Sambar Recipe - Ingredients
Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 20 mins | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Sidedish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Recipe Category: Sidedish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Toor Dal - 1 cup
Small Onions - 15
Tomato - 1 big sized (or) 2 small chopepd roughly
Drumstick - 2 chopped
Sambar powder - 1.5 tbsp
Thin Tamarind extract - 1/3 cup
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves - just to garnish
Oil - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
To temper:
Oil - 1 tspGhee - 1/2 tsp(optional)
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Urad Dal - 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek Seeds - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Hing - a generous pinch
Red Chillies - 2
Method:
- Pressure cook toor dal with a pinch of turmeric powder and enough water for 4-5 whistles or until mushy. Mash it well with a laddle,Set aside.In a kadai heat oil add onion, tomato saute till golden brown till tomato raw smell leaves.Then add drumstick and saute for 3mins.
- Then add the sauted items to toor dhal, add 1 cup water(adjust to desired consistency).Then add sambar powder and mix well to avoid lumps.
- Allow it boil in medium flame till the veggie gets cooked.Once the veggie gets cooked add tamarind extract and allow it to boil for a good 5-10mins till it reaches sambar consistency.Adjust salt at this stage.
- Heat oil - add the items under 'to temper' and transfer it to the sambar. Add chopped coriander leaves and switch it off.
