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Sambhar ( Thick Lentil Soup with Mixed Veggies )

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Dr.Gurusamy of Gluttony is no Sin got me on his Capsicum Sambhar.Its a typical south indian thick lentil soup and is a delight to have steaming hot sambhar on a cold winter day. Thank you ,Doc,for sharing your recipe.I have added carrots,tomatoes,baby onions and a dash of jaggery in addition to the ingredients provided in Doc’s recipe.Tastes good.

The lentil used is split red gram (called kandi pappu in telugu,tur dal in hindi) and the veggies used are carrot,baby onions,tomato and capsicum.

Ingredients:
1 cup tur dal(split red gram,kandi pappu)-washed and boiled till soft or pressure cooked
1 chopped big tomato
5-6 baby onions (peeled)
1 big capsicum( chopped into 2″ pieces)
1 carrot (chopped into 2″ pieces)
3-4 slit green chillis
2 tsp sambhar pwd(MTR is a good brand)
1 tsp curry masala pwd (2 tbsp corainder seeds,1 tbsp channa dal,6-8 whole dry red chillis,1 tbsp poppy seeds and 2 tbsps coconut scrappings - dry roast and grind to a coarse pwd)-store the left over curry masala pwd
2 tbsp tamarind paste (or big lemon sized tamarind pulp soaked in warm water to remove the extract)
1/2 tsp grated jaggery or sugar(optional and not mentioned in Doc’s recipe)
salt

For tempering/popu/tadka:
1/2 tsp mustard seeds (aavalu,ria)
10 curry leaves
1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds (methi seeds,menthulu)
1/4 tsp asafoetida (inguva,hing)
1 whole dry red chilli (deseed and tear into pieces)

Method:
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wok or cooking dish.Add mustard seeds and let them splutter.
Now add the fenugreek seeds,curry leaves,dry red chilli and asafoetida and fry for 10-15 seconds or till fenugreek seeds brown.Dont burn it.
Now add all the veggies (baby onions,capsicums,carrots and tomatoes)and green chillis and stir fry for 3 minutes.

Now add the pressure cooked tur dal along with 2 cups of water and mix well till it blends with the veggies.Bring it to boil and let it cook for 7-8 minutes.
Now add the tamarind paste along with one cup of water and mix well.Cook till rawness of tamarind disappears.

Add salt, sambhar pwd and curry masala pwd and mix well.Let it cook for 10-12 minutes.
I like to add some jaggery or sugar.But its according to individual taste and optional.
Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and sambhar is ready.

Sambhar can be had as a steaming hot thick soup.Generally served with idlis/dosas/vadas and rice.Tonight we are having sambhar with idlis (steamed rice cakes).

Thank you Doc once again for sharing your recipe..:):)

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By sailu • Nov 27th, 2005 • Category: All Recipes, Dals & Legumes, Soup Recipes, South Indian Recipes, Vegetables, Vegetarian Recipes

9 Responses »

  1. Stephanie on November 28th, 2005 at 2:52 am:

    Oooh…Sailu! That sounds fantastic.

    Ever since we first saw Indira’s blog, Matt and I have talked about getting a pressure cooker. If I’m going to make the dishes on your site, as well as her’s, I’d better hurry up and buy one!

  2. Doc on November 28th, 2005 at 6:50 am:

    Sailu,
    Phew, finally I made it to your blog. It is 6 am on a busy Monday morning and look at me sitting tight on your blog and commenting ;))))

    Thanks for the mention, Sails. Nice to know that you added some jaggery and made yourself yummilicious sambhar;)))

    Sails…I have to tell you something…Just check the links under Indian Food Bloggers on your site….you have linked your site:))))) Wowzy ;))))) j/k

    Ok then bye for now, laters!
    Chou (or is it Ciao;))))
    luv&rgds
    gts

  3. sailu on November 28th, 2005 at 7:15 am:

    Oh yes stephanie..you better get one soon…:):)

  4. sailu on November 28th, 2005 at 8:12 am:

    Your welcome,Doc!

  5. Simmi on June 9th, 2007 at 1:52 am:

    thankz for recepie. seems very tasty.

  6. srinatya on July 19th, 2007 at 9:30 am:

    hi,
    i am natya from moscow(Russia).
    i really liked ur reciepes. Today i have tried sambar. it’s really good.
    thank u for the blog. keep posting more and more reciepes.

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  8. Divya on March 11th, 2008 at 11:58 am:

    Hi Sailu,

    Though sambar is a very basic south indian dish, I somehow never got it right..but i tried ur recipie yesterday and it came out very well..I was reminded of the sambar mom makes :)i have even tried the Vankaya vepudu..it was just too good.. I live in US and i usually call my mom to ask the recipies. Because of the time difference, i used to postpone making some dishes..Buy now i know where exactly to look for authentic andhra dishes :) I’m sure going to spread the word about your site..

    Thank u so much..
    Divya

  9. Lakshmi on July 16th, 2008 at 7:08 am:

    Thanks for the receipe.
    It was simpleand tasted delicious

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