Kadamba Sadham

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Kadamba Sadham is a famous recipe among iyengars. There is a saying that goes as ‘Iyengar aathu kadambam aaru kadham manakkumaam’. The base gravy is almost similar to that of Iyers Thiruvadhirai Kootu but more of a Sambhar form. You can also use vegetables like Beans, tomato to include in the vegetable list.

Ingredients:

1.       Vegetables (usually a combination of vegetables like Avaraikkai, White Pumpkin, Vazhakkai, Pachai Mochai Payaru, Yam, Beans, Carrot, etc) : 600 gms

2.       Salt

3.       Toor Dal: 2 tbsps

4.       Tamarind Extract from 1 lemon sized tamarind

5.       Turmeric Powder: A pinch

6.       Green Chilly: 1 (big): cut them vertically in to two pieces.

7.       Grated coconut: ¼ cup.

8.       Red Chilly: 4

9.       Gram Dal: 2 tsps

10.   Coriander Seeds: 3 tsps

11.   Fenu greek: 4 or 5 seeds

12.   Orid dal: ½ tsp

13.   Curry Leaves: Few

14.   Asafoedita: a pinch

15.   Oil: 5 tsps

16.   Water

17.   Rice: Required quantity to prepare kadamba sadham

Preparation Procedure:

For Kadamba Kuzhambu

1. Extract Tamarind essence from 200 ml warm water.
2. Cook Toor dal with water and a pinch of turmeric powder in a cooker.
3. In a kadai, add 1 tsp oil and roast the following till light golden colour:

Red Chilly, Coriander seeds, Gram dal, fenugreek, orid dal and 2 curry leaves.

4. Allow this roasted mix to cool and grind them in a mixer in the form of a paste by adding grated coconut, little water and asafoedita.
5. In the kadai (you can reuse the same kadai), add 4 tsps oil, season mustard and asafoedita and once they splutter, add the green chillies and the vegetables and slightly roast them. Now add water (say 200 ml) and salt and a pinch of turmeric powder. Cover the kadai with a lid and allow it to steam for some time till it is half cooked.
6. Now add tamarind water and allow it to boil for some more time.
7. When the vegetables are 3/4^th cooked, add the grinded paste, cooked & mashed toor dal and curry leaves – few.
8. Allow it on stove for 5 mins and switch off.

To prepare Kadamba Sadham

1. Add the hot cooked rice in a vessel (preferably with a  wide mouth so that you can mash it and mix it well).
2. Add 2 tsps ghee and a tsp of gingley oil. Mash them well.
3. Now add the Kadamba Kuzhambu and mix it well with rice such that there are no lumps.