Kerala Style Sambar
Kerala Style Sambar

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, kerala style sambar. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Kerala Style Sambar is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Kerala Style Sambar is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook kerala style sambar using 25 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Kerala Style Sambar:
  1. Take 1 small cup toor dal
  2. Take 4 small purple brinjals cut in halves
  3. Prepare 1 small madrasi cucumber peeled and cubed
  4. Get 2-3 Drumbsticks peeled and cut in 3-4" pieces
  5. Take 1 chayote peeled and diced
  6. Get 1 small wedge white pumpkin peeled and cubed
  7. Make ready 1 large onion cut in cubes
  8. Take 2 tomatoes cut in cubes
  9. Get 1 Lemon sized tamarind ball
  10. Take 1-1/4 tsp salt or to taste
  11. Take 1-1/2 cups water or as needed
  12. Get Masala to be roasted:
  13. Make ready 2 tbsp coriander seeds
  14. Prepare 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds
  15. Make ready 1 tsp mustard seeds
  16. Make ready 1/8 tsp hing
  17. Make ready 6 dry red chilies
  18. Take 1/4 cup fresh grated coconut
  19. Get For Tempering—
  20. Prepare 1 tsp mustard seeds
  21. Take 1 big sprig curry leaves
  22. Prepare 2 dry red chilies
  23. Get 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds
  24. Prepare 1/8 tsp hing (asafoedita)
  25. Make ready 2 tbsp olive oil
Steps to make Kerala Style Sambar:
  1. Wash dal and pressure cook till soft. Once pressure is gone, remove container of dal and churn it till it is smooth.
  2. Dry roast all ingredients under Masala except grated coconut till lightly browned. Add 3-4 drops oil and stir. Switch off gas.
  3. Add grated coconut and sauté till it's lightly colored. Cool and grind in mixer/food processor till fine powder is formed.
  4. Soak tamarind in warm water for 5-10 minutes and squeeze out the pulp discarding the pith.
  5. Take a deep pot and add dal to it. Add water according to sambar consistency (not too watery).
  6. Add the roasted masala to the dal and all the vegetables except drumbsticks.
  7. Boil drumbsticks separately.
  8. Bring the dal to a boil. Cover and cook till vegetables are done. Add tamarind pulp and cook for some more time till tamarind flavor is blended in the dal.
  9. Prepare the tempering. In another pan, heat oil. Add mustard seeds, hing, red chilies, and curry leaves. Sauté. Add fenugreek seeds. Stir for few seconds and add the tempering to the dal. Quickly place a lid as soon as the tempering is added to infuse flavors in the dal.
  10. Keep simmering on very low heat for additional 5-10 minutes on low heat. - Serve with idli/dosa/rice.

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