Hotel Sambar
Important to note that Drumstick is a vegetable. That vegetable is NOT celery….
From my friend A. Subramanian
- 4
- 15 min
- 20 min
Ingredients
For Sambar Powder
- 2 t oil
- 1 T coriander seeds
- 1 T chana dal
- 0.5 t cumin /jeera
- 0.25 t methi / fenugreek seeds
- 0.5 t pepper
- 4 dried kashmiri red chili
- few curry leaves
- 2 T coconut, grated
For Hotel Sambar
- 1 c tamarind extract
- 0.5 t tumeric
- 1 t jaggery
- 2 green chili, slit
- few curry leaves
- 0.5 onion, petals
- 5 beans, chopped
- 1 carrot, chopped
- 2 drumsticks, chopped
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 1 t salt
- 1 c water
- 1.5 c toor dal, cooked
- 2 T coriander, finely chopped
For Tempering
- 2 t oil
- 1 t mustard /rai
- 1 dried kashmiri red chili
- few curry leaves
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- In a kadai take 1 cup tamarind extract, 0.5 tsp turmeric, 1 tsp jaggery, 2 green chilli and few curry leaves.
- also, add vegetables and 1 tsp salt.
- cover and boil for 10 minutes.
- further, add 1 cup water and 1.5 cup toor dal.
- now add 3 tbsp of prepared sambar powder and mix well.
- boil for 2 minutes or till flavours of sambar powder is absorbed completely.
- pour the tempering over sambar.
- also, add 2 tbsp coriander leaves and mix well.
- finally, hotel sambar is ready to serve along with hot steamed rice.
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