About the recipe:
This is a quick and easy sambar recipe prepared using radish. It can be had with rice idly/dosa
Lets us get to know how to prepare this basic sambar recipe with the instant sambar powder
Preparation Time: 15 mins (excluding soaking time)
Cook Time: 15-20 mins
Serves: 3-4
Ingredients needed:
1. Radish:1 big
2. Onion: 1 medium sized
3. Tomato: 1
4. Tamarind: a small lemon size
5. Toor Dal: 1/2 Cup (100 gms)
6. Sambar Powder: 2 spoons
7. Turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp
8. Jaggery: little
9. Cilantro/coriander leaves: a handful
10. water: as required
11. Salt: as required
Seasoning:
1. Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
2. Fenugreek seeds: 1/2 tsp
3. Hing: a pinch
4. Curry leaes: a few
5. Oil: 1 tsp
Preparation:
1. Wash the toor dal and pressure cook it with enough water, a pinch of turmeric and a few drops of oil till soft. Mash it and keep it aside
2. Soak the tamarind in warm water, extract the juice and discard the pulp
3. Slice the onions and tomatoes
4. Peel the skin of the Radish and cut into thin slices
1. In a pan, add oil and add the ingredients mentioned under seasoning section one by one
2. Add the onions, saute them till they are transparent
3. Add the sliced Radish, a pinch of turmeric powder and saute for a few mins
4. Add a cup of water, a tsp of salt and cover it and cook in medium flame till the radish soft
5. When the radish is cooked, add the tamarind extract, sambar powder, sliced tomatoes and required water ( u can also add ht water from the toor dal), and let it boil for 5 to 7 minutes
6. Then add the cooked toor dal, water and salt if required.
7. Finally add little jaggery and simmer it for few more minutes
8. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with hot rice
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Note:
1. You can also add shallots/small onions instead of big onions
2. Also you can substitute the radish with any vegetable of your choice (like potato, ladysfinger, pumpkin etc)
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