How To Prepare Sambar For Tiffin

The sambar is all famous from South India and it is part of traditional too. Here we are going to prepare a different sambar with brinjal and potato. It taste awesome with dosai and idly, so try doing this tiffin sambar at home and share your comments about this recipe.

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Ingredients For Sambar:

• Brinjal – 5 no’s
• Potatoes – 2 no’s
• Shallots – 10 no’s / Onion – 1 no. large chopped
• Tomatoes – 2 no’s chopped
• Green Chilli – 1 no.
• Garlic pods – 10 no’s
• Turmeric powder – ½ tbsp
• Chilli powder – 1 ½ tbsp
• Chopped coriander leaves
• Salt to taste
• Water

For Tempering:

• Oil- 2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
• Red Chilli – 2 no’s
• Asafoetida powder – ½ tsp
• Some curry leaves

To Grind:

• Grated Coconut – 3 tbsp
• Bengal gram – 1 ½ tbsp
• Fennel seeds – ½ tsp

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Preparation:

• Take a pressure cooker, add some roughly chopped brinjal and potatoes.
• Add some chopped large onion, tomatoes, green chilli and garlic pods into it.
• Now sprinkle some chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt to enhance the taste.
• Drizzle little oil, pour enough water into it and close the pressure cooker, leave them to cook.
• It should be cook for about 2 to 3 whistle and then turn off the stove.

To Grind:

• Meanwhile we will grind few ingredients in a mixture jar such as some freshly grated coconut, fennel seeds and bengal gram in it.
• Pour little water in it and grind them to a smooth paste consistency. Keep them aside.

For Tempering:

• Take a kadai, pour some oil, once the oil gets heated add some mustard seeds.
• Once mustard seeds begin to crack, add cumin seeds, asafoetida powder and some fresh curry in it.
• Now open the pressure cooker and smash them completely with a smasher, until the potatoes and brinjal smashes well. Turn on the stove and place the cooker in it.
• Add the grinded pasted coconut with bengal gram and fennel seeds in it.
• Stir them for a while and leave them for about 10 minutes.
• Put the tempered ingredients in it and mix everything well.
• Finally garnish with some fresh coriander leaves and turn off them.
• Now serve the hot and tasty sambar with dosai, idly, etc.