"Davo Vatana~Seemebadanekayi Koumbo/White Peas~ Chow Chow (Chayote Squash) Sambar" ... A delicious Kolumbo that tastes awesome when served with rice and other dishes ... Yummilicious .......
** Kolumbo (in Konkani) or more so known as sambar is a world famous dish for sure, which is a regular one in my home. We Konkani Saraswat’s prepare it in many ways with any type of pulses or lentils with addition of veggies and serve it usually with rice. A slightly thinner version is prepared to be served with dosa, Idly or roti too which we call as sambar while that with rice is called kolumbo. I have prepared many types of kolumbo and posted here before, so I will not run into many details of the same here again, a I will be repeating myself. I will be sharing a common link to the same at the bottom of this recipe, you can just go through it and find them all in a row and go through them and choose that which you would love to try out. For this particular kolumbo I have used white vatana / peas along with seemebadanekayi also know as chow chow or chayote squash. Tastes wonderful when relished with hot rice along with other dishes or you can have them with Idly / Vadas too.
** Here is my simple method of preparing "Davo Vatana~Seemebadanekayi Koumbo/White Peas~ Chow Chow (Chayote Squash) Sambar" … My Style ….
** Soak 2 cups of Davo Vatana / White Peas in water overnight or for 6-8 hours. Wash well in plenty of water and put it in the pressure cooker with sufficient water, say about half and inch above the level of white peas. Pressure cook to on1-2 whistles and remove from heat. After 5 minutes release the pressure and open the lid of the cooker. If the vatana has not cooked you can pressure cook to another whistle or so. Remove and keep this ready aside in a thick bottomed vessel.
** Soak a small marble sized tamarind in ¼ cup of lukewarm water for about 10-15 minutes. Squeeze out properly to make a pulp of it. Keep this ready aside.
** Note: The white vatana we get in Mumbai cooks fast and I take only one whistle and release the pressure with 4-5 minutes of resting period otherwise I have found that they get overcooked. Do use your own judgement on cooking of peas as some many varieties are available all round the country and each one has it own cooking time needed.
** Slice off the skin of one large sized seemedbadanekayi / chow chow as thinly as possible. Cut them into one inch sized pieces after removing the center seed and discarding the same. Wash the pieces in plenty of water and put this also in pressure cooker with some water and cook to one whistle only. Remove the lid when able to do so and add the cooked pieces to the cooked vatanas in the vessel.
** Keep the vessel on medium heat and bring the ingredients to a boil, check the water consistency and add if needed only. Do not add much or else the kolumbo / sambar will become watery. Lower the heat and allow to simmer. Add in the tamarind paste and salt to taste and mix well. Meanwhile prepare the tempering / seasoning for the kolumbo.
** For Tempering / Seasoning : In a thick bottomed small pan, heat 2-3 tblsp of oil, when hot add 1 tsp mustard seeds, when they start spluttering add 10-12 curry leaves, 1 tsp hing powder and finally 2-3 large tablespoon of sambar powder (available in stores). Fry for a minute and add this to the simmering kolumbo in the vessel.
** Raise the heat to medium and bring the Kolumbo / sambar to boiling point and then lower the heat and simmer for another good 10-15 minutes. Add in handful of finely chopped coriander leaves and mix well. Remove from heat and keep it aside covered for 10-15 minutes for the flavours to seep in well. Kolmumbo is now ready and done to be served with any dish of your choice.
** "Davo Vatana~Seemebadanekayi Koumbo/White Peas~ Chow Chow (Chayote Squash) Sambar" is done and ready to be served. Serve it with any dish of your choice, it tastes great with SheetHa / Rice or even Idly or Vadas. If you want to serve it with roti or chapatti / parathas etc. keep the kolumbo/sambar slightly thicker in consistency and it will taste great.
** There are many more combos of “Kolumbo / Sambar” posted in my Blog, which you can go through and try the same. They are all tasty and delicious and will definitely be loved by your family and friends. Do check out the list through the link provided below ….
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