I make this Tiffin sambar especially with Idly and hence the name Idly Sambar or Tiffin Sambar. This sambar goes very well with Idly/Dosa. I use moongdhal (Payathamparuppu/Siruparuppu) for the preparation of this sambar. If you invite somebody for the breakfast/tiffen and you are making idly/dosa, then try Tiffin sambar next time to serve with Idly/dosa and i am sure your guest will like it and no wonder if they ask the recipe for idly sambar.
* The vegetables are choice of yours
For Seasoning:
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| Tiffin Sambar |
| Preparation Time | 10 mins |
| Cooking Time | 20 mins |
| Servings | 4 persons |
Ingredients:
| Moong dal | 1/4 Cup |
| Tamarind | 1 gooseberry size |
| Carrot | 1 |
| Beans | 10 |
| Tomato | 1 |
| Brinjal | 1 |
| Potato | 1 |
| Green Chilli | 1 or 2 (depending on the spice level you want) |
| Salt | To Taste |
| Sambar Powder | 1 tablespoon |
| Coriander Leaves | 1 tablespoon |
* The vegetables are choice of yours
For Seasoning:
| Oil | 1 teaspoon |
| Mustard Seeds | 1 teaspoon |
| Hing | a Pinch |
| Curry Leaves | few |
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| Tiffin Sambar |
Method:
- Soak the tamarind in water for sometime and extract the juice and keep it aside
- Pressure cook the moongDal and mash it and keep it aside
- Finely chop the vegetables and clean it in water. Chop the green chilli vertically and add it to the chopped vegetables. Heat the oil in pan, and add mustard seeds when the oil is hot. Once the mustard seeds begins to sputter add the curry leaves and hing and fry for a minute
- Now add the chopped vegetable along with turmeric and fry for a while. To this add water to cook the vegetables
- When the vegetables are almost cooked, add the tamarind extract and salt and allow the tamarind juice to boil for 5 minutes till the raw smell goes off. Then add the sambar powder. Keep in medium flame
- When the sambar starts to boil and the raw smell of sambar powder goes off, add the smashed Dal and stir well. Add 1/2 Cup of water to make the consistency a little thin. When the sambar starts to boil, garnish with coriander leaves and remove from flame
- The mouth-watering Tiffin Sambar(Gotsu) is ready for serving
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| Tiffin Sambar |
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| Tiffin Sambar |
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