MUNAKKADA SAMBAR/DRUMSTICK SAMBAR RECIPE

Sambar is most popular dish in south India. Without sambar our south Indian meal is incomplete. This is the main dish served in Hindu weddings. It tastes so good with hot rice.

       As south Indian meal is incomplete without sambar my blog is also incomplete without this yummy sambar. I'm going to share more versions in sambar. But today I'm sharing simple and tasty sambar recipe.

I have you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

Ingredients :

Toor dal/Kandi pappu/pigeon peas : 1/2 cup/100 grams

Drumsticks : 3

Large sliced tomatoes : 2

Large sliced onions : 1

Shallots : 10 to 15

Chilly powder : 1 tea spoon

Coriander powder : 1 tea spoon

Turmeric powder : 1/2 tea spoon

Tamarind : 25 grams (soak and take juice)

curry leaves : 2 strings

Coriander leaves : 1/2 cup

Mustard seeds/aavaalu : 1 tea spoon

Jeera/jeelakara/cumin seeds : 1/2 tea spoon

Fenugreek seeds/mentulu : 1/2 tea spoon

Dried red chillies : 2

Sambar masala powder : 1 table spoon

Oil : 2 table spoons

Hing/inguva/ asafoetida : 1/4 tea spoon

Green chillies : 2

Salt to taste

Method :

First wash and cook dal until it gets soft then mash it with spatula

Now heat heavy bottom pan add oil then add mustard seeds let them splutter.

Now add dried chillies,Fenugreek seeds,cumin seeds 

Now add onions saute for 2 minutes then add curry leaves and shallots saute for a while

Now add tomatoes and cook until they gets soft

Now add drumstick pieces saute for 2 to 3 minutes

Now add coriander,chilly and turmeric powders and Hing saute for few seconds

Now pour 500 ml of water cook for 5 minutes by covering the lid

Now add cooked dal and tamarind juice and green chillies stir it well and cook on medium flame for 10 minutes (add more water if required)

Now add sambar powder and stir it without lumps and cook on low flame for 5 minutes

Finally add coriander leaves and serve.

Cook dal first

Heat oil add mustard seeds

Add cumin seeds,fenugreek seeds and dried chillies

Add onions

Curry leaves saute it

Add shallots saute for  while

Add tomatoes cook well

Add drumsticks saute for few minutes

Add coriander,chilly and turmeric powder

Add hing saute for a while

Pour water 

Cook it

Add cooked dal

Tamarind juice

Add green chillies

Cook on medium flame

Add sambar powder

Stir it and cook on low flame

Finally add coriander leaves

Remove from fire

Serve hot!!!!