Horse Gram Sambar

Today I am giving a healthy and yummy horse gram sambar. One of the legumes that is not very well known but is quite nutritious is the Horse Gram. It belongs to the family of Legumes. Horse gram is a very good source of protein, iron, calcium molybdenum, polyphenols which have high antioxidant capacity. This grain is considered as a part of weight loss diet.Horse gram has medicinal values for kidney stones. One day I tried myself sambar with horse gram instead of normal toor dal,then I got good result. From then I am making this monthly once. My husband likes this to eat with steamed rice or Idly. To avoid obesity definitely you should add this to your menu. I hope you like it too............Happy cooking............

Ingredients:
Horse gram - 1 cup
Onions - 2
Tomato - 1
Ginger - garlic paste - 1 tsp
Turmeric pwder - 1/4 tsp
Sambar powder - 2 tsp
Tamarind pulp - 1 tbsp
Asafoetida - 1 pinch
Jaggery - 1 tsp
Oil - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves - few
Salt to taste

 Method of preparation:

1. Soak horse gram over night in sufficient water.
2. Next day pressure cook and mash the horse gram. Keep aside.
3. Heat oil in a pan, add onion,ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, asafoetida and tomato. Saute for few minutes.
4. Now add tamarind pulp,jaggery, water, salt and sambar powder.
5. Once the raw smell of the sambar powder is gone, add horse gram paste.
6. Medium the flame and allow the contents to boil well. Switch off the gas and cover it with lid for 2 minutes.
7. Finally garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.
8. Yummy horse gram sambar is ready to eat with steamed rice along with papads.