Tomato sambar

TOMATO SAMBAR

INGREDIENTS

Tomato – 3
Moong dal – ¼ cup
Oil – ½ tbsp
Onion – 1 chopped
Green chilli – 2
Sambar pwdr – 1 ½ or 2 tbsp [ depending on how strong you want the flavour to be ]
Turmeric pwdr – ½ tsp
Curry leaves – few
Mustard seeds – 1tsp
Fenugreek seeds – ¼ tsp
Jaggery – 1 tsp
Freshly grated coconut – 1 or 2 tbsp
Coriander leaves chopped for garnish
Salt to taste
Ghee – 1 tsp [ optional ]

PREPARATION

METHOD

Heat oil in a pan ,add mustard seeds + fenugreek seeds and allow it to crackle.[ fenugreek seeds should not burn ]

Add onion + green chilli + curry leaves and fry till translucent .

Add the cooked dal + 1 ½ cup or 2 cup water + sambar pwdr + jaggery and mix well . [ water as per the consistency you want – it thickens on cooling ]

Adjust salt .

Allow to simmer on low flame for 2 minutes.

Drizzle the ghee and mix .

Add coconut + coriander leaves mix well and off the flame .

A great combo for rice and South Indian breakfasts.

NOTES

While adding sambar pwdr ,see that there are no lumps as we are adding pwdr in the water or mix sambar pwdr in little water and add .
Use freshly made sambar pwdr for more flavoure . Refer here for recipe – Sambar made with freshly grounded masala
We can use tuvar dal or masoor dal instead of moong dal – no need to roast.
You can add other cooked veges also .
I have used shallots instead of big onion .
Adding little coconut oil while frying the onions enhances the flavour..

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