Easy Sambar

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Sambar is a popular south Indian recipe which is often served with cooked rice, idly, dosa and pongal. This post is for beginners who is just learning to make sambar  in a easy way. Sambar is so healthy as lentils provide us proteins and vegetables with fiber.

Ingredients:

For Sambar:
Toor dhal – ½ cup
Cut vegetables – 1 cup (Onion, drumsticks, lady’s finger, brinjal, tomato,etc.)
Tamarind – small lemon sized ball
Or tamarind paste – 2 tbsps.
Turmeric – ¼ tsp.
Sambar powder – 2 tsps.
Asafoetida – a pinch
Salt – as needed

For Seasoning:
Oil – 2 tsps.
Mustard – 1 tsp.
Ured dhal – 1 tsp.
Gram dhal – 1 tsp.
Curry leaves – a handful

Method:

  • Soak tamarind in 1 cup of hot water and after 30 minutes, filter and keep.
  • Soak toor dhal for half an hour.
  • In a pressure cooker put the soaked dhal, cut vegetables , turmeric powder and 2 cups of water for 3 whistles.
  • After removing the whistle, put sambar powder, asafoetida, tamarind and salt and boil for five minutes in medium flame.
  • In another pan, put oil and add mustard.
  • When it splutters, put the ured and gram dhal.
  • When it turns golden put the curry leaves and switch off the stove.
  • Now pour this over the sambar and your sambar is ready to be served.

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