Idli Sambar (Potato Sambar)

Sambar... our kitchen is empty without cooking sambar at least once or twice in a month. Sambar is a vegetable stew cooked with dal and tamarind water which is popular in south india and towards north side of Kerala. Sambar is a staple curry towards south india as like rice.

The below sambar recipe is the one cooked by my mom and grandmom. This is one of the easiest way to cook sambar at home. This recipe is mainly prepared for Idli, Dosa and rice in our house. I am very happy to share my moms special sambar recipe to all. So, here you go my friends the delicious and easiest sambar recipe. Enjoyeeeeee….

Ingredients:

Tur dal - 1 cup

Onions - 1 medium (chopped)

Green chillies - 3 nos (slit into half)

Garlic - 3 pods (chopped)

Ginger - small piece(chopped)

Tomato - 1 nos (chopped)

Potatoes - 2 nos (cut to cube pieces)

Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp

Red chillie powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Curry leaves - 1 string

Water - 1 ½ cup

Tamarind water - ½ cup (valan puli)

Sambar powder - 3 tbsp

Mustard seeds- ½ tsp

Hing - a pinch

Curry leaves - 1 string (for tempering)

Dry red chillies - 3 nos

Oil - 2 tbsp

Preparation:

- In a cooker, add dal, onions, green chillies, garlic, ginger, tomatoes, potatoes, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, curry leaves, salt, water and let cook for 2 whistles and let cool.

- Once the dal is cooked, add tamarind water, curry leaves and let boil for few minutes.

- Add the sambar powder and let boil for a minute or two. Once done, switch off flame.

- In a kadai, heat oil splutter mustard seeds, hing, dry red chillies and curry leaves.

- Pour the temper to the dal.

- Easy idli sambar/potato sambar is ready to serve.

Note:

- Any vegetables can be added to the sambar for taste. I added potatoes and green beans.

- Tamarind water can be added according to taste.