Name: Kadhamba sambar recipe by Subashini Krish at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: Tuvar dal 1 cup; Mixed vegetables 2 cups(carrot,beans, shallots,drumstick,capsicum,broad beans,); Tomato 1; Sambar powder 1 tablespoon; Salt accordingly; Turmeric powder 1teaspoon; Tamarind 2 inches; Oil 30 ml; Mustard seeds 1 teaspoon; Fennel seeds 1/4 teaspoon; Fenugreekseeds 1/4 teaspoon; Curry leaves few; Asafoetida 1 /4 teaspoon; Coriander leaves 1 fistful; Grated coconut 1 tablespoon; Red chillies 2

ABOUT Kadhamba sambar RECIPE

This is a special sambar by my grandma. She adds lot of vegetables in sambar and her stepwise slow cooking in an earthern vessel gives an excellent taste and aroma to the dish. In particular the smell of tempering is very appetising

Ingredients Serving: 5

Tuvar dal 1 cup
Mixed vegetables 2 cups(carrot,beans, shallots,drumstick,capsicum,broad beans,)
Tomato 1
Sambar powder 1 tablespoon
Salt accordingly
Turmeric powder 1teaspoon
Tamarind 2 inches
Oil 30 ml
Mustard seeds 1 teaspoon
Fennel seeds 1/4 teaspoon
Fenugreekseeds 1/4 teaspoon
Curry leaves few
Asafoetida 1 /4 teaspoon
Coriander leaves 1 fistful
Grated coconut 1 tablespoon
Red chillies 2

Instructions

SOAK 1 CUP TUVAR DAL
ADD 1 TEASPOON TURMERIC
ADD 1/2 TEASPOON GHEE
PRESSURE COOK FOR 5 WHISTLES
SOAK 2 INCHES TAMARIND
CARROT,BEANS,BROAD BEANS,CAPSICUM,DRUMSTICK, SHALLOTS.(MIXED PARTICLES CALLED KADHAMBAM IN TAMIL)
HEAT AN EARTHERN COOKWARE
ADD 20 ML OIL
ADD CARROTS AND DRUMSTICK FIRST
SAUTE THEM
ADD THE OTHER VEGETABLES EXCEPT CAPSICUM
ADD 1 TABLESPOON SALT
ADD 1 TABLESPOON SAMBAR POWDER
SAUTE WELL AND THEN ADD 2 CUPS OF WATER
DAL IS COOKED WELL
MASH IT WELL WITH A HAND BLENDER
THE VEGETABLES ARE 3/4TH COOKED
ADD THE MASHED DAL
ADD 1 CHOPPED TOMATO
MASH THE SOAKED TAMARIND
TAMARIND WATER IS READY
ADD THE CAPSICUM. IT IS ADDED IN THE LAST TO RETAIN THE CRUNCHINESS
ADD THE TAMARIND WATER
LET IT BOIL FOR 5 MORE MINUTES
FINELY CHOPPED SHALLOTS FENNEL+ FENUGREEK POWDER RED CHILLIES CURRY LEAVES FOR TEMPERING
HEAT OIL IN A TADKA PAN
ADD MUSTARDSEEDS
ADD THE FINELY CHOPPED SHALLOTS
ONCE SHALLOTS TURN BROWN ADD FENNEL+FENUGREEKSEEDS POWDER
ADD CURRY LEAVES
ADD RED CHILLIES
ADD ASAFOETIDA. THIS TEMPERING IS A SPECIAL TOUCH THAT MY GRANDMA TAUGHT ME
ADD THE TEMPERING TO THE SAMBAR
FINELY CHOPPED CORIANDER LEAVES AND GRATED COCONUT FOR GARNISHING
ADD THEM TO THE SAMBAR AND GIVE A STIR
AROMATIC, APPETIZING KADHAMBA SAMBHAR IS READY

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