Bajji Milagaai/capsicum Sambar

Bajji Milagaai Saambar Madhu Sree

Ingredients:

Italian peppers(Bajji Milagaai)- 5
Tamarind Water - 4 Cups
Saambar powder - 2 and 1/2 tbs
Mustard seeds.
Urad dal - 1/2 tea spoon
Asafoetida
Salt to taste

To prepare pappu:

Toor Dal - 3/4 cup
moong dal - 1/2 cup

While keeping rice in the steam cooker, add another plate to cook paruppu, add toor dal and moong dal to the plate, add enough water, so tht the dal sinks under water.

After enough steam from cooker, switch off the stove and later on take out the paruppu plate and we could see the water being fully absorbed by the dal. Keep it aside.

Saambar:

Slice italian pepper into 2 halves, in which u will get 4 pieces for 1 italian pepper. Like wise Slice the rest.

For this saambar, strictly we have to use Urad dal for thaaliththal.

Heat a pan with oil, add mustard seeds. After it pops up, add urad dal and fry till golden brown.

Put the sliced italian peppers and fry for 1/2 a minute. Sprinkle little asofoetida powder.

Now pour tamarind water. Add saambar powder, salt and let it cook. Stir well, cook till it starts to thicken. If it becomes a bit thickened, simmer the stove.

Add 1 cup water in the paruppu/dal plate and stir well. Now add the dal to the saambar content. Stir well.

Juz let it boil for 1 minute and switch of the stove.

Preparation time: If dal is ready then it wud take about 20 mins

Note: This dish is very much different to taste when compared with other sambar variety, it is yummy.

Suggestion: I also tried capsicum saambar, it was so different and yummy, follow the same procedure for capsicum saambar as well.