A flavorful lentil soup that makes idli/ dosa to get soaked well and fulfill your tastebuds! Idli sambar is a recipe usually served with idli and also with dosa. Very popular recipe of entire South India. This can be prepared with or without sambar gun powder. Today I am going to share the sambar recipe without gun powder.
It's a soup of yellow lentils with vegetables. Such an awesome combination with idli, dosa and medhu vadai (savoury doughnuts). My mom's preparation once in a week because I really had wanted her to make on Saturdays as I got time to eat the breakfast till lunch time!lol
Recipe:
- Prep time - 20 mins
- Cooking time - 30 mins
- Serves - 3
Ingredients:
To pressure cook:
- Yellow lentils ( Thuvaram paruppu) - 60 gms
- Ground turmeric - a pinch
- Onion - 1 medium ( sliced)
- Tomato - 1 medium (cut into big pieces)
- Potato - 1 medium ( cut into two)
- Green chillies - 1
- Asafoetida - a pinch
- Chilli powder - 1/2 teaspoon
- Garlic - 5 cloves, peeled
For sauteing in pan:
- Eggplant - 1 medium (finely diced)
- Onion - 1 medium ( finely chopped)
- Tomato - 1 large ( diced)
- Green chilli- 1 or 2 ( sliced)
- Salt to taste
For tempering:
- Oil - 1 tablespoon
- Mustard - 1/2 teaspoon
- Dry Red chilli - 1 torn, crosswise
- Split black gram - 1/2 teaspoon
- Curry leaves - 1 sprig
- Cilantro - finely chopped, for garnishing
Method:
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| Pressure cooked lentil mixture |
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| Sauteing the onions |
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| Sauteing along with other vegetables |
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| Sambar is about to get boiled |
- Pressure cook the ingredients stated above. ( 3 to 4 whistles over medium/ low heat)
- Once the pressure is released, take out the potato pieces and peel it and mash it slightly with hands. Also mash the remaining in the pressure cooker coarsely with a masher.
- In a pan, pour some oil ( 1 tablespoon) and put the torn chillies, mustard, black gram, onion and green chillies.
- Saute well. Add tomatoes, eggplant and saute for few more minutes.
- Add the mashed up lentils mixture and enough salt. Close the pan leaving a little opened space so that boiling lentil soup won't raise up.
- Boil for 10 mins over medium/ low heat. Put the slightly mashed potatoes into the boiling sambar. Boil it for another 2 to 3 mins. Garnish it.
- Serve hot with idli!..ta da.. Along with sambar and coconut chutney, breakfast makes your day!
Note: You can also add the sambar gun powder to this boiling lentil soup which is prepared by dry roasting coriander seeds, dry red chillies, split chickpeas. In some areas, they also add coconut and tamarind juice to this sambar. I personally like squeezing lime (1/2) into this soup by reducing the quantity of tomatoes and that gives a nice lemony taste.
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