Agathi Keerai Sambar

The leaves, flowers, roots and outer cover are widely used for medicinal purposes. The botanical name of this tree is Sesbania grandiflora and common name is Hummingbird tree. It is also called as Agasthiya in Sanskrit. The term ‘Agathi’ refers to ‘fire inside’, i.e. it will ignite the fire inside all organs and equalize the blood circulation throughout the body. It is a cleansing agent also. Mainly, this reduces body heat, heals the wounds and is a sure remedy for mental depression and other illnesses. Mental depression and stress will be cured. Agathi keerai sambar is the simple dish and cook in few minutes.

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Prep  time	Cooking time	Serves
30  mins	20 mins	6 persons

 Recipe Type: Lunch

Cuisine:  Indian

Ingredients Toor dal – 1 cup Agathi keerai 1 cup Green chillies – 2 no’s Garlic cloves -6 no’s Onions  -1 medium Ripe tomatoes  - 2 no’s Turmeric powder  - ¼ tsp Water -2 cups Small lemon size tamarind ball Sambar powder – 1 tbsp. Salt – as needed Seasonings Oil – 1 tbsp. Mustard seeds – ½ tsp Split urad dal – ¼ tsp Red chillies – 2 no’s Curry leaves – few Hing - pinch

 Method

1. Cook toor dal in a pressure cooker with a pinch of turmeric powder, salt and hing. Cook till tender and set aside. Clean and remove the agathi keerai leaves from its stem. Wash and keep aside.

2. Soak tamarind in 1/4 cup of warm water. Extract the thick pulp and set aside. To the tamarind pulp add the sambar powder.In a pan heat oil. Add chlies, curry leaves .garlic, onion and tomatoes and sauté for few minutes. 

3. Add salt, turmeric and chili powders too.Then add greens and cooked dal. Allow it to boil for really really long time. Add 2-4ups of water. 

4. This greens take lot of time to get cooked. Maybe like more than 30 minutes.

5. In a small pan heat oil, splutter mustard seeds and urad dal.Add this seasonings to the sambar and let it boil for 2 mins.

Serving suggestions

Serve hot with rice and pappadams.

Notes

This sambar/rasam should be really liquidy-thin. Actually the water is tastier than the greens itself. Drinking this sambar has too many medicinal use.