Sambar Recipe
A South Indian Sambar recipe made with lentils and vegetables is an amazing accompaniment for soft and fluffy idlis, vadas and dosas.
Servings: 8 PEOPLE
Calories: 236kcal
Ingredients
BOILING DAL
- 2 cups Tuvar dal (pigeon peas)
- 1 teaspoon Haldi (Turmeric powder)
- Salt to taste
VEGETABLES AND OTHER INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cup Chopped Lauki (bottle gourd)
- 2 small Small eggplant/baingan
- 1/2 cup Chopped Zucchini
- 1/2 cup Chopped Carrots
- 1 medium Chopped tomato
- 2 tablespoon Gur or Jaggery
- 3 tablespoon Tamarind juice
- 1 large onion chopped
- 2-3 tablespoon Oil to cook veggies
- 2 tablespoon Homemade Sambar powder
- 2 cups of Water added to sambar
FOR TEMPERING/TADKA
- 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
- 3/4 teaspoon Methi dana (Fenugreek seeds)
- 2 teaspoon Skinned and split urad dal
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seed
- A pinch of Hing (asofetadia)
- 10 pieces of Curry leaves
- 4 pieces of Whole Red chillies
- 2 tablespoon Oil
Instructions
PREPARING SAMBAR
- Assemble: ingredients to boil dal.
- Clean and wash dal.
- Transfer dal to a pressure cooker, add salt and turmeric powder. Cover and pressure cook for 2-3 whistles.
- Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid, dal all done and cooked.
- Whisk the dal. Set it aside.
- Soak tamarind in warm water for 15-20 minutes. Use a spoon to mash up the lumps. Strain and set it aside.
- Wash and assemble veggies for dal. Chop the veggies into cubes.
- Heat oil in a pan, add carrots and cook for 1 minute.
- Toss in onion, baingan/small eggplant, tomato, zucchini and lauki.
- Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes or until veggies are fork tender. Add jaggery sambar powder, and mix it well.
- Add veggies to the cooked dal.
- Add tamarind water to the cooked dal. Mix until well blended. Cover and cook for 4-5 minutes on a medium-low flame.
TEMPERING
- Assemble: ingredients for tempering..
- Heat oil in a pan. Add all the ingredients one by one.
- As they start to crackle, add curry leaves..
- And pour this tadka to the boiling dal.
- Mix and allow it to simmer for another 5-10 minutes.
- Adjust seasonings and..
- Serve hot with Warm instant rice idlis.
Nutrition
Calories: 236kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 4g | Sodium: 35mg | Potassium: 606mg | Fiber: 13g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 1535IU | Vitamin C: 55.9mg | Calcium: 54mg | Iron: 2.8mg