Delicious Sambhar

I have used homemade sambar powder to make sambar recipe but store bought powder will work just fine. Wash and chop all the veggies you want to add to the sambar.

I have used carrots, baingan (small brinjal/eggplants), tomatoes, lauki (bottle gourd), zucchini (tori) and onions. I like to saute my veggies before adding them to the cooked dal.

Boil dal and set it aside. When the veggies are ready, mix in the dal, sambar powder, tamarind paste and mix until well blended. Lemon juice can be substituted for tamarind.

Adjust seasonings and the final step would be to prepare the tempering or baghar. Pour hot tadka/tempering over the dal and serve hot with idlis or dosas.

Enjoy a healthy and delicious brunch with your family and friends!!

Sambar Recipe serve 6 people. 1 cup= 250 ml

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 Sambhar 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)

8-10 pieces of Curry leaves

4-5 pieces of Whole Red chillies

2 - 3 tablespoon Oil

Method

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 spoon to mash up the lumps. Strain and...

Set it aside.

Wash and assemble veggies for dal.

Chop them..

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 3-4 minutes or until veggies are soft and tender. Add jaggery and mix it well.

Add tamarind water to the cooked veggies.

Mix in Sambar powder.

Add dal and...

Mix until blended.

TEMPERING

Assemble ingredients for tempering..

Heat oil in a pan. Add all the ingredients one by one.

As they star to sputter, 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.

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