Sambar Recipe
Sambar is a traditional South Indian lentil stew, rich in spices, vegetables, and tamarind flavour.
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup Tuvar daal (also called Toor daal or Arhar daal)
- ¼ Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1 cup Chopped mixed vegetables.
- ½ teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- 5-6 Curry leaves
- 1-2 Pcs. Dry red chillies
- A pinch hing orasafoetida
- ⅓ cup Onion finely-chopped
- 1 Tablespoon Sambar powder
- ½ Teaspoon Seedless Tamarind ( You may also use tamarind juice)
- 1 Tablespoon Finely-chopped coriander
- Water
- Oil to fry
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Cook rinsed dal with turmeric and water.
- Soak one tablespoon of tamarind pulp in water for minutes. You can also use tamarind juice
- Add a little oil to a pan and add chopped vegetables.
- Add water and soft-cook the vegetables.
- Add sambar powder and jaggery powder
- Add mashed dal and salt to taste.
- Let the sambar simmer and then temper.
Notes
Note –
1. The ingredients may slightly change as per personal preferences.
- The mixed vegetables can include drumsticks, cauliflower, capsicum, carrots, radish, Potato, brinjal, French beans etc. Do not use more than 3 to 5 varieties of vegetables.
- If you do not have tamarind pulp, you can use tamarind juice. Kokum is also used for the tangy taste in some regions. But the sambar recipe powder needs tamarind in juice or pulp form.
- There is no specific vegetable that you need to use in sambar. Based on your interests, you can add any vegetable as long as it does not alter the taste. It is not easy to think of a sambar recipe without vegetables though.