Recipe: Perfect South Indian Vegetable Sambar

South Indian Vegetable Sambar.

You can have South Indian Vegetable Sambar using 20 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of South Indian Vegetable Sambar

1. Prepare 1 cup of Pigeon Pea Lentils.
2. It's 1/2 cup of Red Lentils or Masoor.
3. It's 1 tsp of Salt.
4. Prepare 1 tbsp of Kashmiri Red chilli powder.
5. It's 1 tsp of Turmeric powder.
6. You need 2 tbsp of Sambar powder.
7. You need 1 cup of Brinjal cut lengthwise.
8. Prepare 1 cup of Drumsticks cut into pieces.
9. It's 1/2 cup of Carrots thinly cut.
10. You need 1 cup of French Beans cut into long pieces.
11. It's 1 cup of Okra cut into two each.
12. It's 10 of Shallots.
13. It's 3 of Tomatoes finely chopped.
14. It's of FOR THE TEMPERING -.
15. Prepare 2-3 tbsp of Oil.
16. It's 1 tsp of Mustard Seeds.
17. You need 1/8 tsp of Asafoetida.
18. Prepare 3-4 of Dry Red chillies.
19. You need 2 Sprigs of Curry Leaves.
20. It's 2-3 of Garlic cloves sliced.

South Indian Vegetable Sambar step by step

1. Pressure cook dal along with little Salt added for about 5-6 whistles. Let the pressure settle down before opening the lid. Keep it aside until use. Soak Tamarind in enough water for about 15 minutes or so. Squeeze the juice out of it and keep aside..
2. To a cooking pot, add chopped Vegetables along with Turmeric and Kashmiri Red Chilli powders. Add Tamarind juice and Sambar powder also. And addition of water depends accordingly. Therefore add it until the Veggies are soaked in it. Cover it and let that simmer on a low heat for about 15 minutes..
3. After the Veggies are cooked well, stir in cooked Dal in it. See to it that the Veggies are not over cooked. Mix well and adjust the consistency by adding some hot water..
4. After done, heat oil in a pan. Add Mustard Seeds and Curry Leaves. Also add dry Red Chillies and Garlic Cloves too. Add this tempering to the hot Sambar. Serve this quick Vegetable Sambar with Idlis, Dosas or even plain Rice..