Vengaya Sambar
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4.8
24 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
25 mins
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Total Time
45 mins
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Servings
4
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Indian
Vengaya Sambar
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Vengaya sambar is an easy sambar made with pearl onions (or small onions), pigeon pea lentils lentils, herbs and spices.
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Ingredients
for cooking lentils
- ½ cup toor dal arhar dal or pigeon pea lentils
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1.5 to 2 cups water for pressure cooking
for tempering
- 2 tablespoon neutral cooking oil generic cooking oil
- 2 red chili dry
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon urad dal (split husked black gram) - optional
- 3 to 4 fenugreek seeds (methi dana)
- 9 to 10 curry leaves or 1 sprig of curry leaf
- 1 pinch asafoetida (hing)
other ingredients
- 125 to 150 grams onion chinna vengaya) or 20 to 22 pearl onions (shallots) or 1 to 1.25 cup peeled pearl onions or 2 to 3 medium onions, small
- 1 tomato small
- ½ tablespoon tamarind soaked in ¼ cup water, tightly packed, seedless
- 2 teaspoon sambar powder
- 1.5 cups water
- salt as required
Instructions
preparation
- Rinse 1/2 cup tuvar dal for a couple of times in water. Then add the lentils in a pressure cooker along with 1/4 tsp turmeric powder. Stir and pressure cook the lentils for 7 to 8 whistles or till they are cooked completely.
- When the dal is cooking, soak 1/2 tbsp tamarind in 1/2 cup hot water for about 20 minutes. Later extract the pulp from the tamarind and keep aside.
- Also soak the pearl onions in water for about 20 to 30 minutes.
- Let the pressure release from the cooker on its own. Open the lid and check the dal. If the dal is softened and cooked really well, mash the dal and keep aside.
- Later peel the pearl onions. Rinse them well in water and keep aside. Also, dice the tomato.
making onion sambar
- Heat 2 tbsp oil and add 1/2 tsp mustard seeds along with 1 tsp urad dal. Allow the mustard seeds to splutter and the urad dal to change into a maroonish color.
- Then add 2 dry red chilies and 3 to 4 fenugreek seeds. Saute till the red chilies change color.
- Next add the pearl onions and curry leaves. Stir and saute till the onions turn translucent.
- Add the diced tomatoes and a pinch of asafoetida. Stir and saute the tomatoes till soften.
- Add the tamarind pulp to the onion-tomato mixture.
- Add water and stir well. Bring this mixture to a simmer till the raw smell of tamarind goes away.
- Then add sambar powder and stir very well.
- Now add the mashed dal and stir again. Add some more water if required.
- Add salt and stir well. Simmer vengaya sambar for 5 to 6 minutes.
- Garnish with coriander leaves if you want. Serve small onion sambar with steamed rice or idli, dosa or uttapam.
Notes
- If pearl onions are not available, then you can make this recipe with regular onions.
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