sambar recipe | spring onion sambar | south indian sambar recipe
Ingredients
For making sambar powder:
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- 4 dry red chilly
- 1 tsp chana dal
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- ½ tsp pepper
- ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
- 2 tbsp dry coconut shred (desiccated coconut)
For pressure cooking dal:
- ¼ cup Toor dal
- ¼ cup moong dal
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 cups water
for making sambar:
- 2 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- ⅛ tsp fenugreek seeds
- 1 dry red chilly
- few curry leaves
- A pinch asafoetida
- 5 spring onion (chopped)
- 2 tomato (chopped)
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ cup tamarind extract
- 2 cup water
- 1 tsp grated jaggery jaggery powder
Instructions
To cook the dal:
- Take 1/4 cup of toor dal and 1/4 cup of moong dal, rinse in water. add these lentils into the pressure cooker.
- add 3 garlic
- Pour in 2 cups of water, pressure cook for 7 whistles
For making sambar powder:
- In a pan, add 1 tbsp of coriander powder, 4 dry red chilly, 1 tsp chana dal, 1 tsp of urad dal, ½ tsp of pepper, 1 tsp of cumin seeds, ¼ tsp of fenugreek seeds. Dry roast it for 2 minutes
- and then turn off the flame, add 2 tsp of dry coconut shred
- After it got cool down, Transfer the spice mixture into the blender jar, blend it into a fine powder. the sambar powder is ready.
For making sambar:
- Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan, add 1/2 tsp of mustard seeds, ¼ tsp cumin seeds, ⅛ tsp of fenugreek seeds, a spring of curry leaves, and a pinch of asafoetida
- Now add in chopped spring onions, saute it for 2 minutes,
- next, add in 2 tomatoes chopped, saute well
- now add ½ tsp of turmeric powder, and salt
- And then add the ground sambar powder, mix it for 30 seconds
- after that add in ¼ cup of tamarind extract, mix
- Now add in cooked dal and 2 cups of water, give a nice mix.
- let it boil for 5 minutes and then 1 tsp of jaggeryturn off the flame
- garnish with chopped spring onions