How to Make Sambar I Sambar recipe I Sambar recipe with mix vegetables

Sambar is lentil based stew, cooked with Toor daal (Arhar dal) & different vegetables. It is very much integral part of south Indian staple food.

It generally tangy & sweet in taste for this authentic south Indian dish. It can be served with various types of Dosa, Idlli and Vada. Steaming hot Sambar also can be enjoyed with rice as well.

Here is my recipe for south Indian Sambar.

Serving: 03 Person

Cooking time: 40 Minutes

What we Need:

For Dal

Toor Dal- 1/2 Cup
Salt to Taste
Turmeric-1/2 Tsp
Tamarind Paste- 1 Tbsp

Vegetables & Masala

Drumstick-1 pcs (Cut in 2 inches lengthwise equally)
Red pumpkin -1/2 Cup
Bottle gourd- 1/2 Cup
Carrot-1/4 cup (Chopped in small dice)
Tomato-2 small chopped
Onion-1 chopped
Eggplant (Baingan)- 1/4 Cup
Curry Leaves-10-15 nos
Cumin seeds (Jeera)- 1/2 Tsp
Fenugreek Seeds (Methi)- 1/2 Tsp
Turmeric-1/2 Tsp
Sambar Masala- 1/2 Tbsp
Jaggery-1 Tsp
Dry red chilli-2 Nos.
Mustard seeds- 1 Tsp
Green Chilli-2 Nos (As I have not added red chilli powder, if required you can add)
Asafoetida / Hing- A Pinch
Salt to taste
Clear oil-2 Tbsp

Method:

We must first wash the Toor dal, and soak for almost 2-3 Hrs.
In a pressure cooker take lentil and take 2 cups of water along with 2-3 slitted green chilies and some salt. Boil till 2-3 whistle. (Chilly can be added based on taste)
Open the pressure cooker and whisk the dal so there should not be any lumps.

Take a kadhai, heat it up with 2 Tbsp oil. Add 1/2 Tsp Mustard seeds, 1/4 Cumin seeds (Jeera) & Methi. Also add one dry red chilli.
Add 10-15 curry leaves, once the crackling sounds of mustard will come then add chopped onion.
Fry these all together till the onion becomes translucent.

Add 2 chopped tomato and some salt and sauté for till the tomato start to melt

Then you can add rest all the vegetables, sauté together a minute.

Cover it with lid, cook for 4-5 minutes till all the vegetables semi cooked.
Then pour boiled dal. add tamarind pulp and 1 Tsp Jaggery. (Jaggery is optional, if you want to balance the sweet and sour taste, then you can add. Otherwise we can skip)
Finally, for Dal we can add 2 to 3 cup of warm water based on consistency you like to have.
cook for 3-4 minutes, so it will come to boil. Add salt as much as required.
Now yummy sambar is ready, enjoy with Idli or Dosa.

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