Palakkad Sambar

Introduce

Chef :

Padmapriya Anand

Palakkad Sambar

Does Sambar need an introduction.. seriously

Ingredient

100 g

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Pressure cook the dal with onion and haldi till 1 whistle. Then simmer it for 2 more whistles.

* Step 2

Clean and boil the tamarind in water for 2 minutes. Then squeeze it and remove all the juice.

* Step 3

Add brinjals to the tamarind juice and cook on medium heat. Add salt, jaggery, hing / asafoetida. Grind the tomatoes with the sambar powder.

* Step 4

After cooking the vegetable for 10 minutes, add the tomatoes paste and boil for another 5 minutes.

* Step 5

Mash the Dal with a ladle. Add it to the tamarind vegetable mixture. Boil for another 2 minutes. Check and adjust the salt and chilli powder. Adjust the consistency by adding water as needed.

* Step 6

Add a tadka of mustard seeds, jeera, dry red chilli and methi seeds. I use coconut oil for tadka here. You can use your preferred oil. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and curry leaves. Awesome sambhar is ready.