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sambar recipe | spring onion sambar | south indian sambar recipe

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 5
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian, South Indian
Ingredients Method

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

Method
 

To cook the dal:
  1. Take 1/4 cup of toor dal and 1/4 cup of moong dal, rinse in water. add these lentils into the pressure cooker.
  2. add 3 garlic
  3. Pour in 2 cups of water, pressure cook for 7 whistles
For making sambar powder:
  1. 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
  2. and then turn off the flame, add 2 tsp of dry coconut shred
  3. 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:
  1. 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
  2. Now add in chopped spring onions, saute it for 2 minutes,
  3. next, add in 2 tomatoes chopped, saute well
  4. now add ½ tsp of turmeric powder, and salt
  5. And then add the ground sambar powder, mix it for 30 seconds
  6. after that add in ¼ cup of tamarind extract, mix
  7. Now add in cooked dal and 2 cups of water, give a nice mix.
  8. let it boil for 5 minutes
    and then 1 tsp of jaggery
    turn off the flame
  9. garnish with chopped spring onions