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Sambar is a delicious traditional South Indian dish made with vegetables, dal/lentils and a special spice powder known as sambar powder. South Indian sambar is a delicious lentil and vegetable stew. Curry leaves, whole spices, green chilies and tamarind make this a special vegetarian curry.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have southern indian lentil stew - sambar/kuah dalca using 26 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Southern Indian Lentil Stew - Sambar/Kuah Dalca:
- Make ready [For Lentil Base]
- Prepare 1 cup Yellow Lentils
- Get as needed Water (for boiling)
- Make ready [Sambar Paste]
- Get 5 pc Fresh Red Chillies (deseed, chopped roughly)
- Get 20 g Fresh Turmeric (roughly chopped)
- Make ready 2 Tbsp Coriander Seeds
- Take 2 tsp Cumin Seeds
- Get 1 tsp Fenugreek Seeds
- Take 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- Make ready 1 tsp Black Gram (Urad Dal)
- Take 1 Tbsp Split Chickpea (Chana Dal)
- Prepare 2 Sprigs Curry Leaves
- Take 2 g Asafoetida (optional)
- Get 2 Tbsp Cooking Oil
- Prepare [Stew] - add your own veggies
- Make ready 100 g Carrots (rough dice)
- Make ready 100 g Eggplant (rough slice)
- Make ready 100 g Tomatoes (rough dice)
- Take 2 pc Green Chillies (slit)
- Prepare 2 pc Red Chillies (slit)
- Make ready 30 g Fresh Coriander (rough chop, stem and leaves separated)
- Take as needed Water (for stewing)
- Get 1 Tbsp Palm Sugar
- Make ready 5 pc Tamarind Slice or Juice from 2 Tbsp Tamarind Paste
- Get as needed Salt (by my count, 1 tsp)
Sambar - south Indian lentil stew made with vegetables, lentils and a special blend of spices. It's best enjoyed with rice, idli or dosa. Don't let the list of ingredients intimidate you, it's actually easy to put together! When we eat South Indian food in restaurants.
Instructions to make Southern Indian Lentil Stew - Sambar/Kuah Dalca:
- LENTILS: Add 1 cup of Lentils into a pot with 2 cups of water and bring it to a boil. Add 1 cup of water each time the liquid has evaporated. Stir the bottom occasionally and continue cooking until the Lentils have soften and turn to mush. Once cooked, Turn OFF the heat and let it cool. Once cooled, blend the Lentils with 1 cup of water until smooth and set aside.
- SAMBAR PASTE: heat 2 tbsp of cooking oil in a pan until hot. Add the Coriander Seeds, Cumin Seeds, Fenugreek, Mustard Seeds, Black Gram, Chickpea, Curry Leaves and fry them for 10 seconds. Then add the Chillies and the Turmeric mix well and fry them for 30 seconds. TURN OFF the heat and let it cool. Once cooled, ground the ingredients (in a food processor or mortar pestel) with the Asafoetida and set aside.
- ASSEMBLY: in a large pot, combine all your Vegetables with 4-5 cups of water and bring to a boil. Then add the Sambar Paste and mix well until the Paste dissolves completely. Then add the Tamarind Slice (or Tamarind Juice) and Palm Sugar. Mix well and cook for 5 minutes. After that, add the Lentils, Fresh Coriander Stems, Salt and mix well. Continue to cook until the gravy thickens to your desired consistency. Once cooked, turn off the heat and add the Fresh Coriander Leaves, mix well and serve.
Sambar recipe is easy to make South Indian dish that has hotel Sambar taste. Recipe for Sambar recipe is good with idli,dosa,vada and rice. The key to a good aromatic sambar is 'sambar powder' and the vegetables that go into its making. Sambhar is a spicy, tangy South Indian lentil and vegetable stew served alongside idli, dosa, uttapam & rice. Dal (lentil): Sambar is almost always cooked with toor dal (yellow pigeon pea lentils also known as arhar or tuva dal in Hindi).
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