Vegetable Sambar
Mixed Vegetable Sambar is a popular South Indian lentil stew that we prepare with yellow lentils and mixed veggies, and flavored with spices, tamarind and fresh curry leaves. It is commonly paired with rice, idli and dosa. It is one of those easy recipe you can make on weekdays too.
Ingredients
- ½ cup Toor Dal/ Pigeon pea
- 1 Tomato
- 1 carrot
- 3 Drumsticks vegetables, sliced into 2 inch length
- Few fresh curry leaves
- ½ cup Baby onion
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 1 and ½ tablespoon Sambar powder
- 2 tablespoon Tamarind paste
- Salt to taste
- tablespoon Oil
For Tadka
- 2 Tbsp ghee
- ½ teaspoon Black mustard seeds
- Few dry red chilies
- Few fresh curry leaves
Instructions
- Wash the toor dal and boil the dal with little salt.
- Chop the carrot and tomato into bit chunky bites. Finely chop the garlic, and peel the baby onions.
- While the dal is boiling, start cooking the vegetables In a heavy bottom pan, pour the oil and add the garlic along with curry leaves. Stir it around for a while.
- Add the onion, tomato, drumsticks, carrots and salt. Stir it around.
- Sprinkle the turmeric powder, sambar powder and cook for 5 minutes to soften the vegetables.
- Pour the boiled lentil, and add water to thin out the consistency. Add the tamarind paste and let the sambar simmer for 5 minutes.
- Finally, make the tadka by heating ghee in a pan, add black mustard seeds, dry red chili and curry leaves. Let it sizzle for a few seconds and then pour it on the sambar and stir it around.
- Taste for salt and add more if needed.
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Nutrition
Calories: 99kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 1gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 19mgSodium: 15mgPotassium: 181mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 2806IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 15mgIron: 0.5mg