Name: Sambar Vada recipe by Nirupama Mohanty at BetterButter
Prep time: 240 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 270 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Ingredients for sambar ..........; 1 cup toor dal; 1/2 cup chopped pumpkin; 1 to 2 ladies finger or okara ( cut into pieces ); 2 tsp chopped onion; Few curry leaves; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp tamarind paste; 3 tsp sambar powder; 1/2 tsp oil for tempering; Ingredients for vada .........; 2 cup Urad dal; 1 large size chopped onion; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp chopped green chillies; Oil for frying

Ingredients Serving: 4

Ingredients for sambar ..........
1 cup toor dal
1/2 cup chopped pumpkin
1 to 2 ladies finger or okara ( cut into pieces )
2 tsp chopped onion
Few curry leaves
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp tamarind paste
3 tsp sambar powder
1/2 tsp oil for tempering
Ingredients for vada .........
2 cup Urad dal
1 large size chopped onion
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp chopped green chillies
oil for frying

Instructions

Preparation of Vada .........
Sock urad dal for 3 to 4 hours and wash well and make paste
Now take a mixing bowl pour batter and add chopped onion , chopped curry leaves , cumin seeds , salt , chopped ginger , chopped green chillies , 2 tsp hot oil and mix well
Now heat a deep pan add enough oil and make small ball and flatten them and make a hole in middle portion and deep fry both the sides till golden brown in slow medium flame
Repeat similar process and make all the vadas and keep aside
Now preparation of sambar..........
Wash toor dal well in water and boil with adding salt and turmeric powder till it half cook
When dal becomes half cook add drumsticks and pumpkin and boil for 5 minutes
Now add ladies finger and boil till cook
Now heat a pan add oil , add mustard seeds , curry leaves and saute until spouted
Now add chopped onion and saute until golden brown
Now pour prepared curry and mix well and add tamarind paste , samber powder and mix well and cover a lid for 5 minutes
Now dip prepared vadas in sambar for 10 to 15 minutes
Now serve hot and enjoy

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