Sambar Recipe

Name: Sambar Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: Toor Dal (thuvaram paruppu â€“ 1 cup); Gooseberry (or tamarind tamarind â size); small Onion (nos); 2 cup Water (â); 1 tsp Turmeric Powder (â); 1 tsp Castor Oil (â); 3 spoons Seasoning (or oil for oil â); 1 tsp Mustard Seeds (â); 1-2 leaves Curry (â); 2 Green Chillies (â); 1 spoon Sambar Powder (â); leaves Garnishing (or coriander, or curry coriander and curry â for); 1 cup Grated Coconut (or grinding for grinding â); 4 Garlic (â nos); 1 tsp Cumin Seeds (â); 1 Tomato (chopped â); 3 Red Chillies (â nos)

Loganayaki Thamilselvan

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About Sambar Recipe

Sambar recipe is a very popular dish in South Indian cuisine. It is served with steamed rice, idli, dosa and pongal.

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Recipe Time & More

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

Total Time35 minutes mins

Served AsBreakfast

Recipe TasteSalty Sour Spicy Sweet Tangy

Servings - 5

Ingredients

▢ Toor Dal thuvaram paruppu â€“ 1 cup
▢ Gooseberry or tamarind tamarind â size
▢ small Onion nos
▢ 2 cup Water â
▢ 1 tsp Turmeric Powder â
▢ 1 tsp Castor Oil â
▢ 3 spoons Seasoning or oil for oil â
▢ 1 tsp Mustard Seeds â
▢ 1-2 leaves Curry â
▢ 2 Green Chillies â
▢ 1 spoon Sambar Powder â
▢ leaves Garnishing or coriander, or curry coriander and curry â for
▢ 1 cup Grated Coconut or grinding for grinding â
▢ 4 Garlic â nos
▢ 1 tsp Cumin Seeds â
▢ 1 Tomato chopped â
▢ 3 Red Chillies â nos

Instructions

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Switch on stove. In a pan add one cup water and allow it to heat.
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Wash the toor dal and pour it to the boiling water and add I tsp castor oil.
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After 10 minutes add turmeric powder and allow it to cook.
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Toor dal becomes mushy. In that stage switch off the stove and keep it aside.
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In the mean time dip the tamarind in water. After 10 minutes extract the pulp and keep it aside.
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Grind all the ingredients for grinding with little amount of water and keep it aside.
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Now, in a pan, add oil and allow it to heat then add mustard seeds and small onion, (for vengaya sambar we use small onions otherwise we use big onion) fry for a minute and then add curry leaves and green chili.
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Now add the tamarind pulp, allow it to boil then add salt, Sambar powder.
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After 5 minutes add the grinded masala and allow it to boil, the raw smell become disappear.
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At last add toor dal and cook for 5 minutes.
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Finally garnish with fresh coriander and curry leaves.

Recipe Notes

This is a plain Sambar recipe; we can use vegetables also like drum stick, potato, carrot beans, brinjal etc.

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5 Comments

deepti irchella

October 27, 2021 / 11:37 am Log in to Reply

Looks so mouthwatering! Thanks for sharing.
Rahul Bangia

May 15, 2021 / 1:09 pm Log in to Reply

Looks so incredible! Thank you for sharing.
Gouthami Yuvarajan

June 3, 2020 / 9:56 pm Log in to Reply

Such a flavorful dish! Can’t wait to taste it.
Aishwarya Hegde

December 9, 2017 / 7:06 am Log in to Reply

This is a fantastic recipe! Thanks for sharing.
Randeep Reehal

June 19, 2016 / 11:40 pm Log in to Reply

This looks so inviting! Thank you.