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Sambar no onion no garlic recipe

Simple and easy vegetable sambar recipe - a famous South Inidan dish usually paired up with idli, dosa and vada.
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 30 minutes
Total: 45 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 4 PEOPLE
Author: Ruchi

Ingredients

BOILING DAL

OTHER INGREDEINTS

  • 1/2 cup Lauki/bottle gourd, chopped
  • 2 small Small eggplant/baingan
  • 1/2 cup Chopped Carrots
  • 1 medium Chopped tomato
  • 1 teaspoon Red chili powder
  • 1.5 tablespoon Gur or Jaggery
  • A small chunk of Tamarind or 1.5 tablespoon tamarind paste

SAMBAR POWDER - Roast all the ingredients together until you could smell the aroma. Grind it to its powdered form.

TEMPERING INGREDIENTS


Instructions

BOILING SAMBAR

  • Assemble: ingredients to boil dal.
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  • Clean and wash dal.
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  • Transfer dal to a pressure cooker, add salt and turmeric powder.
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  • Cover and pressure cook for 2-3 whistles.
  • Dal all done.
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  • Using a whisk, mash the dal. Set it aside.
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COOKING VEGGIES

  • Assemble: veggies for dal.
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  • Soak tamarind in warm water for 15-20 minutes.
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  • Heat oil in a pan, add carrots and cook for 1 minute. Toss in baingan/small eggplant, tomato, lauki and red chili powder.
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  • Cover and cook for 3-4 minutes or until veggies are soft and tender. Add sambar masala, jaggery and mix it well.
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  • Veggies are all ready.
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  • Add soaked tamarind water to the boiled and mashed dal.
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  • Return dal to a low flame and add cooked veggies to it.
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  • Mix and bring it to a boil.
  • Cover and allow it to simmer for a while.
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PREPARING TADKA/TEMPERING

  • Assemble: ingredients for tadka.
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  • Heat oil in a pan. Add all the ingredients one by one.
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  • As they star to sputter, add curry leaves..
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  • And pour this tadka to the boiling dal.
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  • Mix and allow it to simmer for another 5-10 minutes.
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  • Adjust seasonings.
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  • Serve hot with warm white rice or idlis.