How to make Sambar

Welcome to my kitchen, today we will make Sambar.

A flavorful and delicious South Indian Sambar recipe prepared using chana dal toor or arhar dal along with several veggies. which is eat for soft and fluffy idlis, vadas and dosas. sambar can also be eaten with plain or jeera rice as well. it is served for all the meals including breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Sambar is not only healthy and nutritious but also taste delicious. so let's go and see how to make Samber.

Ingredients for Sambar

• ¾ cum toor dal or arhar dal (split pigeon peas)
• 1 to 2 tablespoon tamarind paste
• ¼ cup coriander leaves
• ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
• Salt according to taste

Vegetable for Sambar

• 10-12 small onion or 1 medium onion sliced
• 1-2 drumsticks
• 2-3 Ladies finger
• 3-4 cube red pumpkin pieces
• 1 green chili slit
• 1-2 tomato chopped

Ingredients for Sambar powder

• 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
• 1 tablespoon chana dal
• 1 teaspoon urad dal
• ½ teaspoon cumin seed
• ½ teaspoon fenugreek seeds (methi dana)
• 4-5 red chilis

Ingredients for Tempering of Sambar 

• 2-3 teaspoon ghee or oil
• 1sprig curry leaves
• ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 Pinch fenugreek seeds
• 2-3 Pinch asafetida
• 1 red chili is broken

First we will Make Sambar Powder

Step 1. For the make the sambar powder. dry roast red chilies, urad dal, and chana dal until golden and crisp. add coriander seeds and fry till become a nice aroma. transfer the mixture in the plate

Step 2. Now methi seeds and roast. then add cumin, fry for a minute.

Step 3. Mix all mixture .make all mixture convert to powder. cool these and powder.

Sambar the powder is ready, you can use readymade powder of Sambar.

Now we will cook dal for Sambar

Step 1. Wash toor dal or arhar dal 3-4 times

Step 2. Transfer the dal into a pressure cooker, pour 2 cups water in the pressure cooker, and salt and turmeric powder and cook 3-4 whistle on medium heat.  

Step 3. The dal needs to be cooked till smooth.

Cook vegetables for Sambar

Step 1:- In the meantime dal is cooking. wash all the veggies.  scrape the drumsticks lightly and wash. peel and chop the vegetables. chop them to 2-inch pieces.

Step 2:-Take 1 to 1.5 cups chopped vegetables in a pan or pot. also add 6 to 7 small onions or 1 small to medium onion (thickly sliced) and 1 small to medium tomato. ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder, ¼ teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder and salt as per taste.  if you don't want to add Kashmiri red chili powder then it can be skipped.

add 1.5 to 2 cups of water and stir.

Step 3:- Cook vegetables on a medium-low to medium flame. in between do check when the vegetables are cooking.

Step 4:- Cook till the vegetables are almost cook done. ensure that you don’t overcook the vegetables

Step 5:-once the vegetables are almost cooked, then add the tamarind pulp and 2 tablespoons sambar powder. mix well.

Step 6:- Add the dal. mix again very well.

Step 7:-simmer on a medium-low flame till it comes to a boil.

you will see a frothy layer on top when the sambar begins boiling. at this stage switch off the flame. cover and keep aside.

Now Last  we will be tempering for sambar

Step 1:- In a small pan or tadka pan, heat 2 tablespoons oil. add ½ teaspoon mustard seeds.

Step 2:- When the mustard seeds will crackle.

Step 3:- Then add 1 to 2 dry red chilies. and

immediately add 10 to 12 curry leaves, 5 to 6 methi seeds and 2 pinches of asafoetida (hing).

Step 4:-Fry them till the red chilies change color and curry leaves become crisp.

Step 5:-Immediately add this tempering mixture in the hot sambar.

cover the pan with its lid for 4 to 5 minutes, so that the aroma and flavors from the tempering mixture gets infused with the sambar.

Sambar is ready to serve. you can garnish it with a few coriander leaves if you prefer.  you can eat hot sambar with steamed rice, idli, dosa, medu vada or uttapam.

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