Sambhar- this delicious, mouth watering gravy is the main dish in everyday and in conventional and formalistic food of South India. It can be served with steamed rice, idly , dosa along with chutneys. Ideal ingredients for this gravy includes thoor dhal otherwise known as ( toovar dal, thuvar dhal toordal, tuvardal, toor, tuvar,dal),and various spices along with veggies. There are various ways to make sambhar and here is one simple sambhar with easy steps.
Ingredients
- Cooked Thovar dhal- 1 cup
- Onion -1(cut into length wise)
- Tomato- 1(cut into small chunks)
- Green chilly – 1(slit into length wise)
- Carrot -1(cut into coin size)
- Green peas- 1/4 cup
- Radish -1(cut into medium chunks)
- Tamarind paste -2 teaspoon or 1 small lemon size tamarind soaked in water for 15 minutes. Extract the juice and remove the pulp.
- Curry leaves- few
- Mustard seeds- 1teaspoon
- Cilantro leaves -2 stem (cut into small pieces)
- Oil -1 tablespoon
- Salt to taste
Things to be grinded
- Fenugreek seeds – ½ tea spoon
- Channa dhall -2 tea spoon
- Red chilly 3 or 4
- Coriander seeds 1 ½ teaspoon
- Coconut grated 1 tablespoon
Directions
1. Add 1 tea spoon of oil and roast fenugreek seeds, channa dhall red chilly, coriander seeds.
Grind the things given above with small pieces of ginger and grated coconut into smooth paste and keep aside.
2. Set a heavy pan by adding 1 teaspoon oil and add mustard seeds , curry leaves and wait till it splutter .Now add onion , splitted green chilly ,followed by tomatoes, vegetables and fry well.
3. Now add 1 cup of water and cook the veggies for 10 minutes.
4. At this point add tamarind paste or soaked tamarind water followed by salt and the ground masala paste and bring to boil for 5 more minutes .
5. When the masala paste and tamarind are cooked well, add cooked thuvar dhall and mix well and bring to boil for 10 to 15 minutes
6. Now switch off and garnish with cilantro leaves.
7. Serve hot with rice, breads, rice crepe etc.
Notes.
1.In place of tamarind paste fresh tamarind extract can be used. In this recipe fresh tamarind pulp is used.
2. Any kind of veggies can be added (like drum stick, potatoes, radish, and mangoes).
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