9 November, 2016

Quick sambar for idly |lentil less sambar for idly |

Posted in : BREAKFAST RECIPES, Savoury rice cake| Idly| on November 9, 2016 by : Divya Suresh Tags: BREAKFAST, celebrations, coriander leaves, diabetic friendly, healthy, home made, idly sambar, lentil less sambar, nutritious, quick sambar

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I prepare sambar in many ways, now going to share one of those method… this is my own recipe of making sambar but by adding regularly used ingredients for sambar, just the procedure is absolutely mine.

In this recipe I’m not using Lentil or lentil water, its a non lentil sambar recipe or sambar sans any lentil and this is in a way instant and quick.

This recipe is curated for 1 litre water. All the proportions of ingredients are perfect for making sambar by using 1 litre of water.

You can also put small portions of steamed french beans, carrot, Mangalore cucumber/bannada southekayi etc to this sambar there by to make it more fiber rich and also to enhance the over all taste of the sambar

Ingredients :

Onion – 1 big
Tomatoes – 2 big
Tamarind Juice – 1 tbsp (thick)
Jaggery – 1 tbsp
Salt to taste

For roasting and grinding :

Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp
Fenugreek seeds – 1/4 tsp
Black Pepper – 1/4 tsp
Whole red chilli – 6 nos., which gives colour but not hot
Hing – 1/8 tsp

For Tempering :

Ghee – 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves

PROCEDURE :

Chop the onion and tomato
Boil 1 litre water and add 1/2 portion of chopped tomato into it and allow it to boil
Dry roast all the ingredients under the heading ” For roasting & grinding ” , and grind it along with remaining 1/2 portion of chopped tomato, and add it to the bubbling tomato water
Heat ghee in a pan, add mustard seeds, turmeric powder, curry leaves and Chopped Onion and fry until onion turns soft… and add it to the bubbling tomato mixture
Now add salt, tamarind juice and jaggery, boil further for couple of minutes and…
The sambar is ready to serve. Dip the idly in sambar and enjoy hot steaming idly – sambar