Hotel Sambar

 

Serving: 4 |Type: Side Dish for Tiffin

Ingredients:

 

Thoor Dhal(cooked) -½cup(mashed)
White Pumpkin -1cup(cut)
Green Chili -1(slit)
Onion(chopped) -¼cup
Tomato(Diced) -1
Tamarind -marble size
Sambar powder -1tsp
Turmeric -¼tsp
Salt -to taste
Coriander leaves -few

 

Seasoning:

Oil -2tsp
Mustard -½tsp
Urad Dhal -½tsp
Cumin -¼tsp
Fenugreek Seeds -¼tsp
Asafotida -¼tsp
Red Chili -1
Curry Leaves -few

 

 

Roast And Grind:

Coriander seeds -2tbsp
Red Chili -5
Fenugreek seeds -¼tsp
Grated Coconut -3tbsp
Onion -½ cup
Tomato -1
Fried chana Dhal -1tbsp

Method:

  1. Cook the thoor dhal with water and keep it aside.
  2. Cut the pumpkin about 1 inch length and keep it aside.
  3. Take a pan heat with oil add coriander seeds, red chili and fenugreek seed fry until it get aroma then take out, then add onion sauté 1 minute and take out, then add tomato sauté for 1 minute then take out, then grind with coconut and fried chana dhal(pottukadalai)and keep it aside.
  4. Soak the tamarind with ½ cup of water and squeeze out the pulp and keep it aside.
  5. Take a heavy bottom vessel heat with oil add seasoning  fry without burning.
  6. Now add onion and green chili sauté for 1 minute then add tomato , little salt and turmeric sauté until tomato get mash.
  7. Then add pumpkin, carrot sauté for 1 or 2 minute , add sambar powder , tamarind pulp, remaining salt and 2 cups of water.
  8. Cover with lid cook it on medium flame until carrot and pumpkin get soft.
  9. Then add mashed thoor dhal  and ground paste cook it for 3 to 4 minutes then turn off the stove.
  10. Add 1 or 2tbsp jaggery or sugar.
  11. Garnish with coriander leaves.
  12. Serve with idly, dosa and medu vada.

Note:

  1. You can add any vegetables.
  2. You can make with small onion.

 

 

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