Sambhar

Name: Sambhar
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3/4 cup tur/arhar(split pigeon peas); 1/2 cup lauki (bottle gourd)cubed; 1/4 cup pumpkin cubed; 1 carrot cut into small pieces; 1/4 cup brinjal cubed; 7-8 beans chopped; 1 tbsp coconut chopped; 1 tomato chopped; 1 tbsp tomato puree; 1.5 tsp sambhar powder; 1 pinch hing/asafoetida; 2 dry red chillies; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tbsp curry leaves; 1 tbsp coriander chopped; 2 tbsp oil; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 5-6 methi (fenugreek)seeds; 1/4 tsp fennel seeds; To taste salt; 1 pinch sugar or jaggery; 1 tbsp soaked imli (tamarind)pulp; 5-6 cup water

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Sambar is a delicious and nutritious South Indian lentil based vegetable stew with tamarind and goes best with rice, idli,uttappam or dosa .Adding varieties of vegetables and dal makes it a rich sauce of protein and vitamins and healthy as well.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

3 servings

3/4 cup tur/arhar(split pigeon peas)
Vegetables
1/2 cuplauki (bottle gourd)cubed
1/4 cup pumpkin cubed
1carrot cut into small pieces
1/4 cupbrinjal cubed
7-8beans chopped
1 tbspcoconut chopped
1tomato chopped
1 tbsptomato puree
1.5 tspsambhar powder
1 pinchhing/asafoetida
2dry red chillies
1/4 tspturmeric powder
1 tspred chilli powder
1 tbspcurry leaves
1 tbspcoriander chopped
2 tbspoil
1/2 tspmustard seeds
5-6methi (fenugreek)seeds
1/4 tsp fennel seeds
To tastesalt
1 pinchsugar or jaggery
1 tbspsoaked imli (tamarind)pulp
5-6 cupwater

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Steps

1

Soak tamarind in 1/4 th cup warm water.Soak dal with warm water for 15 minutes.Cube brinjal, lauki and pumpkin into 1 inch pieces.Cut carrots into small pieces.Chop beans.Chop onion and tomato.Boil all vegetables except brinjal with red chillies,chopped coconut and onion with 1/2 tsp salt.Add tamarind pulp.Pressure cook dal with turmeric and little salt upto 2 whistles.Open lid after 5 minutes.
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Add sambar masala to the dal.Heat oil and lightly fry brinjal till soft.Add vegetables and tomato puree to the boiled dal and boil.Heat oil and sprinkle mustard,fennel and methi seeds.When they crackle,sprinkle 1 pinch hing and curry leaves and fry.Add this to the dal and boil.Adjust salt and pinch of sugar.Serve hot with rice,idli,vada,dosa or uttappam.