Name: Traditional Sambar Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon tamarind; ⅓ cup hot water; ½ cup tur dal (or arhar dal (pigeon pea lentils) - 100 grams); ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder ((ground turmeric)); 1.5 to 1.75 cups water (or add as required); 1 to 1.5 cups chopped vegetables (like okra, french beans, potatoes, small round brinjals, pumpkin); 1 to 2 drumsticks (- scraped and chopped in 3 to 4 inches sticks. ); 6 to 7 pearl onions ((sambar onions) or 1 small to medium onion, thickly sliced); 1 tomato (- small to medium, quartered or diced); ½ teaspoon kashmiri chilli powder (- optional); salt (as required); 1.5 to 2 cups water (or add as required); 1 to 1.5 tablespoons sambar powder; 2 tablespoons sesame oil ((gingelly oil), can also use coconut oil or sunflower oil or ghee); ½ teaspoon mustard seeds; 1 to 2 dry red chillies (- halved and seeds removed); 10 to 12 curry leaves; 2 pinch asafoetida ((hing)); 5 to 6 fenugreek seeds ((methi seeds) - optional); 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves ((cilantro) - optional)

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Traditional Sambar Recipe

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 45m total

Servings

Calories

15% of a 2,000 cal day

291KCAL

Protein

10g20% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat8g

10%

Saturated1g

Unsaturated7g

—

Total Carbs48g

17%

Fiber11g

40%

Total Sugars14g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch23g

—

Sodium337mg

15%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A fragrant South Indian lentil stew with toor dal, tamarind, and vegetables, seasoned with sambar masala and tempered spices. Served with rice or dosa.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

1 tbsptamarind
⅓ cuphot water
100 gtur dal (arhar dal/pigeon pea lentils) — split, ½ cup
¼ tspturmeric powder (ground turmeric)
1½–1¾ cupswater
1–1½ cupschopped vegetables
1–2drumsticks — scraped, chopped into 3 to 4-inch sticks
6–7pearl onions (sambar onions) — or small to medium onion
1tomato — small to medium, quartered or diced
½ tspkashmiri chilli powder — optional
salt — as needed
1½–2 cupswater
1–1½ tbspsambar powder
2 tbspsesame oil (gingelly oil) — or coconut oil or sunflower oil or ghee
½ tspmustard seeds
1–2dry red chillies — dried, halved, seeds removed
10–12curry leaves
2 pinchasafoetida (hing)
5–6fenugreek seeds (methi seeds) — optional
1 tbspchopped coriander leaves (cilantro) — optional

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Method

45m total

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