Sambar Dish – Indian Delicacy

August 20, 2010 3 Comments


Sambar Dish  – Recipe

It is a common preparation in South-India and preferred to eat with cooked-rice at every level of the society. It is eaten with cooked-rice, Idlli and Dosai. It is become a most likable dish all over India too. It is good to serve it hot.

Estimated Time to prepare 0.30 minutes.

Required Ingredient

(can be served for five people sumptuously with boiled-rice or Idli or Dhosai as a meal)

  • Three cups (250 gm) of Arhar-Dhal – Lentil
    (Split without skin – Arhar Dhall in Hindi, Tuvaram Paruppu in Tamil)
  • 50 gm Oil (vegetable Oil)
  • 1 & 1/2 spoon Red Chilli Powder
  • 1 spoonful Coriander Powder (Dhania)
  • 1/4 spoon Turmeric (Haldi)
  • 1/4 spoon Black Pepper Power (Kali Mirch)
  • 1/4 spoon Fenugreek (Methi) seeds
  • One spoon full salt
  • One medium size Onion (Piyaj) sliced thinly
  • Three medium size  Tomato (Tamatar) sliced in to small pieces
  • Two handful of Cut vegetables of any one of your choice – Murungai (Drum-stick(Faliyan) and Brinjal (Baingan))
  • 4 Garlic (Lazen) pieces smashed
  • a Pinch of Asafoetida (eenk) powdered
  • one finger tamarind juice extract – it is OPTIONAL. (it is a preservative to keep the dish for longer hours)

Preparation

  1. Boil three cups of Lentil (Arhar-Dhal) in a pressure-cooker for 05 minutes. Take the boiled Lentil and smash and keep them ready.
  2. In a frying pan pour 50 gm oil and heat the oil in half flame of the stove and spread the oil inside the pan by lightly lifting and tilting the pan in different directions on the stove.
  3. Add 1/4 spoon Fenugreek (Methi) seeds in the oil and fry it till it becomes dark-brown. Bring the flame of the stove into low from the half-flame position.
  4. Add one and half spoon Red-chilly (Lal-Mirch) powder, One spoonful Coriander (Dhania) powder, 1/4 spoon  Aniseed (Somph) powder or full, 1/4 spoon Turmeric (Haldi) and 1/4 spoon Pepper powder (Kali Mirch) in the pan and stir the added content  by the large spoon till you get the smell out-of-the-mix (Masala) -apx. 2 minutes) **Reminder*** make this process in a slow flame ******
  5. Add half of the sliced onion in to the pan and fry it for 3 minutes then add the sliced Tomato in to the pan and stir the mix in the pan for a moment and close the pan with a lid for 5 minutes and BRING THE STOVE TO SLOW FLAME  *** the reason behind closing the pan is to make the Tomato completely smudged in the heat to loose its shape ***
  6. Then add the sliced vegetables turn them with a spoon in the pan, then add 5 cups of water and add the salt stir it well and close the lid covering half of the pan, which will avoid the dish spill over the stove during the process. Increase the flame slightly (less than half to the indication of the stove) Wait for 10 minutes.
  7. Now add the boiled and smashed dhall (Lentil) in to the pan and add the rest of the onion and garlic in the mix. Add water to the needful consistency of the sambar. (the consistency of sambar mix is as such, it could be poured from a spoon). Taste the sambar-dish and check for the sufficiency of salt. Keep the mix in the stove for 5 minutes in half flame then close the stove. Serve it to the taste with Boiled Rice or Iddli or Dosai.

Note:

  • All the preparation shall be done in the Slow-flame of the stove.
  • Any one vegetable shall be added to address/name of the sambar-dish preparation, for example, Murungai-kai Sambar (Drum-stickSambarorSajjan-kiSambarorFaliyan-Sambar),orKajar-ki Sambar(Carrot-Sambar), etc.
      • Warning: Add the Veg. quantity to the need (less is always good – to 02 handful according to this recipe), otherwise this preparation would be tuned into Mix-vegetable (Subzi).

Flavour and Dressing

  • Little  Curry Leaves (Kurry Patha) – 5 to 6 leaf and little thinly chopped Onions shall be fried in one tea-spoonful oil (till the onion become brown/dark-brown) and then pour them into the sambar preparation to add more flavour.
  • Also, Pluck the selected Dhania (Coriander) leaves and spread it on the top of the sambar then stir it to add the taste; do this as an end of the process.

Drum-stick - vegetable - a South-Indian Delicacy.

Comment by the author

When it is eaten with cooked-rice, I prefer and enjoy Egg-omelet as a side dish. Also, Lime-pickle is suitable.

All the best and enjoy sambar-dish. Kindly make your comments.

  • Warning: The recipe to prepare Sambar dish is the own experience of the author of this blog. The author of this blog is not responsible for any liability or claims for any adverse results.

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