Sambar
Location: DOHA (DOH)
Soup
Sambar is a South Indian lentil and mixed vegetable stew which is comfort food at its best. This classic dish tastes heavenly - once you taste it, you will crave more. This traditional sambar is healthy, packed with protein, super flavourful and loaded with vegetables, spices and herbs. It is best served with rice, soft idli, plain dosa, crispy medu vada or rice sevai. This is my favourite dish from childhood.
Serving size 4
Difficulty Medium
Cooking Time 60 min
Intensity Medium
Allergens –
Recipe by: SANTOSH NARAYANAN
Ingredients
24
Vegetables — 10 shallots/1 onion, diced — 1 drumstick, chopped — ¼ pumpkin, diced — 1 potato, diced — ½ pepper, chopped — 2 tomatoes — 1 carrot, thinly sliced — 4 ladies' finger, chopped — 1 cup toor dal (yellow lentils) — 1 lump of seedless tamarind — 1 tbsp coconut oil — Salt to taste
Sambar Spices — 4 tsp whole coriander seeds — ½ tsp urad dal — ½ tsp toor dal — 1 dried red chilli — 1 tsp peppercorn — 2 tbsp Kashmiri chilli powder, for colouring — 1 tsp asafoetida — ½ tsp fenugreek seeds — ½ tsp cumin seeds Seasoning — 1 tsp mustard seeds — ½ tsp fenugreek seeds — 1 dried red chilli — 6 curry leaves — Pinch of asafoetida
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