Sambar

Name: Sambar
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 4ppl
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Toor Dal; 2 cups water; Lemon sized Tamarind; 2 tomatoes; 2 drumsticks; 1 Raw Banana; 2 Big onions or 15-20 Sambar Onions; 1 Big Madras Cucumber; 2 Big carrots; 10-15 Lady Fingers (optional); Salt as per taste; 3 tsp Sambar Powder; 2 tsp Red chilli Powder; 3 sprigs Curry leaves; 2 tbsp oil; 1 tsp mustard; 1 tsp Jeera; 4-5 garlic pods; 1/4 tsp hing; 1/4 tsp turmeric; Water as required

Sailaja Edamakanti @sailajaedamakanti

Hyderabad

Sambar is a very simple recipe but is very tasty . It is lentil based, cooked along with vegetables and with little tamarind extract. Originated from Tamilnadu, sambar is famous all over South India and Sri Lankan Tamil cuisines.

Sailaja Edamakanti @sailajaedamakanti

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Ingredients

30-45mins

4ppl

1 cupToor Dal
2 cupswater
Lemon sized Tamarind
2tomatoes
2drumsticks
1Raw Banana
2Big onions or 15-20 Sambar Onions
1Big Madras Cucumber
2Big carrots
10-15Lady Fingers (optional)
Salt as per taste
3 tspSambar Powder
2 tspRed chilli Powder
3 sprigsCurry leaves
2 tbspoil
1 tspmustard
1 tspJeera
4-5garlic pods
1/4 tsphing
1/4 tspturmeric
Water as required

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Steps

30-45mins

1

Wash and clean toordal, put two cups of water and cook it in a cooker for 3 whistles
2

Keep vegetables ready and wash and peel as required
3

Cut vegetables in your desired shape.
4

Put a vessel on stove, pour 2tbsp oil. Add mustard and jeera, when they start splitting add hing and turmeric. Mix well. Put all the cut vegetables. Cut banana just before adding it to the remaining vegetables.
5

Add Salt and put 1 cup of water for the vegetables to cook. Add tomato after 5mins. Cover the vessel with a lid and cook the vegetables for 10 to 15mins
6

After 3 whistles, let the dal cool. Mash the dal
7

Soak tamarind in water to extract the pulp
8

Now add the cooked vegetables in the mashed dal and let the vegetables cook in the dal.
9

Mix well. Add tamarind pulp and water as required. Sprinkle curry leaves
10

Once sambar starts boiling, add sambar powder. Mix well.
11

Finally, add red chilli powder, mix well and take off the stove. Put a sprig of Curry leaves.
12

Serve with white rice.