Vendakka Sambhar

Name: Vendakka Sambhar
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4-serving
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup toor dal; 10 nos ladies finger; 1 tbsp tamarind (thick juice); 1 nos tomato diced; 8 nos shallots; 2 nos green chili slitted; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp sambhar powder; 2 tsps oil; salt; 2 tsps oil; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 3 nos chilies red; 1/4 tsp methi seeds; curry leaves; 2 tsps sambhar powder; 1/4 tsp jeera; 1/8 tsp asafoetida; coriander leaves

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Vendakka Sambhar

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Ingredients

30 mins

4-serving

1/2 cuptoor dal
10 nosladies finger
1 tbsptamarind (thick juice)
1 nostomato diced
8 nosshallots
2 nosgreen chili slitted
1/2 tspturmeric powder
1 tspsambhar powder
2 tspsoil
salt
2 tspsoil
1/2 tspmustard seeds
3 noschilies red
1/4 tspmethi seeds
curry leaves
2 tspssambhar powder
1/4 tspjeera
1/8 tspasafoetida
coriander leaves

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Steps

30 mins

1

Pressure cook dal with turmeric powder,salt and enough water for 3-4 whistles.
2

Soak a lemon size tamarind in water and extract the juice. Keep aside.
3

Cut ladies finger into 2inch pieces. Heat oil in a pan add ladies finger,saute for a while and then add shallots,tomato and green chilies..add 1tsp sambhar powder and saute it around 5 mins. Keep aside.
4

Heat another pan and splutter mustard seeds followed by methi seeds, red chilies, jeera,and curry leaves. Reduce the flame and add 2tsp of sambhar powder and asafoetida. Pour the cooked dal into this and mix well. Let it boil. Add ladies finger,shallots mixture,and tamarind juice, check water consistency and salt. When it starts boiling, switch off the stove. garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
5

Serve hot with rice/idli/dosa :)