Traditional Sambar Recipe
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Dassana's Veg Recipes · by Dassana Amit★ 4.9 (125)

Traditional Sambar Recipe

NUTRITION · PER SERVING45M COOK
CAL 15%·PRO 21%
CARBS 48G65% OF CAL
12G FIBER13G SUGAR23G OTHER
FAT 8G24% OF CAL
1G SAT7G UNSAT

BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV

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

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Nutrition & ingredients

Ingredients

serves 4
  • 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)
PREP
15M
SODIUM
357MG
ESTIMATE
COMPLETE

Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.