Steps to Make Favorite South Indian Vegetable Sambar
by Luella Mathis
Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, south indian vegetable sambar. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
South Indian Vegetable Sambar is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. South Indian Vegetable Sambar is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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:
Prepare 1 cup Pigeon Pea Lentils
Take 1/2 cup Red Lentils or Masoor
Get 1 tsp Salt
Make ready 1 tbsp Kashmiri Red chilli powder
Prepare 1 tsp Turmeric powder
Take 2 tbsp Sambar powder
Make ready 1 cup Brinjal cut lengthwise
Take 1 cup Drumsticks cut into pieces
Get 1/2 cup Carrots thinly cut
Make ready 1 cup French Beans cut into long pieces
Take 1 cup Okra cut into two each
Take 10 Shallots
Make ready 3 Tomatoes finely chopped
Prepare FOR THE TEMPERING -
Make ready 2-3 tbsp Oil
Get 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
Make ready 1/8 tsp Asafoetida
Make ready 3-4 Dry Red chillies
Take 2 Sprigs Curry Leaves
Take 2-3 Garlic cloves sliced
Instructions 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.
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