sambhar and cook in very low heat for 8-10 minutes.

Note:
When adding dal dumplings , they should be warm.
To check the dumplings are cooked, is to pass a skewer in the dumpling. if the skewer comes out clean then it is cooked.
After adding dumplings, take care the flame/heat  of the stove should be very low or else the dumplings will break.
Do not keep stirring often after adding dumpling, as this will break the dumplings.


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