Sambar cookwithrm

Sambar is a South Indian lentil and vegetable stew made with pigeon pea lentils, tamarind and a unique spice blend called sambar powder. It is a staple dish in South Indian homes and is also equally popular and loved by many.

sambar is three ways to make. iuse my grand mom recipe and i am sure u kike the recipe.

* Traditionally sambar is always made with turdal (arhar dal or pigeon pea lentils).

*Even moong dal (yellow mung lentils) or      masoor dal  (orange lentils) can be used to    make sambhar.



Ingredients:

1 cup toor dal

½ tsp turmeric powder

2 cups water

vegetables:

10 drumstick pieces

1/2onion (cubed)

2 tomato (roughly chopped)

7 pieces brinjal / eggplant

½ carrot (chopped)

2 potato (chopped)

other ingredients:

½ lemon sized tamarind

1 tsp jaggery or sugar

2 green chilli (slit)

salt to taste

½ tsp turmeric powder

2 tsp sambar powder (home made udupi style sambar powder)

tempering ingredients:

1 tbsp oil 

1 tsp mustard seeds

¾ tsp urad dal

few curry leaves

pinch of hing


Instructions:

firstly, in a pressure cooker add 1 cup of toor dal with 3 cups of water. also add pinch of turmeric. pressure cook it for 5 whistles.



meanwhile, in a small bowl take small half lemon sized tamarind and soak in water.



Once the tamarind gets soft, then squeeze the tamarind in the water itself. Discard the strained tamarind and keep the tamarind pulp aside.



also, prepare and chop veggies like carrot, eggplant, drumstick, onions and tomatoes, potatoes.



now, in a large kadai take the tamarind water.

to that add 1 tsp of jaggery/sugar along with green chill, salt and turmeric powder.

furthermore, add all the chopped vegetables to same mixture.



meanwhile, once the dal is cooked mash it well.



after 10 minutes, the vegetables should be cooked properly.

now add the mashed toor dal and bring it to boil.



add 2 tsp of sambar powder.



mix the sambar powder and bring it to boil.

prepare the tempering by heating urad dal, mustard seeds, hing, curry leaves and red chillies.


add the tempering to the freshly prepared sambar.

finally, sambar is ready.


Serve with rice,idli, medu vada, uttapam.

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