How To Cook Tamil Nadu style Sambar

 About

Sambar is a famous dish in South India. It is very easy to cook and also very good for health. Sambar is vegetarian gravy with mixture of vegetables.

Ingredients

There are different ways to cook sambar, if you don't have some ingredients you can skip some vegetables. Let's see what are the Ingredients needed for sambar. 

• Dal
• Asafetida
• Carrot
• Drumstick
• Curry Leaves
• Tamarind
• Beans
• Pea

These are the basic ingredients need for Sambar in South Indian style. if you don't like any of the vegetables in the above you can avoid that.

Preparation

First take a Dal of 100 grams. and boil it in water. Normally it takes 10 to 15 minutes to cook. After 10 min taste that dal and check weather it is boiled or not. Then Cut the carrot and other vegetables into small size and put together with the dal.

Vegetables

Carrot, pea, drumstick gives you very good taste for sambar. Usually it takes 10 to 15 min to cook. carrot only takes some extra time. so keep the stove in sim mode.

Way of Cooking

After dal is ready put the vegetables and add some masala powders into the dal mixture. you can add water how much sambar you need. Masala powders need for sambar. Turmeric powder is very must for any kind of Indian food. They will eat eat any kind of gravy without turmeric powder.

Chili powder is also need for sambar. so add small amount of chili power. But don't add too much, it may not give you good taste. Next add some coriander powder to the sambar. this gives you good taste and thickness to the gravy.

 Add these masala powder into sambar gravy and mix it. then kept it in low flame for 15 min. Then now the vessel. now Your South Indian Special sambar is ready now.

Side Dish for Sambar

Potato fry is the best side dish for sambar. But way of cooking is very must. there are lot ways to fry potato. here I explain few methods.

Triangle Space fry

Cut the potato into small space like triangle. thickness must be very thin, otherwise it will not give you good crispy taste. Another easy method of potato fry is big size fry. That is also give you best taste. but when compare to big size potato fry, small size is the best.

It is not like potato chips, for this dish you need to oil, chili powder, turmeric powder. First take a vessel and add some oil into it. Then cut the potato and and add some turmeric powder and chili power and salt. Then mix it well.

Increase the heat and mix it well, after 5 minutes your potato fry is ready now. first check one piece of potato and eat it. if it's taste good leave it, if you find anything is not good. add salt or chili powder as per your wish.

These are ways to cook South Indian famous dish Sambar and the best side dish for it.

About

Sambar is a famous dish in South India. It is very easy to cook and also very good for health. Sambar is vegetarian gravy with mixture of vegetables.

Ingredients

There are different ways to cook sambar, if you don't have some ingredients you can skip some vegetables. Let's see what are the Ingredients needed for sambar. 

• Dal
• Asafetida
• Carrot
• Drumstick
• Curry Leaves
• Tamarind
• Beans
• Pea

These are the basic ingredients need for Sambar in South Indian style. if you don't like any of the vegetables in the above you can avoid that.

Preparation

First take a Dal of 100 grams. and boil it in water. Normally it takes 10 to 15 minutes to cook. After 10 min taste that dal and check weather it is boiled or not. Then Cut the carrot and other vegetables into small size and put together with the dal.

Vegetables

Carrot, pea, drumstick gives you very good taste for sambar. Usually it takes 10 to 15 min to cook. carrot only takes some extra time. so keep the stove in sim mode.

Way of Cooking

After dal is ready put the vegetables and add some masala powders into the dal mixture. you can add water how much sambar you need. Masala powders need for sambar. Turmeric powder is very must for any kind of Indian food. They will eat eat any kind of gravy without turmeric powder.

Chili powder is also need for sambar. so add small amount of chili power. But don't add too much, it may not give you good taste. Next add some coriander powder to the sambar. this gives you good taste and thickness to the gravy.

 Add these masala powder into sambar gravy and mix it. then kept it in low flame for 15 min. Then now the vessel. now Your South Indian Special sambar is ready now.

Side Dish for Sambar

Potato fry is the best side dish for sambar. But way of cooking is very must. there are lot ways to fry potato. here I explain few methods.

Triangle Space fry

Cut the potato into small space like triangle. thickness must be very thin, otherwise it will not give you good crispy taste. Another easy method of potato fry is big size fry. That is also give you best taste. but when compare to big size potato fry, small size is the best.

It is not like potato chips, for this dish you need to oil, chili powder, turmeric powder. First take a vessel and add some oil into it. Then cut the potato and and add some turmeric powder and chili power and salt. Then mix it well.

Increase the heat and mix it well, after 5 minutes your potato fry is ready now. first check one piece of potato and eat it. if it's taste good leave it, if you find anything is not good. add salt or chili powder as per your wish.

These are ways to cook South Indian famous dish Sambar and the best side dish for it.