Vengaya Sambar Recipe

Onion Sambar Recipe (Vengaya Sambar)

Oh my love for sambar never leaves me, i can never stop making different sambar each day. Sambar takes place in our menu atleast twice a week.  I have quite a collection of sambar recipes in this blog too, check all of them out..This is another sambar recipe in my collection too and it was one of my favorite apart from potato sambar, oh ya i haven't posted that yet. Will share it soon. This sambar has tons of onions flavour and specially the aroma of sambar onion is amazing..Love it to the core.

Ingredients for Onion Sambar (Vengaya Sambar Recipe)

• Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu - ½ cup
• Onion - 1 large sliced
• Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1tsp
• Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
• Dry Red Chilli - 2
• Curry Leaves - 1 sprig
• Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - ¼ tsp
• Shallots / Sambar Onion - 10 peeled
• Green Chilli - 2 pricked
• Homemade Tamarind Pulp - 2 tbsp
• Homemade Sambar Powder - 3 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Sugar - 1.5 tsp
• Coriander leaves a handful chopped

How to Make Onion Sambar Recipe (Vengaya Sambar Recipe)

1. Take yellow moongdal in a sauce pan. Add in sliced onions, water, turmeric powder and cook for 15 to 20 mins till it is completely cooked.
2. Now heat oil in a kadai. Add in mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoatida, dry red chilli and curry leaves. Let them sizzle for a min.
3. Add in shallots and green chilli, saute until golden.
4. Now add in tamarind pulp and water.
5. Add in sambar powder, salt and sugar. Mix well. Let it come to a boil.
6. Now add in cooked dal and mix well. Simmer for 10 to 15 mins till nice aroma comes from it.
7. Add in coriander leaves and mix well.
8. Serve.

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Onion Sambar Recipe | Vengaya Sambar Recipe

Onion Sambar Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is famous among most of the South Indian houses and restaurants. It is a simple and delicious dish that is made authentic with a homemade sambar powder.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 45 minutes mins

Total Time 55 minutes mins

Course Side dishes

Cuisine Indian

Servings 4 servings

Calories 169 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ½ cup Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu
• 1 large Onion sliced
• 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
• 2 tablespoon Oil
• 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
• 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
• 2 Dry Red Chilli
• 1 sprig Curry Leaves
• ¼ teaspoon Asafoetida
• 10 peeled Shallots / Sambar Onion
• 2 pricked Green Chilli
• 2 tablespoon Tamarind Pulp
• 3 tablespoon Homemade Sambar Powder
• Salt to taste
• 1.5 teaspoon Sugar
• Coriander leaves a handful chopped

Instructions

 

• Take yellow moongdal in a sauce pan. Add in sliced onions, water, turmeric powder and cook for 15 to 20 mins till it is completely cooked.
• Now heat oil in a kadai. Add in mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoatida, dry red chilli and curry leaves. Let them sizzle for a min.
• Add in shallots and green chilli, saute untill golden.
• Now add in tamarind pulp and water.
• Add in sambar powder, salt and sugar. Mix well. Let it come to a boil.
• Now add in cooked dal and mix well. Simmer for 10 to 15 mins till nice aroma comes from it.
• Add in coriander leaves and mix well.
• Serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingsCalories: 169kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 7gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.03gSodium: 10mgPotassium: 81mgFiber: 3gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 271IUVitamin C: 32mgCalcium: 18mgIron: 1mg

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Onion Sambar Recipe Step by Step

Take dal in a pan