Description
Hi all , mostly everyone use sambar powder for making sambar. This is a different style of sambar ..Try it out with out sambar powder and it tastes different. | Ingredients-1 | |
|---|---|
| 250 g | Vendakkai (ladies finger) |
| ¾ cup | Toor dal |
| ¼ tsp | Turmeric powder |
| 1 tsp | Red chilli powder |
| ¼ tsp | Aniseed powder |
| ½ | Pepper & jeera powder |
| 1 tsp | Salt |
| 1 no | Onion medium ( chopped) |
| 1 no | Tomato (big) chopped |
| 2 nos | Green chilli (slit slightly) |
| Ingredients-2 | |
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| 1 tsp | Mustard seeds |
| ½ tsp | Urad dhal |
| 10 nos | Shallots (sambar onions finely chopped) |
| 1 tsp | Red chilli powder |
| Tamarind (berry size) | |
| Curry leaves ( little) | |
| Oil as required |
Instructions
Pressure cook the toor dhal by adding chopped onions, tomato and green chilli, and turmeric. ani seed, pepper and jeera powder.
Cut vendaikkai slightly big size. add 1 tbsp oil in a kadai, saute vendaikkai well and add it to pressure cooked toor dhal .
Add red chilli powder and salt and boil it nicely.
Take a pan, add oil , saute mustard and urad dhal, curry leaves and chopped shallots.
Fry till onion turns golden brown. add red chilli powder given in ing 2 and fry well .
Add the dhal and mix well.
Now add the tamarind extract and mix.
Half close the pan and sim the flame
Allow sambar to slightly cook in sim for 3 min. When it starts boiling. switch off the flame.
Sambar is ready.
Notes
This is a different kind of sambar. This sambar can be prepared with drum stick also. but drum stick has to be cooked separately in pan by adding little water , red chilli powder and salt, we can add mangai also to the drum stick sambar . And then it is added to the dhal and boil. Senai kalangu and kathirikkai will taste yummy in this sambar. try out and enjoy.
Source
MY M I L
Comments
5 responses to “Vendaikkai Sambar (no sambar powder)”
Divya, your recipe idea is good, but potato is focused more. Guess sambar was steaming hot while you took the snap.
thanks mullai will change the pic..thanks
thanks sadhana and priya….
DIVYA MUBARAK
Different sambaar divya..will try thiss soon…:)
Sadhana Raveen
Superb Divya, sambar powder illama wow good one, thanks for sharing..