Toor Dal Sambar Recipe
This sambaar can be had with plain wihite rice or any pongal varieties.
Ingredients
1/4 cup thoor dal
2 marble sized tamarind
2 pinch turmeric
1/2 chopped onion
1 chopped tomato
2 slit green chillies
1 cup mixed vegetables like carrot, beans and cabbage, drumstick, radish
2 tsp sambaar powder
1 pinch asafoetida or hing
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp urad dal
4 nos curry leaves
4 tsp chopped corrainder leaves
2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp ghee
Directions
* Cook thoor dal with little water and turmeric for 4 whistles in pressure cooker till nicely mashed.
* Soak tamarind in 1/2 cup warm water and take out the water.
* In a pan pour 2 tbsp oil add mustard let it splutter and add urud dal and curry leaves, then add green chillies, onion fry a little.
* Put cut tomato and fry for 2 mins, add the cut vegetables and fry for 2 mins.
* Pour the tamarind water and sambaar powder and asafoetida and boil for 3 mins.
* Add this all to the cooked thoor dal and cook for 1 more whistle.
* Open the cooker after steam goes, and garnish with corrainder leaves and 1 tbsp ghee.
* This sambaar can be had with plain rice or any pongal varieties.
* Soak tamarind in 1/2 cup warm water and take out the water.
* In a pan pour 2 tbsp oil add mustard let it splutter and add urud dal and curry leaves, then add green chillies, onion fry a little.
* Put cut tomato and fry for 2 mins, add the cut vegetables and fry for 2 mins.
* Pour the tamarind water and sambaar powder and asafoetida and boil for 3 mins.
* Add this all to the cooked thoor dal and cook for 1 more whistle.
* Open the cooker after steam goes, and garnish with corrainder leaves and 1 tbsp ghee.
* This sambaar can be had with plain rice or any pongal varieties.
