Spring Onion Leaves along with its stalks and bulbs are cooked in sambar making the sambar so unique and flavorful. Relish this Spring Onion Leaves Sambar with hot steaming rice. Learn here how to make this sambar with step by step instructions and pictures.
Most of us regularly make Kadamba Sambar regularly. One of my close friend tried making sambar using spring onions and she shared this wonderful recipe with me. Like baby onion Sambar, Spring Onion sambar is too delicious. The spring onions add a very nice flavour to the sambar especially garnishing this yummy sambar with spring onion leaves makes this whole dish scrumptious. Mix this yummy Spring onion Sambar with hot steaming rice along with a spoon of ghee and enjoy your meal. Any stir-fried vegetables goes well with this yummy sambar. I dedicate this wonderful post to my friend Dr.Aparna.
Spring Onion Sambar Recipe | Vengaya Thal Sambar Recipe
Course: Kuzhambu
Cuisine: Indian Recipes, South Indian Recipes, Tamil Nadu Recipes
Equipments Needed
Sauce Pan
Prep Time: 10minutes
Cook Time: 30minutes
Total Time: 40minutes
Servings: 4people
Calories: 92kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam
Spring Onion Leaves along with its stalks and bulbs are cooked in sambar making the sambar so unique and flavorful. Relish this Spring Onion Leaves Sambar with hot steaming rice. Learn here how to make this sambar with step by step instructions and pictures.
Wash the spring onions roots to remove any sand particles. Remove the spring onion bulbs and keep it aside. Chop the stem about one inch length.
Finely chop the spring onion leaves and keep it aside as we are going to use them for garnishing. Now we have onion bulbs with little stems which we are going to add it to the sambar.
Pressure cook the thurdal and mash it and keep it aside.
Heat a pan and add oil. When the oil is hot add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add hing and curry leaves and saute them for a minute. Now add the chopped spring onion bulbs along with their stem and fry them for a minute.
Add water to soak the onions along with turmeric powder and cook the onions and the stem. Usually it get cooked within 5 minutes. When the onions are half-cooked, add tamarind extract and boil for 5 minutes. Then add sambar powder and salt and keep in medium flame and boil the sambar to get rid of the raw smell of tamarind and sambar powder.
Then add mashed dal to the sambar and stir well. Adjust the water level to get sambar consistency and finally garnish with spring onion leaves and remove from flame.
The delicious Spring Onion Sambar is now ready to serve!
Nutritional Info
Nutrition Facts
Spring Onion Sambar Recipe | Vengaya Thal Sambar Recipe
Amount Per Serving (0.5 Cup)
Calories 92Calories from Fat 18
% Daily Value*
Fat 2g3%
Carbohydrates 15g5%
Protein 4g8%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Instructions with Step by Step Pictures:
Soak the tamarind in water and extract the juice
Wash the spring onions roots to remove any sand particles. Remove the spring onion bulbs and keep it aside. Chop the stem about one inch length.
Finely chop the spring onion leaves and keep it aside as we are going to use them for garnishing. Now we have onion bulbs with little stems which we are going to add it to the sambar
Pressure cook the thurdal and mash it and keep it aside
Heat a pan and add oil. When the oil is hot add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add hing and curry leaves and saute them for a minute. Now add the chopped spring onion bulbs along with their stem and fry them for a minute.
Add water to soak the onions along with turmeric powder and cook the onions and the stem. Usually it get cooked within 5 minutes. When the onions are half-cooked, add tamarind extract and boil for 5 minutes. Then add sambar powder and salt and keep in medium flame and boil the sambar to get rid of the raw smell of tamarind and sambar powder.
Then add mashed dal to the sambar and stir well. Adjust the water level to get sambar consistency and finally garnish with spring onion leaves and remove from flame
The delicious Spring Onion Sambar is now ready to serve!
Hello Maam, spring onion sambar, i have heard of it first time, decided to try it, turned out delicious. Thanks for the simple yet best sambar recipe!!
Very tasty sambar with unique flavor…thanks for the recipe. Its a regular in our household now!!
Mami your recipes are awesome. Can you pls give me the recipes for making sambar podi and idli molagai podi?
Hello Saibala, Thanks for your comments. Please see the below links for sambar podi and idli molagai podi. https://www.subbuskitchen.com/2009/01/s.html#.VIQRBTGUeiM
https://www.subbuskitchen.com/2009/08/idly-mulaga-podi-chutney-powder.html
Hello Maam, spring onion sambar, i have heard of it first time, decided to try it, turned out delicious. Thanks for the simple yet best sambar recipe!!
Thank You. Glad to hear.
Hi Sowmya
We tried this today and are happy to have a new delicious variant of sambhar. Everybody enjoyed it
So glad to hear! Thank you!