TIFFIN SAMBHAR
Servings Prep Time
2cup 10minutes
Cook Time
20minutes
Servings Prep Time
2cup 10minutes
Cook Time
20minutes
Ingredients
  • 1/2cup toor dal–
  • 1/4cup moong dal–
  • 1/4tsp turmericPowder-
  • 2cups Water dalfor cooking –
  • 1 1/2cups Water tamarindfor adding to extract-
  • Tamarind gooseberry-a shaped ball
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 potato
  • 1 tomato
  • 1/2tsp jaggeryPowdered
  • to taste salt
TO ROAST AND GRIND
  • 4tsps Coriander Seeds
  • 3 red chilli
  • 2tsps Channa Dal / Bengal Gram Dal
  • 1/2tsp pepper
  • 1/2tsp Jeera / Cumin
FOR TEMPERING
  • 1/2tsp mustard
  • 1/2tsp Methi / Fenugreek Seeds
  • 1/4tsp asafoetida
  • 1 green chilli
  • 1sprig curry leaves
  • a few coriander leaves
Instructions
  1. Dry roast the ingredients given in the to roast and grind table.Allow it to cool.
  2. Place it in a blender.
  3. Grind coaresly.
  4. Soak tamarind in hot water.
  5. Chop the veggies in cubes.Peel sambhar onions.
  6. In a heavy bottomed pan add the ingredients given in the to temper table.
  7. Once the mustard has crackled add onions and chopped tomato.
  8. Once the onion is pink and tomato half cooked add chopped carrot and potato.
  9. Add tamarind extract and sambhar powder.
  10. Allow it to boil for some time.Add salt and once the veggies are cooked.
  11. Add freshly ground masala.
  12. Cook tur and moong dal in water with turmeric powder till mushy.
  13. Add it to the sambhar.
  14. After the dal is completely mixed add powdered jaggery.
  15. Wait till the sambhar bubbles away.
  16. Garnish with curry and coriander leaves.
  17. Tiffin Sambhar is ready to be served with Idli,Dosa,Pongal or Vada.
Recipe Notes

Notes

  • You can use beans,yellow pumpkin or radish too along with these veggies.
  • I have added sambhar powder also alog with roasted and ground powder,but if you want less spicy avoid adding sambhar powder.
  • Adding jaggery enhances the taste of the sambhar.