Hotel Sambar Recipe | Tiffin Sambar

       Sambar a traditional south Indian dish served with idli,dosa,pongal,vadai for breakfast. Sambar is nothing but a soup prepared with pressure cooked and mashed dal, with or without vegetables along with onions,tomato and masala powder.This soup can vary in spice from freshly ground masala paste,specially ground masala powder, sambar powder or only with green chilies.This recipe is with fresh ground masala powder ,its thick and is tasty when you eat it along with idli,dosa and a drizzle of gingelly oil on top of them ..hmm

     I cook sambar for breakfast quite often because i don't make it for lunch.After seeing this recipe in a cookbook i immediately tried it and it was super hit.I make mini idli while doing this especially and add some ghee on top and relish the deliciousness.Now i am doing it quite often.
      If you have the powder prepared before then you can finish it off before you could think off.

Step by step picture recipe for making tiffin sambar:

• Soak toor dal for 15 min.Chop  onion,tomato,drumstick,carrot,brinjal.Add chopped vegetables to soaked dal and pressure cook it along with turmeric for 3 whistles.Prepare powder by roasting the ingredients .fine powder is fine too.

• Soak tamarind and extract the juice from it.
• Mash the dal and vegetables if you wish.Heat oil in kadai and add temperings.Add temperings to dal.Finally add prepared idli powder along with required salt.Let it boil for sometime.Check the salt and spice if not enough ,add more.

• sambar ready to relish.

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                        How to make tiffin sambar recipe  

 Cuisine: Indian   Category:Sides Prep time:20 minutes  Cook time:20 minutes  Total Time:40 minutes

Ingredients:

• podi-1 tsp.
• toor dal -1/4 cup.
• turmeric powder.
• hing
• 1 carrot.
• 1 brinjal/egg plant.
• 1 drumstick.
• 1 onion.
• 1 tomato.
• 1 small gooseberry size tamarind.

Podi:

• 2 red chili.
• 1 tsp coriander seeds.
• 1 tsp chana dal.
• 1 tsp raw rice.
• 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds.
• 1/4 tsp jeera/cumin.

To Temper:

• 1/4 tsp mustard seeds.
• 1/4 tsp cumin/jeera.
• 1/4 tsp urad dal.
• few curry leaves.
• 1 -2 red chili(optional).

Method:

• Soak toor dal for 15 min.
• Chop  onion,tomato,drumstick,carrot,brinjal.
• Add chopped vegetables to soaked dal and pressure cook it along with turmeric for 3 whistles.
• Soak tamarind and extract the juice from it.
• Prepare powder by roasting the ingredients .fine powder is fine too.
• Mash the dal and vegetables if you wish.Heat oil in kadai and add temperings.Add temperings to dal.
• Finally add prepared idli powder along with required salt.Let it boil for sometime.
• Check the salt and spice, if not enough add more.
• Hotel sambar is ready to be served.Serve hot with idli,dosa,vada or pongal.

Tips:

• You can pressure cook the dal separate and later saute veggies.
• Adjust the salt and spice depending on your taste buds.
• Vegetables good for this sambar carrots,beans,potato,drumstick,brinjal,bell pepper etc.