Sorakkai sambar / Bottle gourd sambar with freshly ground spices (Arachuvitta sorakkai sambar in Tamil) is an yummy, flavorful sambar recipe for rice. I have never tried varieties of sorakkai recipes for rice apart from paal kootu , Poricha kuzhambu, sorakkai dosai and poriyal. When I heard about this sorakka sambar from my neighbor, I was tempted to give a try. Basically bottle gourd is a bland vegetable. It doesn’t have any appealing flavor or taste. But its a healthy vegetable with lots of benefits. It has more water content which helps for weight loss, provides cooling effect to body, reduces liver inflammation, treats constipation etc. So I try to include this veggie atleast once in a week in my diet. For this sambar instead of following my usual sambar recipe, I added Tamil brahmin style arachuvitta sambar masala by roasting and grinding the spices, chilli and coconut. It came out very well with an awesome aroma. We loved this sambar very much. In Karnataka, my friends make Sorakkai sambar in a different way by adding a different masala. Soon I will try to learn from them and make a post. Now lets see how to make Tamilnadu style sorakkai sambar recipe with step by step pictures.
Check out my other sambar varieties for rice.
Also check out my 70+ kuzhambu recipes !
INGREDIENTS
Check out my other sambar varieties for rice.
Also check out my 70+ kuzhambu recipes !
Sorakkai Samabr / Bottle gourd sambar recipe
Arachuvitta Sorakkai sambar / Bottle gourd sambar for rice with freshly ground masala.
Cuisine:
Tamil nadu
Category:
Sambar
Serves:
Serves 4
Prep time:
10 Minutes
Cook time:
20 Minutes
Total time:
30 Minutes
INGREDIENTS
1 cup - 250ml
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HOW TO MAKE SORAKKAI SAMBAR
- Wash and peel the skin of sorakkai / bottle gourd. Cut into two and chop the spongy portion. Discard it. Chop sorakkai into big cubes and set aside.
- In a pressure cooker, take the toor dal, chopped bottle gourd, onion, tomato, green chilli, cumin seeds, required water and a drop of cooking oil. Cook for 1 whistle in very low flame. Mash the dal gently and set aside.
- Heat oil in a kadai. Roast all the items given under “To roast and grind”. Grind to smooth paste.
- To the cooked dal add tamarind extract, ground masala paste, salt and some water.
- Roll boil for 5 minutes till nice aroma wafts. Temper in ghee and add to sambar. Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve with rice !
SORAKKAI SAMBAR RECIPE - STEP BY STEP PICTURES
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5 comments :
Neatly explainex and the sambar came out very well,:)
Thank you for your feedback 😊
Chitra,
I made this last night for dinner and my husband almost went for a 3rd helping. He said it was like hotel sambhar. It was so delicious. I wanted to switch it up from the normal way that I make sambhar and this was the perfect recipe. The bottle gourd soaks up the amazing flavors and the fresh spice grinding is key. Thank you for sharing this! I'm going to search your website now for more authentic dishes like this one.
Hello Sandy, Iam so happy to know that. Thank you so much for taking time to write here and share your wonderful feedback 😊. It made my day !
Awesome 😎
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