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Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 1 and quarter hours

Serves 4

Calories: 280 per portion

Cooking recipe you will need

225 g/ 8 oz tur dhal (yeallow pigeon peas), washed and drained

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon turmeric

1.2 liters/2 pints water

Half head celery, cut into 5-cm/ 2-inch lengths

2 tablespoons desiccated coconut

3 tablespoons boiling water

Half to one teaspoon small dried red chillies

1 teaspoon ground cumin

2 teaspoons ground coriander

50 g/ 2 oz tamarind, soaked in 150 ml/ quarter pint water

25 g/ 1 oz butter pinch of asafetida (heeng)

1 teaspoon mustard seeds

Recipe description of Celery Sambar

Put the dhal, salt, turmeric, water and celery in a pan and bring to the boil, then partially cover the pan and simmer for 1 hour. Put the coconut and boiling water in a food processor or liquidizer and work for 20 seconds. Add the chillies, cumin and coriander and work until smooth. Stir into the dhal with the tamarind water and simmer for 15 minutes.

Heat the butter in a small frying pan, add the asafetida, if using, and the mustard seeds. When the seeds begin to pop, tip the contents of the pan into the dhal mixture. Serve hot.

Cooking tips of Celery Sambar

 To keep celery crisp, prepare it as soon as possible after purchase. Trim and wash the stricks, then store in the refrigerator in a jug of iced water. Enjoy free recipes and easy recipes for cooking.