Drumstick Sambar Recipe with step by step pictures. Drumstick pods helps to build strong bones, it is very good for pregnant women and it helps purifying the blood, improves digestion and protects against infection. Murungakkai Sambar Recipe taste amazing with dosa, idli and rice.
Drumstick Sambar Recipe
Sambar, Delicious Sambar plays an important roll in south indian lunch menu. No festival or marriage function meal is complete without it..That famous sambar has lots of different faces, it can be made a whole lots of way. Each region in south india has its own way of making it.
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About Drumstick Sambar Recipe
Some make sambar with freshly roast spices ground and added to it, some has coconut in their sambar, some has white sambar recipe..I will soon share all those avatar of sambar her in my blog. But i too have posted quite a lot of sambar variation here, you can check out my onion sambar, radish sambar, tiffin sambar(which is quite famous recipe here) and my all time favorite potato sambar. You can even check my vegetable sambar too.
This is a different sambar recipe which is made with drumstick and three different dals. So it is really healthy one..The drumstick added in this gives a very unique taste to the sambar and flavours the sambar a lot. I used my homemade sambar powder for this, that too enhanced the taste a lot. So try this out and let me know how it turned out for you.
Ingredients for Drumstick Sambar Recipe (Murungakkai Sambar Recipe)
- Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu - ¼ cup
- Masoor Dal - ¼ cup
- Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu - ¼ cup
- Shallots / Sambar Onion - 6 to 7 peeled
- Drumstick - 1 large cut into pieces
- Tamarind Pulp - 2 tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Sugar - 1 tsp
- Homemade Sambar Powder - 3 to 4 tbsp
For Seasoning:
- Ghee / Oil - 1 tbsp
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Asafoetida / Kaya Podi / Hing - ¼ tsp
How to Make Drumstick Sambar Recipe (Murungakkai Sambar Recipe)
- Wash all the dals really well. Add it to a pot along with shallots. Cover with water.
- Bring it to boil, cover and simmer for 15 mins till the daln is ¾th cooked.
- Now add in drumstick, salt, sugar, tamarind pulp, sambar powder and mix well.
- Bring this to boil and simmer again for 20 to 25 mins till everything is cooked.
- Now make seasoning by heating ghee and crackling mustard and cumin. Add in asafoetida and mix well.
- Pour this over the sambar and mix well.
- Serve.
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Drumstick Sambar Recipe (Murungakkai Sambar Recipe)
Ingredients
- ¼ cup Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu
- ¼ cup Masoor Dal
- ¼ cup Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu
- 6 to 7 peeled Shallots / Sambar Onion
- 1 large Drumstick cut into pieces
- 2 tbsp Tamarind Pulp
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 3 to 4 tbsp Homemade Sambar Powder
- For Seasoning:
- 1 tbsp Ghee / Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- ¼ tsp Asafoetida / Kaya Podi / Hing
Instructions
- Wash all the dals really well. Add it to a pot along with shallots. Cover with water.
- Bring it to boil, cover and simmer for 15 mins till the daln is ¾th cooked.
- Now add in drumstick, salt, sugar, tamarind pulp, sambar powder and mix well.
- Bring this to boil and simmer again for 20 to 25 mins till everything is cooked.
- Now make seasoning by heating ghee and crackling mustard and cumin. Add in asafoetida and mix well.
- Pour this over the sambar and mix well.
- Serve.
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Drumstick Sambar Recipe Step by Step
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Wash your dals really well |
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| Add it to a pot along with some shallots |
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| cover with water |
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| bring it to boil |
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| cover and simmer... |
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| Now the dals are ¾th cooked |
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| Add in drumstick |
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| some tamarind pulp |
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| salt and sugar |
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| and homemade sambar powder |
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| Bring it to boil |
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| Cover and simmer again |
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| Now the sambar is done |
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| Heat ghee in a pan |
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| Add in mustard and cumin |
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| Add in asafoetida |
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| Pour this over the sambar |
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| Mix well |
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| Serve |
Catherine
Sounds delicious. I love the picture by picture instructions.
Blessings, Catherine
Anonymous
Hey arthi, can you help me with the home made sambar powder please?
Aarthi
@Anonymoushttps://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2014/01/homemade-sambar-powder-sambar-powder.html
ramesh s
Hi arthi, first thank you for wonderful blog. It has step by step procedure with photos.it is very useful to bachelor guys and staying away from family. Keep up the good work.
I made some recipes from your blog. She was so excited and happy about the taste.
Thank you once again
Ramesh S
Suz
Aarthi chechi.. i had visited a number of blogs for ccoking, but each time i tried it never tasted as good as it was mentioned in their blog.. but your recipes what i have tried turned out suuuper. I think that is because you are so sweet that you even share the secret in each recipe.
Thanks a ton chechi for your pictorial recipes <3