Drumstick Sambar
Most Popular and a typical South Indian Sambar prepared with Drumsticks and Shallots.
Servings 5 People
Calories 167kcal
Ingredients
For Pressure cooking Dal
- ¾ Cup Toor Dal
- 2 cups Water
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon Oil
For Sambar
- ½ Cup Shallots / Sambar Onions , roughly sliced
- 250 grams Drumsticks
- 1 no Tomato large , finely chopped
- 2 no Green Chillies
- ¼ teaspoon Asafoetida
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 2 tablespoon Sambar Powder
- ½ Cup Tamarind juice Extract from 1 tablespoon Tamarind
- ½ tablespoon Oil
- ½ teaspoon Mustard seeds
- 2 sprigs Curry leaves
- 1 ½ teaspoon Salt or as required
- ¼ teaspoon Methi Seeds
- ½ teaspoon Jaggery
- 1.5 - 2 Cup Water or as required to adjust the consistency
For Tempering
- 1 tablespoon Clarified Butter / Ghee
- ½ teaspoon Mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon Jeera Seeds ,optional
- 2 Sprigs Curry Leaves
- 1-2 no Dry Red Chilli
- 1 pinch Asafoetida
Instructions
- Rinse and wash ¾ cup toor dal with water twice.
- Add 2 cups of water , ½ teaspoon turmeric powder and ½ teaspoon oil and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
- Allow pressure to settle down on its own, dal should be cooked completely , lightly mash and keep aside.
- Soak 1 gooseberry size tamarind in ½ cup hot water for 15-20 minutes , extract the juice and set aside.
- Whilst ,heat ½ tablespoon of oil in a broad pan or vessel ,add ½ teaspoon mustard seeds , ¼ teaspoon methi seeds allow it to crackle and add 2 sprigs curry leaves .
- Now add ½ cup roughly sliced shallots and fry for 3-4 minutes till shallots looks transparent. If using regular onion , use 1 medium size onion, chopped.
- Add 1 chopped tomato and 2-3 slit green chillies and continue to saute for 2-3 minutes.
- Clean the drumsticks ,trim the edges, remove the fibre and cut into 21/2 -3 inch long . Add drumsticks and saute for 5 minutes.
- Now add ½ teaspoon turmeric powder , ¼ teaspoon asafoetida , 2 tablespoon sambar powder and mix well.
- Now add in ½ cup of extracted tamarind juice and mix well .
- Add salt and bring it to boil.Once it comes to boil , add in cooked dal ,1.5 cups of water and mix well.
- Add ½ teaspoon of jaggery powder and bring it to boil.Turn off the heat and add in fresh chopped coriander leaves .
- In a season pan ,heat 1 tablespoon of Ghee, add ½ teaspoon of mustard seeds , ½ teaspoon jeera seeds , curry leaves ,dry red chilli and pinch of Asafoetida , mix well and pour it over the prepared sambar.
- Serve it hot along with steamed rice ,papad and pickle.
Nutrition
Calories: 167kcal