Sep 21, 2009
Brahmin Sambar Recipe
Ingredients
Brahmin Sambar Recipe is different to the usual sambar recipe. This sambar is also called Arachuvitta Sambar. This goes very well with rice, idli and dosa (I love it idli and dosa - more than with rice).
1 cups Toor dal (Sambar dal)
Vegetables of your choice (I prefer carrot, okra, drumstick)
1 Onion (very finely cut)
1 teaspoon Sambar powder
1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder
2 pinches Asafeotida
Tamarind (1 small ball size)
1 teaspoon Bengal gram dal / channa dal
2 teaspoons Coriander seeds
1/2 teaspoon Fenugreek seeds
1 to 2 Red chilli
1 cup Grated coconut
8 to 10 Curry leaves
For the seasoning:
1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
Curry leaves 4 to 5
Coriander leaves - a small bunch
Coconut oil – 2 tsp
Brahmin Sambar Recipe - Get Cooking
1. Wash toor dal and pressure cook it adding little turmeric powder and some drops of oil.
2. Soak tamarind in water to make tamarind juice. Pour juice in a pan and boil it. Once it starts boiling, add the vegetables, turmeric powder, asafeotida and salt. Cook it in medium flame.
3. In another pan, add 1 tsp oil add the cut onions and sambar powder and fry it. Once done, add this to the boiling vegetable and tamarind juice.
4. Now, in a small pan, add 1 tsp of oil. Put channa dal, coriander seeds, fenugreek seeds, curry leaves and red chilli. Fry it till golden brown. Grind it into a paste, add coconut and make a fine paste.
5. When the vegetables are cooked add the ground mixture and cooked dal to it.
6. Add salt to taste and boil it again. When bubbles starts to come season with mustard seeds and curry leaves. Garnish it with coriander leaves.
That’s it - Yummy Yummy Sambar all yours now (to be eaten)
If you like this recipe, you might like Viji Varadarajan’s interview here - Brahmin Recipes.
And also here is another favourite of mine Beans Poriyal Recipe.