Mixed Vegetable Traditional Sambar

Mixed vegetable sambar is delicious indian recipe served as a curries for plain white rice... An easy and quick method to make sambar using some vegetables like brinjal, radish, drumstick, raw mango, tomatoes etc..It is quite popular among indians and for those who wonder what it is? 

  

Sambar is most favourful dish which plays a important role in indian menu especially for south indians, my Amma prepared this recipe in my home and it is very aromatic because of the freshly masala, coconut and my sister really enjoy this recipe with rice..

Can you belive that i still have quite a few sambar recipe to be posted here, Like udupi sambar, kalyana sambar, idly sambar and so on.. So keep checking my blog for those.. And let me know if give this a try...

Preparation time : 20 mins
Cooking time : 1/2 hour
Serve - 4 to 5
Cusine - Indian

INGREDIENTS :

Boiled toor dal - 1 cup

Tamarind - a small lemon size

Turmeric - 1 pinch

Coriander leaves - few

Grated coconut - 1/2 cup

Salt as needed

Coconut oil - 2 tsp

VEGETABLES :

Brinjal - 4

Radish - 2

Drumstricks - 1

Tomato - 2 

green chillies - 5 

Raw mango - 5 to 6 pieces

FOR GRINDING : 

Dry red chilli - 8

Cumin seeds - 1/2 spn 

Garlic - 1 (big clove)

Shallots - 8

FOR TEMPERING :

Mustard - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Shallots / small onions - 3  (chopped)

Curry leaves - few

METHOD :

• Grind the onion/ shallots into fine paste, and then in a blender add chilli, cumin, garlic and grind into fine paste.
• Soak tamarind in 1/4 cup of water and extract pulp.
• Wash well all the veggies and cut it into pieces..
• Heat coconut oil and add in chopped tomatoes and sliced green chillies..
• Add in onion / shallots paste, water and all veggies, allow to cook for 5 mins..
• When it bring to boil add in turmeric powder and mix well. 
• Close the lid and allow to cook for 10 mins..
• In a bowl add in grinded masala, salt, boiled dal, tamarind extract and mix well. 
• Pour it into the boiled vegetables allow to boil for 5 min till raw smell is gone..
• Now add in grated coconut and chopped coriander leaves and mix well.
• Then made tempering by heating coconut oil and crackling mustard seeds, urad dal, chopped onions and curry leaves.
• Pour this over the sambar and mix well.
• Leave the pan covered till serving. 
• Serve with hot plain white rice...

PICTORIAL :

Cut all veggies

Add shallots to blender

Grind it

Add in coconut oil

Add in tomatoes and chillies

Add in grind onion

Add in some water

All vegetables

Some turmeric powder

Mix well

Covered it with lid

Allow to cook for 5 mins

Grind the masala to a smooth paste

Add masala to the bowl

Salt

Boiled dal

Then add in tamarind extract

Mix well

Pour it

Mix well

Allow to cook for 10 mins

Add in grated coconut 

Now chopped coriander

Heat oil in pan and add in mustard, urad dal

Then add in onion and curry leaves 

Then pour it into the sambar

Mix well

Now its ready

Enjoy..