HOW TO MAKE SAMBAR?

HOW TO MAKE SAMBAR?

Sambar and Idli... Everybody like... Now it is accepted all over India. 

Sambar Making

Ingredients & Quantity to make sambar

1. Split Red Gram - 125gm
2. Drum Sticks - 100gm
3. Ladies Fingers - 100 gm
4. Onions - 100gm
5. Tomato - 50 gm
6. Red Chillies - 5gm
7. Coconut Oil - 30gm
8. Coriander Seeds / Powder - 15gm
9. Turmeric powder - a pinch
10. Mustard Seeks - a pinch
11. Cumin - 1/2 tsp
12. Fenugreek - a pinch
13. Tamarind - 15 gm
14. Curry Leaves - a sprig
15. Asafoetida - a pinch
16. Salt - to taste
17. Water - 400 ml.
18. Coconut - 30 gm if needed.

How to prepare Sambar?

1. Wash gram and boil in water with turmeric powder.
2. Wash and cut drumsticks and ladies fingers (both into 1 1/2" length) and slice it.
3. Slice onions and tomatoes separately.
4. When gram is cooked, add vegetables. 
5. Lightly fry in a little oil, coriander seeds, cumin, fenugreek, asafoetida and three-fourths of the red chilies.
6. After a few minutes add grated coconut. Remove from fire when coconut gets browned.
7. Grind spices and coconut to a fine paste.
8. Soak tamarind in hot water and extract juice.
9. When vegetables are cooked, add ground ingredients. Add salt and bring to a boil.
10. Add tamarind juice and simmer for a few minutes. 
11. Remove
12. Heat remaining oil and fry mustard seeds, broken red chili pieces, and curry leaves.
13. When mustard seeds crackle, pour into the sambar.
14. Mix well
15. If kept in a cool place (fridge), it can be used for several days.