If you think this is my own experiment of fusion cooking to include healthy soybean in the traditional Manglorean fare, then you are mistaken. :-) I actually had this ambat at Mumbai's vegetarian, Konkani food restaurant - Rama Nayak's Udupi Shrikrishna. If you love Konkani vegetarian food, and if you happen to be in Mumbai, do not give it a miss. You will get a wonderful combo of dalitauy, upkaris, randayis, ghasshis, nonche & pathrodo at a very economical price.
Interesting Read
Ram Nayak's Udupi Shrikrishna by Busybee
Soybean Ambat
Soybean Curry - South Canara Way
Ingredients
1 cup dry soybean, soaked overnight
salt to taste
Grind to a fine paste
1/2 cup fresh coconut
4-5 byadgi chilies, roasted in a drop of coconut oil
1 tsp tamarind paste
Tempering
2 tsp oil
1 small onion, minced
Method
1. Drain & pressure cook soybean and keep aside.
2. Add cooked soybean in a saucepan.
3. Add ground masala and water to get the desired consistency.
4. Bring to boil. Add salt.
5. Heat oil in a small saucepan. Add minced onion.
6. As the onion turns brownish, but not burnt - add immediately to the Ambat and cover with the lid. Switch off the gas.
7. Serve this ambat with plain rice.
Note -
1. Use coconut oil to get the traditional flavor.
2. When cooking the south Canara way, "Ambat" is the curry when minced onion is used in tempering while the ground masala (coconut, byadgi chilies & tamarind) remains the same for most of the curries.
This Soybean Ambat is my contribution to Sia's JFI - Soya at The Monsoon Spice.
14 comments:
I thought you were a new blogger! :D
Yeah, there are 3 Meeras in the blog World, at first I used to wonder who is who but now I recognize it. Now it's even easier, thanks.
Hope you read my new post at FH, I am on looong break now!:))
Oh I have gone past Rama nayaks udipi many times I think I have even eaten there once but have never tried having this dish ....your soybean ambat looks delicious and it is so healthy will bookmark for the future:)
soyabean ambat.. nice recipe .. with soyabean , its very creative N healthy too
Hi Meera
It is not made out of soybean. It is out of Bagdo (Red Chori). I have never heard abt soyabean ambat in SK cusine. I am also very closely related to SK cusine, as my better half is from Mangalore. You can always email Satish Nayak. (youngest of the 3 brothers) and check. In case any of my family members happen to see them during the Ganesh Chaturti festival, they can clarify.
Asha:
No. I am the same old one!!:-D
I already miss your posts. Have a wonderful time.
Usha:
We too only had this ambat once there. Since they have daily different menu, you never know what delicacy you may get to eat!
Vegetable Patter:
Thank you.
Subhash:
Thanks for dropping by. Traditionally speaking, I agree that soybean was never used in Mangalore/South Canara cooking. My grandmother probably would have not even seen it ever. But when I went to Ram Nayak's Udupi Shrikrishna with my family, my nephew who is a very fastidious eater, just loved this curry. We have been to Ram Nayaks many times before, but only that time we came across this curry. So my mom asked the server what bean is used in this curry to which she got the answer Soybean. Since then we started buying and using soybean in South Canara cooking. That time, I was in India so wasn't familiar with how soybean tastes like except for soymilk marketed by Godrej. You may be right. It may have been bagdo. but try dry soybean for this curry, I think you will not be disappointed!! :-D Oh, yes, and if you happen to know about if they use soybean or not, just keave a few lines here and let me know. Whatever it is, that server may have been mistaken, but we discovered a very healthy legume/bean to use our Konkani way!!:-)
Looks gud...healthy and innotive..will try sometime I guess. And Kallya Undo...heard the name after very long time...great
I'm so ignorant when it comes to mangalorean/konkani cuisine. But I do know that this sounds delicious. I always like the combination of coconut and tamarind. And soy is a favourite. Which just means I'm trying this out soon :)
what a delicious ambat!
Its very creative and awesome Meera:))
u have amazin konkani recipes,..gonaa try the soon,.this one looks healthy nd delicious,.:-)
Meera, so glad to read this,being a SK i alws thought i knew all dishes :( soyabean ambat at Ram N's. is totally new to me! Tks for sharing! (wd give it a try,I agree wt u on ur comment to Subhash, bagdo or soy, its a healthy discovery!)
Priti, KayKat, Uma, Sireesha, Priyanka (NY100) :
Thanks for your lovely word.
Purnima:
Yaay!! You are back!!! Hope you had a wonderful trip. I am so happy. Missed you, friend!
You know, honestly, I really can't say I know a lot about South Canara Cooking. but I do know what my grandmom cooked. So this i just my attempt to document her recipes. and since my immediate family has maharashtrian,malvani, gujarati & south canara roots, this blog has got the flavors of all that food as well!!:-)
Meera, U reflect my sentiments, lady!! :) missed u and my fave blogs n food blog world! Now thats like u..max healthy recipes n yet modesty..to set t he records straight-you sure know much abt food as u have attempted so many!! 8 months of new year, u r so pakka wt ur resolution of eating healthy..makes me more than proud of you! HUGS!
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