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Tiffin Sambar Recipe
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Tiffin Sambar Recipe

This is my mom's special tiffin sambar recipe. It's unique in taste from the secret tiffin sambar podi that goes in making it.

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings: 8 people
Calories: 143 kcal
Course: Main Course, Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • 1 cup toor dal
  • 6 cloves garlic
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 1 cup shallot
  • 1 tomato big
  • 2 curry leaves sprig
  • 1 teaspoon red chili powder
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • salt to taste
  • 3 to 4 tablespoon sambar powder tiffin style
  • 2 teaspoon tamarind juice
  • 1 tablespoon neutral cooking oil generic cooking oil
For tiffin sambar powder
  • 6 dried red chili
  • 1 ½ tablespoon cumin seeds
  • 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
  • 2 tablespoon bengal gram channa dal
  • 2 tablespoon black peppercorns
For tempering
  • 1 teaspoon neutral cooking oil generic cooking oil
  • 1 curry leaves sprig
  • 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • asafetida generous pinch
  • 2 dried red chili
  • 1 teaspoon onion fine slices

Instructions

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  1. Rinse dal well. Soak dal for about 1 hours, this helps in cooking dal faster. Once soaked, discard the water from the dal and add fresh water. Add cloves, cumin seeds, turmeric powder and 1 teaspoon oil to dal and pressure cook it for 2 whistles.
  2. While dal is cooking, you can make the tiffin sambar powder. In a pan dry roast red chilies, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, Bengal gram, black pepper corns one by one until roasted well and turns fragrant. Let the roasted spice cool down, and then grind into fine powder. You can store this tiffin sambar powder in air tight container for a few months.
  3. In a kadai, heat oil. Once oil turns hot add curry leaves and chopped shallots and sautxe9 till onions turns translucent.
  4. Add chopped tomatoes and cook until tomatoes turns mushy.
  5. Add red chili powder and 3 to 4 tablespoon of tiffin sambar powder and salt to taste, give it a mix.
  6. Add cooked and mashed dal to the kadai and bring it to boil. Check for seasoning and adjust according to your taste.
  7. Add tamarind juice and let it boil for 3 to 4 minutes.
  8. Turn off stove, sambar is ready, we need to add the tempering to the sambar now.
  9. In a small pan, heat oil. Add mustard seeds and let it crackle. Add thin onion slices and sautxe9 till onions turn golden brown. Add curry leaves, dried red chilies and asafetida, mix well. Remove from stove and add this tempering to the sambar. Give it a mix.
  10. Serve tiffin sambar with idli, dosa or even pongal. The best way to serve this sambar is with hot idlis in a bowl, dribble some ghee and pour hot sambar on it. Pure bliss!

Nutrition Information

Calories 143kcal (7%) Carbohydrates 21g (7%) Protein 7g (14%) Fat 3g (5%) Saturated Fat 0g (0%) Cholesterol 0mg (0%) Sodium 12mg (1%) Potassium 374mg (8%) Fiber 8g (32%) Sugar 1g (2%) Vitamin A 395IU (8%) Vitamin C 11.6mg (13%) Calcium 50mg (5%) Iron 3.5mg (19%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 8 people

Amount Per Serving

Calories 143

% Daily Value*

Calories 143kcal 7%
Carbohydrates 21g 7%
Protein 7g 14%
Fat 3g 5%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 12mg 1%
Potassium 374mg 8%
Fiber 8g 32%
Sugar 1g 2%
Vitamin A 395IU 8%
Vitamin C 11.6mg 13%
Calcium 50mg 5%
Iron 3.5mg 19%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.