Sambar recipe | South Indian easy drumstick sambar with video

Sambar is a lentil based vegetable stew served with plain steamed rice in South India. Usually in any South Indian meal sambar served with rice first followed by rasam and ends with curd. In marriages, you might have seen the full banana leaf served with the variety of delicacies. Sambar holds a major place in any vegetarian feast.

Today I showed you the recipe of drumstick sambar. This is the basic method of making sambar and you can use any kind of sambar vegetable(or mixed vegetables) to make sambar. The main ingredient for making sambar is the coarse spice powder added commonly called as sambar powder. You can make sambar powder in home and store in a jar for months. Also, there are many good brands of sambar powder available in the market.

Few health notes on drumstick:

Drumstick is a very common vegetable you can see in South India which is used in a variety of preparations like sambar, aviyal and many more.

Drumstick has an abundant amount of iron and fiber and considered very good for health.

This vegetable reduces blood sugar, purifies the blood, and enhances gall bladder function and many other.

Drumstick is considered to be healthy for pregnant women because it is loaded with B complex vitamin such as niacin, folic acid etc.

You may like similar Dal recipe and Paruppu rasam recipe.

Sambar recipe | South Indian easy drumstick sambar with video

Sangskitchen

Sambar is a lentil based vegetable stew served with plain steamed rice in South India and prepared by boiling vegetable with spices, tamarind, and cooked toor dal.

No ratings yet

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine Indian

Servings 6

Calories 100 kcal

Ingredients

  

1x2x3x

Ingredients:

• 2 drumsticks
• 6 shallots or small onion
• Few curry leaves
• 1 tomato
• 1/2 lemon size tamarind
• 2 tsp sambar powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 cup cooked tur dal
• 2 cups water
• 1 tsp crystal salt or salt as required

To temper

• 1 tbsp oil
• 1/2 tsp mustard
• 1/2 tsp jeera
• 1 tsp Methi /fenugreek seeds
• 1/4 tsp hing

Instructions

 

Preparation:

• Soak toor Dal for 30 minutes and pressure cook softly for 3 to 4 whistles. Mash and keep it aside.
• Wash and cut drumstick into 2-inch pieces.
• Soak tamarind in warm water for 10 minutes and extract one cup of tamarind water.
• Chop shallots or big onion.

Recipe:

• Heat oil in a big kadai; add the seasoning one by one.
• Let the mustard and jeera seeds splutter. Fry methi/fenugreek seeds to golden brown color.
• Sprinkle asafoetida, chopped onions, crushed garlic, and curry leaves.
• When onions turn to transparent state add chopped tomato and cook until soft.
• Add turmeric powder and sambar powder and mix well.
• Add chopped drumstick pieces, sauté with spices for two minutes.
• Pour a cup of water and cook the vegetable for ten minutes.
• When drumsticks are fully cooked add tamarind extract and salt.
• Close with a lid for two minutes, and then add mashed toor dal.
• Adjust the consistency of the sambar by adding required water. Sambar should have a thin consistency.
• Close with lid again and cook for 5 more minutes.
• Finally, add hing for extra flavor, garnish with coriander leaves.

Video

Notes

Tips: 1. Cook toor dal nicely and mash fully. 2. Use one big onion if you don't have small onions. But sambar tastes great with small onions. You can use small onions without chopping like restaurant sambar. since my kids don't like that way I chop them usually. 3. Always add Tamarind extract after the vegetable cooked fully. 4. This basic recipe is the same and you can use any sambar vegetable to make this sambar.

Nutrition

Calories: 100kcal

Keyword murungai sambar, sambar, southindian sambar

Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

Preparation:

• Soak toor Dal for 30 minutes and pressure cook softly for 3 to 4 whistles. Mash and keep it aside.
• Wash and cut drumstick into 2-inch pieces.
• Soak tamarind in warm water for 10 minutes and extract one cup of tamarind water.
• Chop shallots or big onion.

Sambar recipe:

• Heat oil in a big kadai; add the seasoning one by one.
• Let the mustard and jeera seeds splutter. Fry methi/fenugreek seeds to golden brown color.

• Sprinkle asafoetida, chopped onions, crushed garlic, and curry leaves.

• When onions turn to a transparent state add chopped tomato and cook until soft.

• Add turmeric powder and sambar powder and mix well.

• Add chopped drumstick pieces, sauté with spices for two minutes.
• Pour a cup of water and cook the vegetable for ten minutes.

• When drumstick is fully cooked add tamarind extract and salt.

• Close with a lid for two minutes, and then add mashed toor dal.
• Adjust the consistency of the sambar by adding required water. Sambar should have a thin consistency.

• Close with lid again and cook for 5 more minutes.

• Finally, when boiling add hing for extra flavor, garnish with coriander leaves.

Tips:

1. Cook toor dal nicely and mash fully.
2. Use one big onion if you don’t have small onions. But sambar tastes great with small onions.
3. You can use small onions without chopping also like restaurant sambar. Since my kids don’t like that way I chop them usually.
4. Always add Tamarind extract after the vegetable cooked fully.
5. This basic sambar recipe is the same and you can use any vegetable to make this sambar.