Name: Onion Sambar - Tamilnadu Style
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 15 nos Small onions (Kunjulli); 1/2 cup Cooked red gram (Thuvaraparippu); Tamarind water (As reqd, Puli); 1 tsp Mustard seeds; Fenugreek powder (A pinch, Uluva); 2-3 Red chillies (Kollamulaku); 1 tbsp Oil (preferably sesame); 3 nos Red chillies (Kollamulaku); 1 1/2 tsp Coriander seeds; 1 tbsp Bengal gram (Kadalaparippu); 3 - Pepper; 1 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam); 3 - Small onion (Kunjulli); Coconut (A little)

Onion Sambar - Tamilnadu Style

Kunjulli Sambhar or Chinna Vengaya Sambar in Tamilnadu Style is a very delicious dish that goes well with dosa, idli and rice. The spicy tangy flavor makes the dish a worth try.

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Tamil

Servings people

Ingredients

15 nos Small onions Kunjulli
1/2 cup Cooked red gram Thuvaraparippu
Tamarind water As reqd, Puli
1 tsp Mustard seeds
Fenugreek powder A pinch, Uluva
2-3 Red chillies Kollamulaku
1 tbsp Oil preferably sesame

Masala to be ground:

3 nos Red chillies Kollamulaku
1 1/2 tsp Coriander seeds
1 tbsp Bengal gram Kadalaparippu
3 - Pepper
1 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
3 - Small onion Kunjulli
Coconut A little

Instructions

Heat oil in a pan or a vessel.
Add mustard seeds, red chillies, fenugreek powder and fry.
Add small onions and saute for a while.
When it turns colour, add tamarind water and allow it to boil.
Add cooked dal and the ground masala.
:- The ground masala should be mixed with water, so as to dilute it.
Bring Onion Sambhar to a boil and switch it off.
Onion Sambhar is best with vada. Vada can be soaked in sambhar for 15 mts and can have have as vada sambhar.
:- Serve Onion Sambhar hot with rice or dosa or vada.

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Onion Sambar – Tamilnadu Style