ONION SAMBHAR
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 2cup | 15minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 15minutes |
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Ingredients
- 3tsp Channa dal
- 3tsp Coriander Seeds
- 3 ChillyRed
- 1/2tsp black pepper
- 1/2tsp Cumin / Jeera
- 3tsps coconut(GRATED)
- 20 Shallots
- Tamarind gooseberrya sized ball
- 1/2tsp mustard
- 1/2tsp Fenugreek / Methi
- 2 red chilli
- 1/2cup Tur DalCooked
- to taste salt
- a few curry leaves
- a few coriander leaves
Instructions
- Soak tamarind in water.
- In a heavy bottomed vessel add oil ,mustard ,red chilli, fenugreek seeds and asafoetida.
- Once mustard crackles add shallots and fry till pink.
- Add salt and sambhar powder.
- Add tamarind extract and boil till onions are cooked.
- Wait till raw smell goes away.
- In a pan add the ingredients given in the to roast and grind table except grated coconut and fry till golden brown.
- Dry roast now grated coconut.
- Put both of these in a blender.
- Blend coarsely.
- Add this powder to the boiling sambhar mixture.
- Wait till raw smell goes away.
- Keep cooked tur dal ready.
- Add this to the sambhar.
- Boil till flavours get amalgamated.
- Wait till the mixture thickens.
- Garnish with curry and coriander leaves.
- Onion Sambhar is ready.Serve with hot steaming rice and any curry.
Recipe Notes
Notes
- Always use fresh shallots.
- Ensure that the shallots are fried in oil before adding tamarind extract.Frying the onios gives a nice aroma.
- You can skip roast and grind powder and make sambhar plain too.