Andhra Style Vegetable Sāmbhar

Apr 21, 2014

Andhra Style Vegetable Sāmbhar

Though I already posted few Sāmbhar recipes, I want to post one more Sāmbhar recipe. This recipe is Andhra style. Andhra Sāmbhar is a very popular recipe. South Indian meal is incomplete without Sāmbhar! So go and try and enjoy!

Ingredients

Tovar Dhal 1 cup

Water 2 cups

Tamarind small lemon size

Turmeric Powder ½ tsp

Red chili powder 1 tbsp.

Sāmbhar powder 1 ½ tbsp..

Asafetida powder ½ tsp.

Coconut oil/ghee 1 tsp.

Sugar 1/4 tsp.

Salt to taste

Vegetables

Brinjals 2 no

Tomatoes 2 no

Carrot ½ no.

Green Capsicum 1 no

Green Chilies 2 no (silted)

Curry leaves 2 strings

For Tempering:

Oil 1 TSP

Mustard seeds 1 Tsp.

Cumin seeds ¼ tsp.

Red Chilies 2 no

Curry leaves few.

Method:

Soak the tamarind in hot water and extract the juice and keep aside.
Wash and cut the vegetables in lengthwise and keep aside.
Fry the Tovar dhal in dry pan till brown color.
Soak the dhal in pressure cooker for 15 minutes by 2 cups of water.
Add sliced green chilies, chopped 1 tomato, turmeric powder, chili powder and 1 tsp of ghee and cook until 3 whistles.
After 3 whistles, open the cooker lid and mash the dhal and keep aside.
Cook the vegetables in 2 cups of water by adding salt and turmeric powder. Cook it simmer at 10 minutes.
When vegetables are half cooked, add the vegetables to the dhal mixture add 1 to 2 cups of water and add required salt and 1 tsp of chili powder into it.
Now add the extracted tamarind juice into it.
Add sambhar powder and a ¼ tsp of sugar into it and mix it well.
Cook it on simmer for 10 minutes.
Heat a oil in a pan, crackle the mustard seed, after that add all seasonings fry it.
Add this fried tempering into the cooking sambar.
Now Sāmbhar is ready to serve.
Serve hot with steamy rice, idlis and dosas.