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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 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine Tamil
Servings 4 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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