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Sambar

Sep 1, 2010 35 min
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Sambar
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Preparation Time
30 min to 1 hour
Difficulty
Moderately easy
Occasion
Dinner Party, General, Party
Recipe Type
Breakfast, Lunch
Cuisine
South Indian

Sambar is a vegetable stew or chowder based on a broth made with tamarind and pigeon peas and is very popular in the cooking of southern regions of India, especially in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Each state in South India prepares it with a typical variation, adapted to its taste and environment.

Ingredients

Ingredient Quantity Calories (kcal) Fat (g) Cholesterol (mg)
Toor Dal
Toor Dal
1 cup 8448 0 0
Coconut
Coconut
0.25 cup 70 6.7
Green Bell Pepper
Green Bell Pepper
1 nos 8.32
Onion
Onion
1 nos 28 0.07
Tomato
Tomato
1 nos 14.96
Mustard seed
Mustard seed
1 teaspoon 46.9 0.69
Turmeric Powder
Turmeric Powder
1 teaspoon 2.86
Asafoetida
Asafoetida
1 pinch 2 0.01
Channa Dal
Channa Dal
2 teaspoon 57.6 0.96
Coriander Powder
Coriander Powder
3 teaspoon 17.34 0.15
Turmeric Powder
Turmeric Powder
1 pinch 1
Coriander Leaves
Coriander Leaves
1 few 0.75
Salt
Salt
3 teaspoon 0
Total 8697.73 8.58 0

Preparation Method

  1. 01 Wash toor dal and bOil it with 3 cups of Water.
  2. 02 Fry chana dal, Asafoetida powder, Coriander Seeds and Red Chili for few minutes.
  3. 03 Add Coconut Grated and fry again.
  4. 04 Grind the mixture with sufficient Water.
  5. 05 Heat Oil in a frying pan and fry Green Bell Peppers.
  6. 06 BOil vegetables, Tomatos, Tamarind Paste, Turmeric Powderr and Salt in Water.
  7. 07 Add to it the mixture of third step and cook again for 5 minutes.
  8. 08 Add bOiled dal to it and again bOil it.
  9. 09 Meanwhile fry the Mustard and Onion.
  10. 10 Add the above contents along with Coriander Seedss leaves to the mixture and mix well.
  11. 11 Sambar is ready to serve.

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