Hotel sambar recipe / Instant sambar recipe
Hotel sambar / Instant Sambar recipe / Tiffin sambar / Pumpkin sambar / idli sambar recipes with detailed step by step photos and videos. Sambar is a part of South Indian meals, made with toor dal, veggies, few spices and herbs. Instant Sambhar is easy to make with minimum ingredients. Pre preparation to make hotel sambar*Wash dal and cubed pumpkin *To a pressure cooker add dal, pumpkin, green chili and required salt then add water and pressure cook for 3 whistles on medium flame *Meanwhile in a pan dry roast coriander, red chili, cumin/jeera and fenugreek /methi seeds till they turn aromatic *Allow it too cool and blend it to slightly coarse powerTo make sambar*Heat oil in a pot and add mustard seeds, cumin and methi seeds allow it to splutter*Add chopped shallots, salt and saute it till it turns soft*Meanwhile open the pressure cooker once the pressure released on its own and mash the dal and pumpkin well*Add mashed dal pumpkin mixture and mix it well*Add ground sambar power and mix it well*Adjust water accordingly*Taste test fot salt allow it boil for 3-4 minutes*Finally add coriander leaves and switch of the flame
Ingredients
To make sambar powder
- 1 tbsp Coriander seeds
- 1 tsp Cumin
- 1/2 tsp Fenugreek / Methi
- 5 nos Dry chili
- 1/2 tsp Hing / Asafeotida
To make Sambar recipe
- 1/2 cup cup Toor dal / pigeon pea
- 1/2 cup Pumpkin
- 4 nos Green chili
- 1 large Tomato
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp Cumin / jeera
- 1/4 tsp Fenugreek / methi seeds
- 1 cup Shallots (small onion)
- 2 sprig Curry Leaves
- 2 tbsp Oil
- Water
- Salt
Instructions
Pre preparation to make hotel sambar
- Wash dal and cubed pumpkin
- To a pressure cooker add dal, pumpkin, green chili
- And required salt, water and pressure cook for 3 whistles on medium flame
- Meanwhile in a pan dry roast coriander, red chili, cumin/jeera and fenugreek /methi seeds till they turn aromatic
- Allow it too cool then add hing / asafeotida and blend it to slightly coarse power
To make hotel sambar
- Heat oil in a pot and add mustard seeds, cumin and methi seeds allow it to splutter and curry leaves
- Add chopped shallots, salt and saute it till it turns soft
- Add ground sambar power and saute it for 2 minutes
- Meanwhile open the pressure cooker once the pressure released on its own and mash the dal and pumpkin well
- Add mashed dal pumpkin mixture and mix it well
- Adjust water accordingly
- Taste test for salt allow it boil for 3-4 minutes
- Finally add coriander leaves and switch of the flame
Notes
Do not skip green chilies in this sambar recipe
You can also add store bought sambar powder to this recipe