Sambar / Arachu Vitta Sambar

Sambar / Arachu vitta Sambar …

Serves:  4

*Tur dal  : 1/2 cup

 Mix Veg chopped :  1 cup

Arachu vitta Sambar Powder : 2 tbsp

Sambar Powder : 2 tsp

Salt to taste

Tamarind Paste : 4 tsp

Jaggery or sugar  : ½ tsp

Mustard seeds :  1/4 tsp

Hing :  1/4 tsp

Fenugreek seeds : a pinch 

Curry leaves : 2 arc

Coriander leaves : 1 tbsp 

Water : 3 cup

Oil  : 1 tsp

        Soak Tur dal for minimum half an hour. Cook for 2 whistles  in a pressure pan.  

In 2 ltr cooker heat oil &  temper mustard seeds. When it starts popping, add a pinch of fenugreek seeds, Hing.  Stir for 15 secs.  

Add tamarind paste ( or tamarind extract), salt, chopped veggies,  sambar power, freshly ground sambar  powder ( if using), curry leaves, sugar & mix everything nicely. 

       Close the lid & cook for a whistle. 

Mash the cooked dal. 

Open the cooker & add smashed dal  in sambar & cook for a nice boil. Can adjust the water consistency if needed. 

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. 

Kadhamba Sambar Rice:   If you are preparing sambar rice directly,  add 1 cup of raw rice along with tempering and other ingredients like tamaring paste etc and cook in the pressure cooker and follow the rest of the steps as usual. 

        

Note:  For mix veg , you can use any veggies like Potato, Ash gourd, Pumpkin, Drumstick, Carrot, etc.
If you are using Brinjal, Ladies finger, Onion, Shallots, etc... stir fry them before using them.

  Can also be made using single veggie.  


NOTE :   

Use 4 tsp of readymade sambar powder if you don't have freshly ground sambar powder.

If you don't have tamarind paste, soak 4 tsp of tamarind in 3 cups of water. Soak for half an hour & use the extract.