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    Home » Sambhar Varieties » Slow Cooker Red Radish Sambhar

    Slow Cooker Red Radish Sambhar

    Posted on August 20, 2015 · Last Updated on January 10, 2019 · By Srividhya G · 8 Comments

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    After trying out the dhal with slow cooker, I thought why not try our Tamil Nadu delicacies? So the next recipe is the day -today sambhar or as we say kuzhambu.Kuzhambu or sambhar is one among best rice accompaniment. I usually make any one type of kuzhambu most of the days .  Be it vathal kuzhambu or mandi or this kind of sambhar without coconut they go well with rice. The traditional araichuvitta sambhar is reserved for weekend. :-) During weekdays I usually try pressure cooker sambhar. I thought why not try the same with slow cooker. In my pressure cooker sambhar recipe I used masoor dhal as it cooks comparatively faster and also its light. But for this slow cooker sambhar I went with toor dhal itself. For sambhar I use only one veggie, either with or without onion so you get the taste of that veggie completely in the sambhar.

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    Here is the red radish sambhar.

    Ingredients:

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    • Toor dhal – 1 cup
    • Half of medium onion chopped
    • Red Radish – 1 bunch chopped in to halves.
    • Tamarind paste – 1 tsp or 1 cup of juice extracted from small gooseberry sized tamarind
    • Cilantro chopped – 1 tbsp
    • Curry leaves – 1 strand
    • Jaggery – 1 tsp
    • Sambhar powder – 1 tbsp (heaped)
    • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
    • Salt – 1.5 tsp (as per taste)
    • Water – 3 cups + 3 tbsps (if required)
    • Rice flour – 2 tsps (optional)

    For tempering,

    • Oil – 1 tbsp
    • Hing – 1 tsp
    • Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
    • Methi seeds – 2 tsps

    Steps:

    • Wash the toor dhal and chop the veggies.

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    • Now add the radish, onion, washed toor dhal, sambhar powder, turmeric powder, tamarind paste,salt, jaggery, cilantro, curry leaves along with 3 cups of water.

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    • Set it in low mode for 7 hours. (5 hrs should be enough if in high mode). I tried in low mode.
    • Remove the pot from the cooker and mix well.

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    • Heat the kadai or pan and add oil.
    • Once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds, hing and methi seeds.
    • As they start to splutter add the cooked sambhar mix.
    • (Reheating the cooked sambhar mix is for thickening it.)

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    • If you feel it’s too thick, add water to required consistency and let it boil for a 5 minutes. If it’s too thin, add 2 tsps of rice flour in 3tbsps cup of water and add it and let it boil so that sambhar becomes thick.

    That’s it. Yummy sambhar is ready. On a busy weekday set this up in the morning or in the previous night. Once its cooked all you need is 5 minutes for the tadka and mixing it up. Loving this slow cooker.

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    More South Indian recipes to come.. :-)

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    Filed Under: Sambhar Varieties, Slow Cooker Recipes Tagged With: mullangi kuzhambu, mullangi sambhar, red radish, sambhar with no coconut, slow cooker sambhar

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    1. Hamsini Ravi says

      September 15, 2022 at 10:00 pm

      Can I make this in instant pot slow cooker mode?

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      • Srividhya G says

        September 28, 2022 at 4:52 pm

        You can use normal pressure cooker mode. It should be fine. Please check my instant pot sambar recipe.

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    2. chwringhee says

      September 04, 2015 at 3:52 am

      Thank you for sharing this information and Very good looking blog.very informative article.

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        September 04, 2015 at 6:15 am

        Thanks

        Reply
    3. Traditionally Modern Food says

      August 21, 2015 at 8:18 am

      I have tried sambar in regular cooker this s interesting.. Have always used mini radish for salad thus s nice idea Sri

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      • Vidhya@VVK says

        August 21, 2015 at 9:58 pm

        Thanks da. I like this radish in sambhar too.

        Reply
    4. CHCooks says

      August 21, 2015 at 3:23 am

      Great – using the slow cooker nicely eh?! :)

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        August 21, 2015 at 9:58 pm

        Yup.. Return of Investment ;-) ;-)

        Reply

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