Sambhar [सांभर]

A southern food, healthy, tasty and spicy !

Ingredients:

• Toor [arhar] ki daal  1/2 cup
• *Carrot  2 piece
• *Greenpeas1/2 cup
• *Drumstick  2
• *Bottle gourd [lauki]  1/4
• *Green beans.   5-6
• *Potato  2 medium
• *Brinjal      1small
• Green chilli     5-6
• *[ Note: 3-4 kinds of seasonal vegetables can be used]
• Onion  2 medium
• Tamarind [imli ka guda]  2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds  1/2 tbsp
• Black gram[urad dal]        1tsp ?
• Bengal gram  [chana dal]      1tsp ?
• Turmeric powder  1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves   5-6 leaves
• Hole red chilli   2-3
• Garam masala  1/2 tsp
• Sambhar masala powder  2tbsp
• Red chilli powder   1/4tsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil  1-2 tbsp

Preparation:

•  Sambhar masala powder : 

Take following spices in a plate-

 Black gram & bengal gram 

 [ Urad &Chana dal].  3-4tbsp
 Coriander   2tbsp
 Cumin seeds.   1tsp
 Black pepper  1tsp

Whole red chilli    5-6 pieces
 Fenugreek seeds 1tsp
     [Methi ke daane] 

     Roast every spice separately and then grind together

• Wash the toor daal,soak in water for ...minjutes,drain water.Keep aside.
• Soak the tamarind in 1 cup of water for 1/2 hour. Once soft,mash tamarind to separate paste from seeds & fibre and get juice.
•  Chop vegetables in small sizes.

Method: 

• Heat 1tsp oil in the cooker, add black gram  & bengal gram.Fry till turned light brown. Add mustard seed turmeric powder chilli powder.
• Add vegetables,drum stick.Cook with lid on.
• When vegetables are cooked,add soaked toor daal in pressure cooker,add 4 cup of fresh water and salt and cook it. Close the flame.When pressure is released,add tamarind juice and sambhar masala powder.
• Boil for 1-2 minutes.
• For seasoning,heat a small steel bowl on medium flame, add 2 tbsp of oil, then add mustard seeds and hole red chilli.When mustard seeds pop up, add curry leaves and at the same time, close flame.
• Add it immediately to sambhar.Mix well. 
•  Sambhar is ready.

 
Serve hot with Idli, Uttapam, plain rice,rice or dosa,vada etc.