DO YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE “SAMBAR” – A popular South Indian lentil soup that is often served with rice, dosa, idli etc. Culinary Experience with Indian Safaris.
Culinary Expereince with Indian Safaris – Sambar is full of flavor and deliciousness. As with poultry, a lot of vegetables are used.
Ingredients
Toor dal – 1 cup
Drumstick (1 inch pieces, sliced) – 4
Lady’s finger (1 inch cubes) – 6
Brinjal (1 inch cubes) – 4
Snake gourd (1 inch piece) – 4
Tomato (1 inch piece) – 4
Broad beans (1 inch piece) – 3
Edible Yam (small ones) – 4
Cucumber (1 inch cubes) – 4
Shallots – 5
Coriander leaf
Curry leaf
Green chilli – 2
Water – 4 cups
Sugar – a pinch
Salt
oil
Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
Asafoetida – i inch piece
Red Chilli – 10
Coriander seeds – 2 tbsp
Fenugreek seeds – 1 tbsp
Tamarind Thick juice – 3 tbsp
Ground powder – 5 tbsp
Asafoetida powder – 1 tsp
For seasoning
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Red chilli (broken) – 2
Curry leaves
Method of preparation
Boil the Tur Dal in a pressure cooker. Put the boiled dal in a pot, add water and mix well. Add the small yams, shallots and fava beans and cook until half cooked. Add the drumstick pieces, snake gourd, cucumber, eggplant and turmeric powder, stir and cook until half cooked. Then add the lady’s finger pieces, tomatoes, green chillies and curry leaves and cook for 5 minutes. To prepare the sambar powder, pour oil into a frying pan, add asafoetida and fry for 1 minute. Add red pepper and coriander seeds and roast until blackened. Add fenugreek seeds, curry leaves and roast for 1 minute. Let cool, grate to a semi-coarse powder and set aside. Add tamarind juice and salt to cooked vegetables. Stir well and let it cook. Add the ground flour, close the pot, and boil again for about 5 minutes. Heat the oil in another frying pan, add the mustard seeds, then add the crushed red pepper and curry leaves. Add this to the curry, and mix well. Delicious Samar is ready to serve with rice, idly or dosa.
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