Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, south indian vegetable sambar. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
What is Sambar Sambar is a South Indian lentil and vegetable stew made with pigeon pea lentils, tamarind and a unique spice blend called sambar powder. It is a staple dish in South Indian homes and is also equally popular and loved by many. Sambar, a hot and spicy lentil soup with mixed vegetables, is a must have accompaniment for popular South Indian breakfast and lunch recipes like Idli, Dosa, Medu Vada, Steamed Rice etc. Sambar (a south indian vegetable stew) Sambar is one of those quintessential comfort foods for me.
South Indian Vegetable Sambar is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. South Indian Vegetable Sambar is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook south indian vegetable sambar using 20 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make South Indian Vegetable Sambar:
- Make ready 1 cup Pigeon Pea Lentils
- Prepare 1/2 cup Red Lentils or Masoor
- Take 1 tsp Salt
- Get 1 tbsp Kashmiri Red chilli powder
- Prepare 1 tsp Turmeric powder
- Get 2 tbsp Sambar powder
- Take 1 cup Brinjal cut lengthwise
- Get 1 cup Drumsticks cut into pieces
- Take 1/2 cup Carrots thinly cut
- Make ready 1 cup French Beans cut into long pieces
- Get 1 cup Okra cut into two each
- Prepare 10 Shallots
- Take 3 Tomatoes finely chopped
- Take FOR THE TEMPERING -
- Take 2-3 tbsp Oil
- Take 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- Get 1/8 tsp Asafoetida
- Make ready 3-4 Dry Red chillies
- Prepare 2 Sprigs Curry Leaves
- Get 2-3 Garlic cloves sliced
This spice powder is the key to make a good sambar. A variety of spices & lentils are used to make this powder. Most traditional homes make their own sambhar masala or powder to suit their taste buds. The most important ingredient of making the sambar is the homemade sambar powder and every home and every kitchen in south india has a unique recipe of making the sambar powder.
Steps to make South Indian Vegetable Sambar:
- Pressure cook dal along with little Salt added for about 5-6 whistles. Let the pressure settle down before opening the lid. Keep it aside until use. Soak Tamarind in enough water for about 15 minutes or so. Squeeze the juice out of it and keep aside.
- To a cooking pot, add chopped Vegetables along with Turmeric and Kashmiri Red Chilli powders. Add Tamarind juice and Sambar powder also. And addition of water depends accordingly. Therefore add it until the Veggies are soaked in it. Cover it and let that simmer on a low heat for about 15 minutes.
- After the Veggies are cooked well, stir in cooked Dal in it. See to it that the Veggies are not over cooked. Mix well and adjust the consistency by adding some hot water.
- After done, heat oil in a pan. Add Mustard Seeds and Curry Leaves. Also add dry Red Chillies and Garlic Cloves too. Add this tempering to the hot Sambar. Serve this quick Vegetable Sambar with Idlis, Dosas or even plain Rice.
Most traditional homes make their own sambhar masala or powder to suit their taste buds. The most important ingredient of making the sambar is the homemade sambar powder and every home and every kitchen in south india has a unique recipe of making the sambar powder. Below you will see the video recipe of how to make sambar using a variety of mixed vegetables. Did you know: Pure olive oil is great for everyday indian cooking. Sambar is a very popular dish in South Indian cuisine.
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