Mixed vegetable sambar

South Indian recipe

All time favourite recipe, we can do this recipe when we have left over vegetables, which tastes very flavourful and tasty. The flavour of all the vegetables itself will make sambar very tasty

Adding lentils toor dal /tur dal or thuvaram parupu will make the sambar very healthy because it contain protein.

Ingredients

Oil -2 tbsp
Mustard -1 tspn
Cumin -2 tspn
Turmeric powder 1/4 tspn
Tamarind - small lemon size
Chilli powder -2 tspn
Shallot -7
Coconut -1/2 cup
Toor dal -1/2 cup
Salt as required
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves

Vegetables

Onion, tomato, brinjal, drumstick, carrot and beans.

Instructions

Place a kadai on stove, add all the vegetables, add water then add masalas like chilli powder, turmeric powder and add required salt for the vegetables, bring it to boil. Let the vegetables cook well.

How to make dal

Take a pressure cooker and add dal and water, cover the lid and cook till 4 whistles

How to make coconut paste

Take a jar and add coconut,cumin,shallot and grind it well. You can also add water and make a fine paste but I'm not going to add water, I'm just going to make a coarse paste

Now soak tamarind and give a good mix with your hand,add this tamarind water to sambar, then goes in the dal and coconut paste, now bring it to boil until the raw smell of cumin disappear.

Add oil in another small pan then add mustard, finely chopped onion and curry leaves, turn off the flame when the colour of the onion and curry leaves changes.

Add this to sambar and turn off the flame. add finely chopped coriander leaves, it gives a good flavour to the sambar