Tiffin Sambar | Idli Sambar | Moong Dal 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
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 152kcal
Ingredients
- ⅓ Cup Moong Dal
- Tamarind Small Lemon Size
- ½ Onion Preferably Pearl Onions
- 1 Carrot Chopped to smal cubes
- 10 Beans Finely Chopped
- 1 Tomato Roughly Chopped
- 1 Brinjal Chopped to small cubes
- 1 Potato Cubed
- 2 Green Chili Slit
- 1.5 teaspoon Salt As Needed
- 1 tablespoon Sambar Powder
- Coriander Leaves For Garnishing
For Tempering
- 2 teaspoon Oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- a Pinch Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)
- Few Curry Leaves
- ¼ teaspoon Fenugreek Seeds
Instructions
- Soak the tamarind in water for sometime and extract the juice and keep it aside
- Pressure cook the moong Dal and mash it and keep it aside. Chop the vegetables and clean it in water.
- Heat the oil in pan, and add mustard seeds when the oil is hot. Once the mustard seeds begins to sputter add the curry leaves and hing and fry for a minute. Add the green chilies
- First add the onion and fry it in the oil for about one minutes. Add Tomato and fry for another one minute. Now add the chopped vegetable along with turmeric and fry for a while. To this add water to cook the vegetables
- Allow the vegetables to cook for about 5-10 minutes in medium flame. When the vegetables are almost cooked, add the tamarind extract and salt and allow the tamarind juice to boil for 5 minutes till the raw smell goes off.
- Then add the sambar powder. Keep in medium flame and let the mixture cook for about 5 minutes.
- When the raw smell of sambar powder goes off, add the mashed Dal and stir well. Add ½ Cup of water to make the consistency a little thin. When the sambar starts to boil, garnish with coriander leaves and remove from flame
- The mouth-watering Tiffin Sambar(Gotsu) is ready for serving
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Notes
- To increase the taste, let's try to make the fresh sambar masala (instead of sambar powder) - Take 1 teaspoon of Chana dal, 1 tablespoon of Coriander Seeds, 5 to 7 Red Chili, 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds and fry them in a 1 teaspoon oil and fry for a minute. Take them in a mixture, add 1 tablespoon of coconut and grind them into a fine paste and add it to the tamarind juice.
- We can add 1 tablespoon of grated jaggery but its optional.
- Finally add a 1 tablespoon of Ghee to enhance the flavor in the sambar
Nutrition
Serving: 1Cup | Calories: 152kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 1g