Friday, March 7, 2008

Hotel Sambar


Hotel Sambar

Tamilnadu is known for different kinds of sambar. Hotel sambar, kumbakonam sambar, brahmin sambar etc,. Some go well with rice and some with tiffin items.

Recipe:

1/2 cup toor dal, 1 cup of small onions/shallots, green chillies, 2 tbsps roasted grated coconut, 2 tbps sambar pwd, 2 tsp tamarind paste or 1/2 cup tamarind water, curry leaves.

Cook 1/2 cup tur dal till done & mash well.Grind together 2 tbps sambar pwd, 2 tbsps roasted grated coconut & few curry leaves to a smooth paste. Heat tamarind water with salt and turmeric. Add sambar onions, 2 green chillies, & few curry leaves. Cook till the onions are soft and raw smell goes off. Add the mashed dal & the ground paste & a little more water if required & bring to boil. Heat 1 tsp oil in a kadai & season with 1/2 tsp each of mustard and urad dal & a sprig of curry leaves and garnish the sambar with it.

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