Sambar Recipe
Sambar is prepared with vegetables and tuvar dal and then after it is mixed with homemade sambar powder paste and tamarind pulp for tangy flavor in sambar.
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Course: Breakfast, Dinner, South Indian
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 4 People
Ingredients
For Sambar Powder Masala
- 1 Tbsp Oil
- 1/2 Tbsp Yellow Methi
- 1 Tbsp Cumin Seeds (Jeera)
- 1/2 Tbsp Rice
- 1 Tbsp Coriander Seeds
- 1/2 Tbsp Chana Dal
- 1 Small Green Cardamom
- 1/2 Tbsp Hing
- 2 Clove & Cinnamon
- 5-6 Garlic Clove
- 1/2 Inch Ginger
- 2 Tbsp Coconut (Fresh or Dry)
- Curry Leaves
- 1 Tbsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder
- 1/2 Tbsp Turmeric Powder
- 3-4 Dry Red Chilli
- 1 Big Onion (Roughly Chopped)
- Salt as per Taste
- Water (For Grinding)
For Sambar
- 1 Cup Tomato, Bottle Gourd (Chopped)
- 1 Green Chilli
- Water
- Salt as per Taste
- 1/4 Cup Tamarind Pulp
- 2 Cup Cooked Tuvar Dal
For Tempering
- 2 Tbsp Oil
- 1 Tbsp Mustard Seeds
- Curry Leaves
- 3-4 Dry Red Chilli
- 1/2 Tbsp Hing
Instructions
- Firstly, take kadai and add oil, methi, jeera, rice, coriander seeds, chana dal, cardamom, hing, cloves & cinnamon, garlic, ginger, coconut, curry leaves. Cook all these ingredients till aroma starts.
- Secondly, add dry red chilli, turmeric powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, onion and salt. Mix well and cook for 5 minutes.
- When masala cools down, grind it with water in paste form in the mixer grinder.
- Now in the same kadai, add oil and tomato, bottle gourd, green chilli and water. And cook well.
- Furthermore, when vegetables cooked, add sambar powder paste, cooked tuvar dal, tamarind pulp in it. And mix well. Cover with lid and boil for 10 minutes.
- Now take a bowl to prepare tempering for sambar. Add oil. And when oil warm, add mustard seeds, hing, curry leaves and dry red chilli.
- Pour this tempering in sambar. And mix it well. And boil sambar for 10-15 minutes.
- Now your sambar is ready to serve.
Keywords: Idli Sambar, Sambar