Sambar

Sailaja Edamakanti
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.

Sambar

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.

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Ingredients

30-45mins
4ppl
  1. 1 cupToor Dal
  2. 2 cupswater
  3. Lemon sized Tamarind
  4. 2tomatoes
  5. 2drumsticks
  6. 1Raw Banana
  7. 2Big onions or 15-20 Sambar Onions
  8. 1Big Madras Cucumber
  9. 2Big carrots
  10. 10-15Lady Fingers (optional)
  11. Salt as per taste
  12. 3 tspSambar Powder
  13. 2 tspRed chilli Powder
  14. 3 sprigsCurry leaves
  15. 2 tbspoil
  16. 1 tspmustard
  17. 1 tspJeera
  18. 4-5garlic pods
  19. 1/4 tsphing
  20. 1/4 tspturmeric
  21. Water as required

Cooking Instructions

30-45mins
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    Keep vegetables ready and wash and peel as required

  3. 3

    Cut vegetables in your desired shape.

  4. 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. 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. 6

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

  7. 7

    Soak tamarind in water to extract the pulp

  8. 8

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

  9. 9

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

  10. 10

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

  11. 11

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

  12. 12

    Serve with white rice.

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