Last Updated on August 29, 2017
This is a sambar recipe which i make occasionally. It is a kind of different one because of the addition of coconut in this. It taste really really good and this is a kind of thick sambar recipe and goes great with rice, idli, dosa or anything you name it..
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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 40 to 45 mins
Serves : 4
Ingredients:
Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu - ½ cup washed
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - ½ tsp
Water - 1.5 cup
For Seasoning:
Oil - 1 tblspn
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku -1 tsp
Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Curry leaves a sprig
Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - ½ tsp
For Sambar:
Onions or Shallots - 1 large sliced or 10 peeled
Green Chillies - 2 slit
Tomatoes - 1 large chopped
Potato - 1 peeled and cubed
Carrot - 1 chopped
Beans - 6 chopped
Cucumber- 1small chopped
Ladies Finger / Okra - 5 chopped
Tamarind Pulp - 2 tblspn or to taste
Salt to taste
Sugar or Jaggery - 1 tsp
Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 2 tblspn
Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
Coconut - ½ cup grated and ground with water
Coconut - ½ cup grated and ground with water
Coriander leaves a handful chopped
Water as needed
Method:
Cook dal with turmeric and water till done. Mash well and set aside.
Heat oil in a pan, add all seasoning ingredients and let them sizzle.
Add in onions, chillies and tomatoes mix well.
Add in all the veggies and toss well. Sprinkle little salt and sugar. Mix well.
Add in the spice powders and mix well.
Pour in water, tamarind water and mix well. Cook till the veggies are done.
Add in dal and coconut mix. Mix well and simmer for few more mins.
Add in coriander leaves and mix well
serve.
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| I cooked some toor dal, just add little turmeric and cook them |
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| mash well |
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| Take coconut in a blender |
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| puree till smooth, set aside |
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| Heat oil in a pan |
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| add in little mustard, urad dal and cumin seeds |
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| add little asafoetida |
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| add in onions and chillies |
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| saute them well |
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| add in tomatoes |
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| cook that for few mins |
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| add in all the veggies..I added potatoes, ladies finger, carrots, cucumbers and beans |
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| toss well |
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| sprinkle little salt and sugar |
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| mix well |
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| add in spice powders |
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| stir that in |
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| keep cooking for few mins |
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| add in water |
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| mix well |
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| add tamarind water |
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| cover and cook till veggies are done |
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| mix well |
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| add in cooked dal |
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| mix well |
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| simmer for few mins |
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| then add in coconut mix |
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| mix well |
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| simmer for few more mins |
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| add a good handful of chopped coriander leaves and mix well |
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| Serve |
Sivasankar .R
Dear sister,
Whenever we are adding coconut in any food we can't consume it for next day. But how about adding tamarind along with coconut. Can we keep that for 1 or 2 days?
Thanks.
Janaki
I have tried this..it come out very well...I m newly married and I m working...this site helps out me a lot...the picture presentation itself speaks...tnx aarthi...wish u all success...