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Thalicha Sambar | Milagai Killi Pota Sambar Recipe
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Thalicha Sambar Recipe | Milagai Killi Pota Sambar Recipe

Thalicha Sambar, a quick and easy to make sambar with tempered green chili, red chili for the spice without using sambar powder. The flavor of chillies is the uniqueness of this sambar. Mix with hot steaming rice along with ghee and enjoy this delicious sambar!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Kuzhambu
Cuisine: Indian Recipes, South Indian Recipes, Tamil Brahmin, Tamil Nadu Recipes
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 114kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam

Equipment

  • Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

  • 1 small Lemon Size Tamarind
  • ½ Cup Toor Dal 1 Cup - 250ml
  • 2 Pinch Turmeric Powder
  • 2 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 Pinch Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)
  • Few Curry leaves
  • 1 tablespoon Coriander Leaves
  • 1 Carrot Chopped into big discs
  • 1 Drumstick cut into 2" pieces
  • 1 Potato Cubed
  • 10 Shallots
  • 1 Tomato Roughly chopped

For Tempering

  • 2 tablespoon Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
  • ½ teaspoon Fenugreek seeds
  • 1 tablespoon Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
  • 4 Red Chili tear up chilli
  • 4 Green Chili Slit

Instructions

Cooking Dal

  • Wash and take toor dal in a vessel. Add a pinch of turmeric powder.
  • Add water and pressure cook dal for 4-5 whistles. Once the dal is cooked, mash it well with back of ladle and set aside.

Soaking Tamarind

  • Soak tamarind in warm water for 10 mins. After 10 mins, extract the juice and set aside.

Temepering Process

  • Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and let it sputter. Then add fenugreek seeds, bengal gram and fry till dal turns light brown color.
  • Next, add the red chili, green chili and fry for 10 seconds

Cooking Vegetables

  • Next, add shallots and saute the shallots till translucent.
  • To the pan, add the chopped tomato, drumstick, potato and carrot.
  • Add 1 cup of water along with 1 pinch of turmeric powder. Cook the vegetables till they are soft and tender.
  • Next, to the cooked vegetables, add tamarind juice.
  • Also add asafoetida, salt to the tamarind extract and allow the tamarind juice to boil for 5 mins to get rid off its raw smell.
  • Once the tamarind juice is boiled well, add mashed dal and give a good mix. Adjust the consistency by adding water if needed.
  • Finally garnish with curry leaves and coriander leaves.
  • Relish this delicious Thalicha Sambar with hot steaming rice along with a teaspoon of ghee!

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Nutrition

Serving: 0.5Cup | Calories: 114kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 1g