Onion Sambar Recipe with step by step pictures. This vengaya sambar 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.
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)
- 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 until 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.
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Onion Sambar Recipe | Vengaya Sambar Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu
- 1 large Onion sliced
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 2 Dry Red Chilli
- 1 sprig Curry Leaves
- ¼ tsp Asafoetida
- 10 peeled Shallots / Sambar Onion
- 2 pricked Green Chilli
- 2 tbsp Tamarind Pulp
- 3 tbsp Homemade Sambar Powder
- Salt to taste
- 1.5 tsp 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.
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Onion Sambar Recipe Step by Step
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| Take dal in a pan |
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| Add in water |
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| Add in sliced onions |
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| sprinkle in some turmeric powder |
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| Cover and simmer |
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| Cook till dal is done and completely mushy |
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| Now heat oil in a kadai |
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| Add in mustard, cumin, chilli, asaofetida and curry leaves |
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| Once it sizzle, add in shallots |
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| Green chilli |
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| saute well |
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| Once it is golden |
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| Add in tamarind pulp mixed with water |
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| Mix well |
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| Add in sambar powder |
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| salt and sugar |
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| Bring it to a boil |
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| Add in cooked dal |
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| mix well |
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| boil it and simmer |
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| add in coriander leaves |
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| mix well |
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| serve |
nayana
My favorite , sambhar looks so yummy
morri
I don't like sambar very much, so I always add a lot of stuffs into it. Brinjals, veggies, potatoes, anything goes. When I saw your onion sambar recipe, I thought I absolutely had to try this. Now it's probably my favourite sambar ever.
Anonymous
Tried it today, came out very nice. Thanks for sharing:)
pf
Hi Aarthi, tried this sambar today for dosa,its tastey...good recipe,