kerala sambar (with homemade sambar powder/naadan sambar
This traditional Kerala sambar is made with homemade Sambar powder and tastes better than ever!!
Cooking Time
30min
Prep Time
10 min
Serves
6
Categories
Curry
Cooking tools used
Slow Cooker
clay cooking pot
Cuisines
Indian - Kerala
Ingredients
Main Section
Toor Dal
1/4
cup
Soaked for half an hour
tamarind pulp
1/2
cup
coconut oil
4
tbsp
mustard seeds
1
tsp
curry leaves
1
handful
dry red chillies
2
unit/count
Vegetables
Drumsticks (vegetable)
4
unit/count
4 pieces of drumsticks
yam
1/2
cup
Cut in small pieces
potato
1/2
cup
Cut in small pieces
Ash Gourd
1/2
cup
carrot
1/2
cup
Cut in small pieces
yellow pumpkin
1/2
cup
raw banana
1/2
cup
green chillies
1
tbsp
Finely chopped
onions
1
unit/count
One medium sized onion
tomatoes
1
unit/count
Medium sized tomatoes
Sambar powder
coriander seeds
1/2
cup
mustard seeds
2
tsp
cumin seeds
1
tsp
fenugreek seeds
1/2
tsp
Toor Dal
2
tbsp
Chana dal
2
tbsp
curry leaves
1
handful
black peppercorns
2
tsp
dry red chillies
1
handful
turmeric
2
tsp
Coconut mix
coconut (grated)
1
cup
fennel seeds
1
tsp
turmeric
1/2
tsp
Shallots
2
unit/count
curry leaves
1/2
handful
Step 1
Cook the soaked toor dal in a vessel on medium flame adding enough water.
Step 2
then add all the vegetables in the vegetable section into it.adjust the salt and add 1 tspn turmeric powder.close it with a lid and cook until the vegetables are 75% cooked.
Step 3
now add tamarind pulp into and mix well.
Step 4
for making sambar powder,
Take a pan on low flame,add Corrionder seeds,mustard seeds,cumin seeds,fenugreek seeds into it,dry roast it and transfer it to a mixer grinder after allowing it to cool.
Then add all the other ingredients in the sambar powder ingredients section into the pan and dry roast it on low flame.allow it to cool and transfer it to same mixer grinder.grind it into a fine powder.
Sambar powder is ready
Step 5
add the sambar powder into the cooking vegetables and mix well.
Step 6
for coconut mix,
In a mixer grinder add all the ingredients in the coconut mix ingredients section and grind it well adding enough water.
Transfer this coconut mix into the cooking vegetables.
Step 7
cook it for five more minutes and turn off the flame.
Step 8
Finally the seasoning,
For that,on another pan on medium flame,add coconut oil.when it is hot,add mustard seeds,curry leaves and dry chillies to it and transfer that immediately to the sambar.
Step 9
Kerala traditional sambar is ready!!
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