Sambhar Vada

Name: Sambhar Vada
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For sambhar:; 1/2 cup toor dal; 3 tbsp imli(soaked in hot water); 2 tsp ghee; 2 chopped tomatoes; 1/4 cup lauki; 1&1/2 tsp salt; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 2 tsp sambhar powder; 2 cups water; For Tadka:; 1 tsp ghee; 1 tsp black mustard seeds; 1/4 tsp hing powder; 2 dried red chillies; 1/4 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder; For vada:; 1 cup whole white urad dal(soaked overnight); 2 inches chopped ginger; 1 chopped green chilli; 1 pinch hing powder; 1 tsp salt or to taste

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Ingredients

For sambhar:
1/2 cuptoor dal
3 tbspimli(soaked in hot water)
2 tspghee
2chopped tomatoes
1/4 cuplauki
1&1/2 tsp salt
1 tspred chilli powder
1/2 tspturmeric powder
2 tspsambhar powder
2 cupswater
ForTadka:
1 tsp ghee
1 tspblack mustard seeds
1/4 tsphing powder
2dried red chillies
1/4 tspkashmiri red chilli powder
Forvada:
1 cup whole white urad dal(soaked overnight)
2 incheschopped ginger
1chopped green chilli
1 pinchhing powder
1 tspsalt or to taste

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Steps

1

Wash and rinse rinse toor dal.
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Heat ghee in a cooker, add toor dal, saute for 2 mins.
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Add lauki, tomatoes, salt, turmeric, red chilli, sambhar powder and 2 cups water. Stir well. Cover with the lid. Cook for 5 whistles on medium flame.
4

Lets cool down, open the lid, mashed with mathni, mix well. Add 1 cup water, imli pulp, salt, another 1 tsp sambhar powder.
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For tadka: Heat ghee in a pan, add mustard seeds, allow to crackle, add dried red chillies, hing, red chilli powder. Turn off the flame. Tadka goes in sambhar.
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For Vada: Wash and rinse urad dal. Soaked overnight.
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Add urad dal, ginger, green chilli to mixer jar, add 2 tbsp water. Grind it to make smooth paste. Add salt, hing, whip by hand for 3 mins. Rest for 10 mins.
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Heat oil in kadhai, wets the hands. Take small portion, press down, make hole in center with finger. Ready to fry in medium hot flame, put it inside the oil till golden brown. Vada is ready.
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Tips: Dip vada in sambhar at the time of serving only.