Hi everyone!!!
Sambar is a delicious thick lentil soup that is nutritious and healthy. Vegetables like drumsticks, tomatoes are used along with fresh spice powder. It can be served with rice idli, vada, dosa etc.
ingredients:
- 12 to 15 shallots (or small onions) or 1 medium onion sliced.
- 1 to 2 vegetable drumsticks
- 2 to 3 Ladies finger
- 3 to 5 Beans
- 1 medium size carrot 🥕
- 1 medium-sized cucumber🥒
- 1 green chili slit
- 1 medium tomato chopped🍅
- ¾ cup Toor dal
- 2 tbsp tamarind paste
- ¼ cup Coriander leaves – chopped
- salt as needed
- 1/8 tsp turmeric

tempering or tadka for sambar recipe
- 2 tsp ghee
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- ½ tsp cumin
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- 1 Pinch fenugreek seeds
- 2 pinches asafoetida or hing
- 1 dry Red chili broken
preparation:
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Pour 2 cups water & pressure cook the toor dal on a medium heat for 2 to 4 whistles.
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Wash and Chop all the veggies to 2 inch pieces.
3. Saute all the veggies in a tsp of oil or ghee until the flavor comes – for 3 to 5 mins. If using brinjal then saute it first for 3 to 4 mins to bring out flavor.
4.Pour 2 cups of water to a pot,and Cook the vegetables on a medium flame until soft.
5.Add water in a separate bowl & soak tamarind in it.
6.When the pressure goes off, mash the dal to smooth.
7.When the vegetables are completely cooked, add sambhar powder, turmeric & salt. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
8.Pour the tamarind pulp, filter if you desire.
Tempering sambar:
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Meanwhile, heat another pan with ghee.
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Add mustard & cumin.When they begin to sizzle, add curry leaves, dry red chili. When the leaves turn crisp, off the heat add hing.
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Quickly pour this seasoning to the sambar. Stir well. Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes for the sambar to become flavorful.

Happy cooking with liba👩🍳
I had never heard of vegetable drumsticks. Had to google that one!
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Sure👍🏻
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That’s Indians secret 😉
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Wow, Looks delicious! Thank you for sharing this recipe 😊
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You’re welcome 🥰
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😊
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The sound is good
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Thank you dear😍
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Hmm … smells good 🙃
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Tastes too good😍
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It looks so yummy and exotic! ❤
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Thanks dear😍
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Sambhar is my favorite, your look authentic traditional one!
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Looks yummy! I can hardly wait to try this recipe. ❤
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Oh I love lenntil dishes. This looks delicious 💖
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superb :)) Keep Glittering
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Thanks dear
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Ummmm…delicious!
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Aha drumstick sambar…yummy…
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Thank you😊
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Perfect! Absolutely spot on!
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Thanks dear😍
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Healthy too.
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This looks yummy but tell me, what are vegetable drumsticks?
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Looks delicious.
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Looks so tasty! Thank you!
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