Sambar dal for Rice

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Kumkum Chatterjee
Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Sambar is a delicious and healthy mixed veg lentil soup.It is a traditional Indian dish common in South Indian bones.It provides a perfect nutrition to our body and protein packed.It can be enjoyed as a side dish with rice,dosa, idli or vada.Varieties of vegetables may be used to make it all the more rich in nutrients like vitamins,minerals and protein.

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Ingredients

  1. 3/4 cupToor/Arhar (Split pigeon peas)dal
  2. 1medium onion sliced
  3. 1/2 tspturmeric
  4. 1/4 tspred chilli powder
  5. 4-5 piecesred pumpkin cubed
  6. 5-6 piecesbrinjal cubed
  7. 2drumsticks chopped into 1 1/2"
  8. 1 tbspchopped beans
  9. 7-8 pieceslauki (ash gourd)
  10. 1 tbspchopped coconut
  11. 1 tspgrated coconut
  12. 1/2carrot cubed
  13. 2finger/bhindi chopped
  14. 1 tbspsambar powder
  15. 1/4 tsphing /asafoetida
  16. 2dry red chillies
  17. 1 tbspoil
  18. 10-12curry leaves
  19. 1/2 tspmustard seeds
  20. 1/4 tspcumin seeds
  21. 1 pinchmethi seeds
  22. 1/2 tspsoaked urad dal
  23. 1tomato chopped
  24. 1 tbsphot and sweet tomato sauce
  25. 1 tbsptamarind pulp

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Soak Tur dal for half hour.Meanwhile chop drumsticks and beans.Cube carrot into small pieces.Cube ash gourd. Pressure cook these with onion,tomato,salt and tamarind water 2 pressures.Saute the chopped okra/bhindi separately as this vegetable is slimy.Saute brinjal separately and set aside.

  2. 2

    Pressure cook the soaked dal with chopped coconut,dry red chillies,turmeric,red chilli powder and salt to taste 3 whistles.Open lid after 5 minutes.Mix vegetables in dal and add some more water.Heat oil in a wok and sprinkle urad dal,cumin,mustard and methi seed.Add hing and sprinkle few curry leaves.Fry all and add tempering to the dal.Boil few minutes.Add tomato sauce,sambar powder and stir.Serve healthy sambar dal with hot rice,dosa,idli or vada.

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