Tiffin Sambar Recipe | Hotel Style Idli Sambar Recipe
Tiffin Sambar recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is a vegetable stew made with lentils and assorted vegetables. It can be served with South Indian tiffin.
Equipment
Pressure cooker
Cooking pot
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- 1 large Onion peeled and sliced
- 3 no Green chillies slit
- 3 medium Tomatoes chopped
- 2 medium Potato peeled & halved
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder
- ½ cup Toor Dal
- ¼ cup Yellow Moong Dal
- 1½ tablespoon Sambar Powder
- 1½ teaspoon Kashmiri Chilli Powder
- 1 tablespoon Coriander powder
- 1 tablespoon Tamarind Pulp
- 1 tablespoon Jaggery
- Salt to taste
- ¼ cup Coriander leaves
For Tempering
- 3 tablespoon Ghee or Oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- 1 teaspoon Urad Dal
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 2 no Dry Red Chillies
- ½ teaspoon Asafoetida
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
Instructions
- Pressure cook washed Toor Dal, moong dal, potatoes for 3 whistle. Set aside.
- Heat oil in a pot. Add in onions, green chillies and saute for 2 mins.
- Add in tomatoes, turmeric powder and salt and mix well. Cook for 2 to 3 mins.
- Add in the cooked dal along with potatoes. Break the potatoes into small pieces and mix well.
- Mean while mix spice powders with some water to form a slurry. Pour this into the dal and mix well.
- Add in tamarind pulp, salt, jaggery and mix well.Pour more water to adjust the consistency. Mix everything well and bring it to a boil. Cover and simmer for 5 mins.
- Make seasoning. Heat oil or ghee. Add whole spices, asafoetida, dry chillies, curry leaves. Cook for a min. Pour this over the sambar and mix well.
- Add in coriander leaves and mix well.
- Serve.
Video
Notes
- I like to use a mix of toor Dal and yellow moong dal. But you could use just toor Dal for making sambar.
- You could make the Sambar in bulk and store it in fridge for up to a week.
- Make sure you adjust the consistency of the Sambar by adding water because Sambar tends to thicken as it cools down.
- Addition of little ghee enhances the taste.
- Homemade sambar powder adds fresh tasting aroma than store bought. Check my homemade sambar powder recipe
- Be generous with the coriander leaves. it adds fresh aroma to the sambar.
- Don't over cook the dal.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Tiffin Sambar Recipe | Hotel Style Idli Sambar Recipe
Serving Size
1 servings
Amount per Serving
Calories
256
% Daily Value*
Fat
10
g
15
%
Saturated Fat
1
g
6
%
Trans Fat
0.04
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
3
g
Monounsaturated Fat
6
g
Sodium
33
mg
1
%
Potassium
542
mg
15
%
Carbohydrates
35
g
12
%
Fiber
7
g
29
%
Sugar
7
g
8
%
Protein
8
g
16
%
Vitamin A
746
IU
15
%
Vitamin C
32
mg
39
%
Calcium
49
mg
5
%
Iron
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.