Hotel Style Tiffin Sambar | Idli-Dosa Sambar Recipe

Name: Hotel Style Tiffin Sambar | Idli-Dosa Sambar Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Ingredients: ¼ cup Moong dal; 1 gooseberry size Tamarind; 1½ tsp Salt (adjust to your taste); ½ tsp Turmeric Powder; 2 tsp Ghee (for garnishing ); 8-10 nos Shallots / Baby Onions; 1 nos Potato (small size); 5 nos Beans (chopped to 1" size); 1 nos Carrot (chopped to smaller cubes ); 1 tbsp green peas (optional); 1 nos Tomato (roughly chopped); ½ nos onion (finely chopped, for garnishing`); 2 nos Green Chili (slit); 2 tsp Coriander Leaves (finely chopped, for garnishing); 1 tsp Oil; 3 nos Red Chili; 1 tbsp Coriander seeds; 2 tsp Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu); ¼ tsp Peppercorns; ¼ tsp Cumin Seeds; 2 tbsp Grated Coconut; ½ tsp Fenugreek seeds; 1 tbsp Oil; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 1 sprig Curry leaves

Posted on Dec 29th, 2016

by Sowmya Venkatachalam

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4 from 4 votes

Tiffin Sambar for Idli/ Dosa is always a great treat to our taste buds, especially if it has the taste of restaurants. We always love the sambar served with mini idli in restaurants. It's made using moong dal and freshly ground masala. When served hot, it's very tasty and a great accompaiment to Idli / dosa / Pongal.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

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Tiffin Sambar for Idli/ Dosa is always a great treat to our taste buds. We always love the sambar served with mini idli in restaurants. It is a best compliment for any South Indian Breakfast like Idli / Dosa / Upma and Uthappam. Tiffin Sambar is very simple to make and it is healthy too as we are going to add lots of veggies

Why and how the Restaurant style Tiffen Sambar is different ?

The freshly ground coconut-spice paste and the shallots are the main secret which really enhances the flavor and taste of this sambar.
Finally before serving, garnish with fresh finely chopped onions, coriander leaves and also little ghee. The ghee, just before serving, is another secret of getting of Restaurant style Tiffin sambar at home.
For Hotel Style Tiffin Sambar | Idli-Dosa Sambar Recipe, we are using Moong Dal instead of Toor Dal. Usually we make sambar using Toor Dal. For the Sambar that we usually make for breakfast as an accompaniment to Idly/Dosa, we add Moong Dal instead of Toor Dal. It’s mainly for two reasons. One, it gives more quantity and the other reason is that it’s cheaper compared to Toor Dal. You can very much make the same recipe using Toor Dal, if you wish to.

If you like this Hotel style Tiffen Sambar, then you can also try other Sambar recipes as well.

Ratna Cafe Style Sambar | Sambar for Idli, Dosa – Sambar with unique taste, flavor and texture!. Restaurant style sambar at Home.
Udupi Sambar | Udipi Style Sambar Recipe – Udupi Style Sambar is a popular sambar variety with richness of veggies along with a tinge of sweetness. Adding jaggery and cooking in coconut oil is the secret to this yummy sambar.
Tiffin Sambar / Idli Sambar / Payatham Paruppu Sambar – Idli Sambar | MoongDal Sambar is a mixed vegetable moong dal based sambar which is a perfect Side Dish for Idli / Dosa / Upma / Pongal. A perfect side dish for any South Indian Breakfast

Recipe card to make Hotel Style Tiffen Sambar

Method:

Pressure cook the moong dal along with turmeric powder and mash it and keep it aside

Soak the tamarind in water and extract the juice

Heat a pan, add oil and the grinding ingredients excluding cumin seeds and coconut and fry till the dal becomes golden brown color. Remove the fried ingredients and add it to the mixer along with grated coconut and cumin Seeds. Allow it to cool off and then grind it to a nice paste.

Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add curry leaves and fry for 10 seconds. Add Slit Green Chilli and saute for few seconds.