Sambar
Time50 Min
DifficultyEasy
Serves4
Every South Indian cuisine fan knows a South Indian meal is incomplete without Sambar. The universal side dish of southern India is perfect for any meal from breakfast to dinner. This gravy dish made primarily of toor dal with numerous veggies is high in nutrition and taste. Most people think as there are numerous ingredients in sambar, it is complex to cook but it is actually quite a simple dish.
Ingredients
Dry Grocery
Mustard Seeds
1 teaspoon
Turmeric Powder
2 teaspoons
Red Chilli Powder
2 teaspoons
Asafoetida/hing
0.5 teaspoons
Sambar Powder
1.5 teaspoons
Toor Dal
0.5 cups
Tamarind
1 tablespoon
Salt
1 teaspoon
Refined Oil
2 teaspoons
Jaggery
1 teaspoon
Fruits & Vegetables
Onion
0.5 pieces
Tomato
1 piece
Brinjal/eggplant
2 small pieces
Drumstick
1 piece
Curry Leaves
6 g
Other
Pumpkin
1.5 cups
Directions
1Wash dal and rinse it. Pressure cook dal with turmeric powder, salt and water for 2-3 whistles.
2 Once cooked set aside. Soak tamarind for 20 min. After 20 min, mash the tamarind and strain to get the pulp. Cut all the vegetables into the dices and drumstick in 2 inch pieces.
3Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and curry leaves & allow it crackle . Add hing and diced onion and saute well.
4Add drumstick, diced brinjal, diced pumpkin & saute for 5 minutes.
5Add all powdered spices to the saute vegetables and saute for 2-3 minutes.
6Now add boiled dal along with diced tomato. Mix well and simmer. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
7Add tamarind pulp & jaggery together and cook for 15 minutes.
8Check the seasoning & serve hot .
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