3 Dal Sambar or Three Dal Sambar with Step by Step Pictures. A combination of toor dal, masoor dal and moong dal makes this sambar very tasty and highly nutritious.
Sambar is a staple food for south indian. We make it almost twice or thrice a week. It can be served with tiffin recipes or rice. This particular recipe is super easy to make and can be made in less than 30 mins in a pressure cooker.
This sambar taste amazing with rice or tiffins too. This is similar to a one pot recipe but it needs two pots one for cooking sambar and one for making seasoning.
Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
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- Moong dal - ¼ cup
- Toor Dal - ¼ cup
- Masoor Dal - ¼ cup
- Carrot - 2 chopped
- Potato - 1 chopped
- Onion - 1 chopped
- Tomato - 1 chopped
- Sambar Powder -2 tblsp
- Tamarind Pulp - 1 tblsp
- Salt to taste
- Sugar to taste
- Coriander leaves a handful
- Oil or Ghee - 2 tblsp
- Mustard seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Urad dal - 1 tsp
- Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
- Dry Red Chilli - 2
- Curry leaves a handful
- Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya podi a pinch
- Take dal in a cooker and wash well. Cover with water and add ingredients except coriander leaves and pressure cook for 2 to 3 whistle.
- Once pressure is released add coriander leaves.
- Heat oil and make seasoning with all the ingredients and pour it into the sambar.
- Mix well and serve.
Pictorial:
1)Take moongdal, masoor dal, toor dal in a pressure cooker.
2)Add water and wash it well. Cover with water
3)Add carrots
4)Add potatoes
5)Add shallots and tomatoes
6)Add sambar powder
7)Add tamarind
8)Add some sugar
9)Add in salt
10)Cover and pressure cook for 3 whistle
11)Now dal is done
12)Heat oil or ghee in a pan, add mustard, urad dal, cumin, asafoetida, dry red chillies
13)Pour it into the dal mix
14)Add in coriander leaves
15)Mix well
16)Serve
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