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    Coconut Sambar Recipe

    Published: Aug 17, 2015 | Last Updated On: Aug 7, 2022 by Aarthi

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    Coconut Sambar Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is a delicious and tasty variation of the South Indian Sambar made with various mix vegetables and roasted coconut.

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    Coconut Sambar

    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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    Ingredients for Coconut Sambar

    • Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu - ½ cup washed
    • Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - ½ tsp
    • Water - 1.5 cup


    For Seasoning:

    • Oil - 1 tbsp
    • 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 tbsp or to taste
    • Salt to taste
    • Sugar or Jaggery - 1 tsp
    • Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 2 tbsp
    • Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
    • Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
    • Coconut - ½ cup grated and ground with water
    • Coriander leaves a handful chopped
    • Water as needed
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    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

    How to Make Coconut Sambar

    1. Cook dal with turmeric and water till done. Mash well and set aside.
    2. Heat oil in a pan, add all seasoning ingredients and let them sizzle.
    3. Add in onions, chillies and tomatoes mix well.
    4. Now add in all the veggies and toss well. Sprinkle little salt and sugar. Mix well.
    5. Add in the spice powders and mix well.
    6. Pour in water, tamarind water and mix well. Cook till the veggies are done.
    7. Add in dal and coconut mix. Mix well and simmer for few more mins.
    8. Add in coriander leaves and mix well
    9. serve.
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    Coconut Sambar Recipe

    Coconut Sambar Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is a delicious and tasty variation of the South Indian Sambar made with various mix vegetables and roasted coconut.
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 55 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 89kcal

    Ingredients

    • ½ cup washed Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu
    • ½ tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
    • 1.5 cup Water
    • For Seasoning:
    • 1 tbsp Oil
    • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
    • 1 tsp Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu
    • 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
    • Curry leaves a sprig
    • ½ tsp Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi
    • For Sambar:
    • 1 large sliced or 10 peeled Onions or Shallots
    • 2 slit Green Chillies
    • 1 large Tomatoes chopped
    • 1 peeled and cubed Potato
    • 1 Carrot chopped
    • 6 Beans chopped
    • 1 small Cucumber chopped
    • 5 Ladies Finger / Okra chopped
    • 2 tbsp or to taste Tamarind Pulp
    • Salt to taste
    • 1 tsp Sugar or Jaggery
    • 2 tbsp Coriander Powder / Malli Podi
    • 2 tsp Chilli Powder
    • 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
    • ½ cup grated Coconut and ground with water
    • Coriander leaves a handful chopped
    • Water as needed

    Instructions

    • 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.
    • Now 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.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 89kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 36mg | Potassium: 319mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 2909IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1mg
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    Coconut Sambar Recipe Step by Step

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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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      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.

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      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...

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