Sihi Genasu Sambar | Sweet Potato Sambar

Made sweet potato sambar / Genasu(in kannada) sambar.  Sweet potato itself very tasty to eat just like that. try one of Sweet potato curry But sambar is easy to make it's delicious and you will not know the sweetness of the potatoes.  






Prep Time : 10 Mins
Cook Time : 10 Mins

Ingredients

  • Sweet Potato / Sihi Genesau - 2 cups 
  • Double Beans / Large lima beans - 1/3 cup
  • Sambar Powder / Nalgum Pudi - 2 tbsp
  • Coconut - 4 tbsp
  • Tamarind / Puli - (for paste1/4th tsp) (for juice 1 tbsp)
  • Toordal / Thavur parppu - 1 cup (cooked)
  • Curry leaves / Karivappale - few leaves
  • Salt to taste
Seasoning : 
  • Oil - 1 tsp
  • Mustard seeds / Kadag - 1/2 tsp
  • Hing / Asafoetida / Peringyum - 1/4th tsp
Method
  1. Soak lima beans for 3 hours. after that drain the water
  2. In a cooker container add toor dal. Wash and add 1 cup of water along with 1/2 tomato & turmeric powder. 
  3. In another container add lima beans and add very little water
  4. In a pressure cooker place both the containers and wait for 3 whistle and turn off the heat and let it cool down
  5. In a mixer/blender add coconut and sambar powder grind into a smooth paste using little water
  6. Meanwhile wash sweet potato and peel the skin cut into cubes 
  7. In a pot add little water and cook sweet potato for 4 mins 
  8. Add cooked toor dal, mash tomato and lima beans bring to boil on medium heat
  9. Add sambar/coconut paste then add tamarind and salt
  10. Add curry leaves saute occasionally 
  11. Seasoning : heat oil, mustard seeds and add hing/asafoetida
  12. Pour into sambar. Stir and serve hot with hot white plain rice with a teaspoon of ghee.



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