A Wholesome Dish: Sindhi Curry

A Wholesome Dish: Sindhi Curry
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Sakshi_R_Tanwani]Sakshi R Tanwani

For the love of the tangy taste Sindhi Curry offers, I make it quite often. But more than the taste, it's the feel-good factor I get after having such a nutritious and wholesome dish. Loaded with veggies and served with rice, it's a complete meal in itself. I normally skip the Sweet Boondi (sweetened gram floor balls) served along because I love the sourness that lingers on as an after taste. But trust me, the combination of Sweet Boondi with the featured dish is just awesome. I have even seen people mixing both at the time of eating to relish together the sweet and the sour flavors.

Here's the recipe for you to savor it:

Ingredients: (5 Servings)

3 tbsp. Gram Flour

Refined Oil

Tamarind Paste 3-4 tbsp (can be increased or decreased as per your liking)

2 -3 tomatoes

(To reduce the amount of gram flour used, quantity of tomatoes can be increased. Best way to use tomatoes is to boil, peel and then puree them. This gives a thick and smooth consistency to the recipe).

2 Potatoes, peeled and cut into fours

2 Drumsticks, peeled and cut into small finger size

2 Carrots, peeled and cut into small finger size

8-10 beans

8-10 florets of Cauliflower

8-10 pieces of Brinjal

Handful of Peas

12-15 no. Ladyfingers, cut into halves

More vegetables of choice

Salt

Red Chilly Powder

Cumin Seeds

Curry Leaves

2-3 Green Chilies

Mustard Seeds

Fenugreek Seeds

Recipe:

I will take you step by step.

1. Wash all the veggies. Keep them aside after applying salt.

2. Deep fry lady fingers and brinjal. Keep them aside

3. Grind tomatoes to thick paste.

4. Take pressure cooker and pour oil into it. Once the oil is hot, add fenugreek seeds and mustard seeds. When they begin to crackle, add cumin seeds, green chilies and curry leaves.

5. Add gram flour. Simmer and keep stirring the gram flour continuously for few mins, till the color changes to dark reddish brown (the aroma is just too tempting).

6. Add tomato paste, red chili powder, salt and turmeric, and keep stirring.

7. When oil starts coming out from the sides, add a glass of water and all veggies, except for lady fingers and brinjal.

8. Close the lid and wait for two whistles.

9. When the air from the cooker escapes, open the lid. Add tamarind paste, additional water, lady fingers and brinjal (I like it thick as tomato soup, you can adjust the consistency as per need).

10. Keep on simmer till all veggies are cooked.

11. Check for salt and sourness. Add more, if needed.

12. Tempering can again be done, if required. Otherwise, the curry is ready to be served with Rice and Sweet Boondi (writing the recipe has aroused the desire in me to have it asap:p. Hope it has same effect on you too).

13. Enjoy.

Do share your experience with the dish.

My first post on Ezine. Needed a break from everyday content writing I do for my job. And, what better option than writing about my passion. Yes, food is my passion and am a true foodie!
Waiting for comments from the readers on how they like it.

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