Paruppu Keerai Sambhar/Purslane Leaves Sambhar (No Tamarind)

In my Previous post of Paruppu Keerai with Masoor Dal i have told the health benefits of this Humble, yet healthy Greens. I try to cook them whenever i get them. This Green can be cooked with various dal to give a different taste, so you dont get bored eating the same thing again and again. Here is another Tasty and Tangy recipe using this Keerai/Green.

Ingredients

2 Medium Bunches of Paruppu Keerai/Purslane Leaves (approxiamely 3 cups)

1/2 Cup Toor Dal/Pigeon Peas

2 Medium Size Tomato, chopped or 3 tbsp Tomato Puree

2 tsp Sambhar Powder (Homemade/Store bought)

2 tsp Freshly grated Coconut

Salt to taste

Tempering

1-2 tsp Canola Oil

1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds

2 Red Chilies, round variety, crushed

1/4 tsp Methi Seeds/Fenugreek Seeds

1/4 tsp hing

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

2 sprigs of curry leaves

Method

• Pressure Cook Toor Dal/Pigeon Peas with little turmeric for 3 whistles or until soft
• Wash, Clean and Chop Paruppu Keerai/Purslane Leaves. 
• Heat Oil given under "Tempering" in a Non-Stick Pan, Splutter mustard seeds, add hing, curry leaves, methi/fenugreek seeds, crushed red chilies and saute for a minute.

• Add Chopped Tomatoes or Tomato Puree and add 1/2 Cup of Water. Add Sambhar Powder and Cook until Tomatoes are soft and oil separates.
• Add Chopped Purslane Leaves and another 1/2 cup of Water. Add Salt and Coconut. Mix well. 
• Let this Cook for 15 minutes. By this time, the sambhar would have turned to a thick gravy. If it is too runny, let it sit for 5 more minutes.

• When thick gravy consistency is reached, switch off the flame. Serve Hot with Rice or Relish it with Roti's too, i prefer both.

Sending this to Show Me your HITS - Lentils and Legumes, happening @ Nalini's Kitchen, Event by Sangeetha, MLLA- 49, happening @ Briciole, Event by Susan.

Guest Event - "ONLY MANGO" - ROUND UP

Summer is one of the best season of the year where we get to go out and do lot of things and of course try on new food which is more fresh, refreshing and with lots of fresh produce to try out right from the garden.

So here is the most common fruit I always remember about summer "Mangoes". We almost have so many varieties of mangoes back in India, and am sure i tried all of them at least once, being a national fruit :). I miss them a lot being here in the US. So in order to keep my taste buds alive I thought of guest hosting this event for this month.

So here it is....

Pari of foodelicious is the mother of this series event where each blogger of interest can choose her own choice of ingredient for this event to host it every month and I decided to host for this month and so decided to choose mango. She has a giveaway for this event each for only Indian bloggers wchi is sponsered by Tarla Dalal.

and now lets go to the EVENT RULES:

* There will be two inlinkz tools open 'for India' & 'other Countries'. Please link your entries in one of these.Those who live outside India and can provide an address in India for the giveaway, should also link their entries under 'India'.
* The giveaway is open for all as long as they can provide an address in India.
* The post should be linked to my event announcement page and Pari's giveaway page.
* USAGE OF LOGO IS MANDATORY, as it helps spread the word.
* Veg and Non-Veg recipes are welcome, but make sure the main ingredient is mango.
* You can use mango in any form raw, ripe, dried, puree etc.,
* Archived entreis are welcome, but need to be re-posted and please limit it to ONLY TWO.

Yo can link the recipes in the linky tool that I have provided.......in case you have trouble linking the recipe or if you are a non-blogger...please feel free to send me the detailed recipes to anu (dot) healthykitchen (at) gmail (dot) com.

Please provide the following details : your name, blog link, recipe name, recipe link, recipe pic link.

A winner will be chosen at the end of the event by Pari by randon method from the Indian Entries, so that there's no disparity and is fair for all those participating in the giveaway. India Entries: International Entries:

Dish It Out #13 - BLACK BEANS AND BELL PEPPERS - Round Up

Hi Friends,

Here is another Event that I am guest hosting for the month of June starting from the 1st to 31st. This event was started by my friend/blogger Vardhini of "Cooks' Joy" and I choose "BLACK BEANS AND BELL PEPPER" as this months theme on this event.

I always loved this combo especially if it is black beans and red bell pepper....wow my mouth is already watering! :) I prefer to use roasted bell pepper which i feel it brings out the flavor of the peppers. Well for this event I choose two of many ingredients as the main ingredient and now I leave it up to all my fellow bloggers to get creative and come up with colorful, flavorful and healthy recipes.

So lets hop on to the Event Rules:

* You need to make a dish using both the ingredients (black beans and bell pepper) as the main ingredients.
* Only Vegetarian entries please. Eggs are allowed in baking.
* Use of logo is appreciated as it helps spread the word.
* Link to my event announcement page and Vardhini's announcement page.
* Archived entries are accepted as long as they are linked with both announcements.
* Link all the recipes in the linky tool I have provided.
*If you are not able to link your recipes or if you a non-blogger please feel free to send in your recipes to anu (dot) healthykitchen (at) gmail (dot) com.