Sambar

Sambar is made in everyone’s home. North or South Indian, everyone loves Sambar. And everyone has their own unique style of making it. Check out my version.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup toor dal
• 5-6 shallots
• 1 tomato chopped
• 4-5 drumsticks
• 1 cup yellow cucumber chopped
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• ½ tsp Asafoetida
• 3-4 garlic cloves
• 2-3 red chilli
• 1 tbsp tamarind paste
• Curry leaves
• 3 tbsp oil
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 ½ tsp chilli powder
• ½ tsp turmeric
•  1 tbsp sambar powder
•  ½  cup chopped coriander

    Directions:

1. Soak toor dal for an hour and pressure cook till 3 whistles.Mash the cooked dal.
2. In a kadai add oil,garlic, mustard, cumin, curry leaves ,red chilli, add all vegetables and cook for 5 minutes then add water and cook till soft.
3. Add mashed dal, tamarind paste, sambar powder. 
4. Bring it to a boil and add coriander.

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