Being from South of India, Sambar is almost a staple for us at home. Though in Andhra sambhar is not supposed to be a native dish. (aveholidayhome.com)

SAMBAR RECIPE

Being from South of India, Sambar is almost a staple for us at home. Though in Andhra sambhar is not supposed to be a native dish. Yet these days it's quite common to hear it being prepared frequently. But when you talk about Tamil Nadu and the way Sambar is made, well it's inevitable that there are many ways to make this simple dish.

Even though I make Sambar almost twice or thrice at times a week, I was still tempted to learn the way this sambar was made by my colleague's mom. They hail from Tirunelveli, and this is the way they make their sambar. I am sure even this might vary from other families from the same city. Tirunelveli is famous for its Tirunelveli Halwa. I was happy knowing another delicacy from the place.

When I finally made it at home, I did forget some and by practice added some. Like my friend said they normally don't add tomatoes. But then I got it confirmed from her mom that tomato can be added. Well it's all what's available at hand finally I guess. Still this had lots of different steps involved. It tasted great with steaming Rice. I took this for my lunch and had fun.

Ingredients:

• 2 cup Sambhar (Tuvar) Dal

• 1/4 kg Vegetables( Drumstick,Green Pepper,Eggplant,Okra)

• 1/4 tsp Fenugreek seeds

• 3 Red chillies

• 3 Green chillies

• 1 tsp Sambhar powder

• Curry leaves

• a pinch Hing

• 1 tsp Salt

• 2 tsp Mustard

• 1/4 tsp Tamarind paste

• 4 tbsp Cooking oil

How to make sambar:

• Wash and dice all the vegetables.

• Boil water and cook the dal with turmeric and salt.

• Separate the cooked dal and water, and keep them aside.

• In thuvar dal water cook the vegetables..

• After the veggies are cooked, add tamarind paste.

• Now add the cooked thuvar dal and simmer for a few more minutes

• Heat some oil in a pan, splutter mustard, then add methi, red chillies, green chillies, 

• curry leaves, hing, turmeric, and sambhar powder and keep frying for a few minutes.

• Season the sambhar with the above prepared tadka.

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