Sambar
Easy way to make sambar for bachelors
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Toor dal Tumara parippu
- 1 cup Vegetables of per choice: carrot, cucumber, elephant yam, drumstick
- 1 tbsp Chilly powder
- 2 tbsp Coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp Asafoetida powdered, Kayam
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 3 nos Green chillies slit
- 10 nos Shallots Kunjulli
- 1/2 lime Tamarind Puli
For seasoning:
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1 tsp Fenugreek seeds Uluva
- 3 nos Dry red chillies cut in half, Vattal mulaku
- Curry leaves Few
- Oil As reqd
- Salt As reqd
Instructions
- Soak tamarind in water for 10 minutes and extract the pulp.
- Cook the toor dal by adding little ghee and water in a pressure cooker for 5 minutes.
- Dry roast chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and asafoetida. Keep this aside.
- Put the vegetables, green chillies, shallots and salt into the cooked dal. Add the heated powders and tamarind juice.
- Add enough water(remember not to add more water). 2 whistles are enough for the vegetables to cook well.
- Heat oil in a pan. Splutter fenugreek seeds, mustard, vattal mulaku and curry leaves. Put into the curry. Garnish with coriander leaves(optional). Nadan sambar is ready.
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