Udupi Style Sambar

Instructions

• Take drum stick in a cooker pot and add water.
• Wash tur dal 3-4 times well with water and add water.
• Add water at the base of the cooker and place the dal at the base and drum sticks on it.
• You can cook other veggies also along with drum sticks in cooker if you want.
• Close the lid and cook on medium heat until 3 whistles.
• For making sambar masala heat up a pan on medium heat and add chana dal, urad dal, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, dry red chilies.
• Roast everything for just about 2-3 minutes.
• The color of spices should not change but they should release nice aroma.
• When spices begin to release aroma turn off the gas and add fenugreek seeds.
• Transfer everything into a blender jar and blend it dry into fine powder.
• Add fresh coconut and blend well once.
• Add water and blend it into fine paste.
• Sambar masala is all ready.
• Heat up oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and let them pop up.
• Add cumin seeds, hing, curry leaves, onion and fry for about 3-4 minutes.
• Add fenugreek seeds, turmeric powder, red chili powder and mix well.
• Adding fenugreek seeds is optional. You can skip it if you don’t like.
• Add bottle gourd, carrot, tomato and mix well.
• Udupi sambar contains potato. You can add peeled and chopped potato now if you like. Or you can boil potato along with drum stick and add.
• Add water and cover the pan with lid.
• Boil on medium heat until all veggies are nicely cooked for about 8-10 minutes.
• Open the cooker and take the dal out.
• Beat it really good until nice and smooth.
• When the veggies are cooked well add cooked drum sticks, boiled dal, fresh blended masala and mix well.
• Add tamarind pulp, salt and mix well.
• Add water to adjust the consistency and simmer sambar on medium heat for about 8-10 minutes.
• For tadka, heat up oil in a tadka pan.
• Add mustard seeds, curry leaves, dry red chilies and mix well.
• Add this tadka on sambar and mix well.
• Udupi sambar is all ready.