South indian sambar recipe

South indian sambar recipe preparation

Ingredients : -


1. Kandhipappu  - 3/4 cup

2.  Chintapandu paste or tamarind paste - 2 tbsp

3.  Pasupu  or turmeric powder  -  1/8 tsp

4.  Salt as per taste 

5.  Coriander leaves  -  1/4 cup

6.  Onions - 2

7.  Drumsticks - 3

8.   Tomato - 2

9.  Ladies finger  - 3


Ingredients to prepare sambar powder : -


1.   Dhaniyalu  -  1 tbsp

2.   Minapagundlu  -  1 tbsp

3.  Pachisenagapappu  -  1 tbsp

4.  Jeera -  1/2 tsp

5.   Menthulu  -  1/2 TSP

6.  Red chillis  - 5


Sambar  tempering   seeds : -


1.  Oil  -  2 tbsp

2.  Curry leaves  -  1 

3.  Menthulu  -  1 pinch

4.  Aavalu  or  mustard seeds   -  1 tsp

5.  Jeera  -  1/2 tsp

6.  Enguva or hing  -  1 pinch 

7.  Red chillis -  2 





Procedure : -


1.  First  kandhipappu ni water tho clean chesukoni,  komchem water add chesukoni  half an hour naanapetali. After  half an hour pressure cooker lo vesi kodiga water posi 3 Wheestles vachenthavaraku cook chesukovali.  Next air evaporate ayina tarwatha pressure cooker open chesi dal ni smooth ga ayelaga  mash chesukoni pakana petukovali. 


2.  Next sambar powder prepare chesukovali.  Sambar powder ki kavalisina ingredients annitini just komchem sepu pan lo fry chesukovali.  Cool ayina tarwatha annitini mixi lo vesi powder prepare chesukoni pakkana petukovali. 

3. Next vegetables like tomatoes,  drumsticks,  ladies finger,  onions annitini wash chesukoni,  small pieces ga cut chesukoni petukovali. 

4. Stove pina big bowl petti andulo 6 cups of water posi,  vegetables annitini vesi cook chesukovali. 

5. Vegetables anni soft ga vachina tarwatha sambar powder and salt vesi 5 min again cook chesukovali. Next andulo tamarind paste veyali. 

6.  Next dal ni add chesi taste check chesukovali.  Avasaramite salt,  tamarind and red chilli powder ni adjust chesukoni cook chesukovali.  Next coriander leaves ni add chesukovali. 

7. Hmko stove medha pan peti oil vesi ,  oil heat ayina tarwatha jeera,  mustard seeds,  methi seeds,  hing , curry leaves and red chillis vesi fry chesukoni stove off cheyali. 

8. Next aa talimpuni sambar lo vesi,  sambar ni low flame lo petti 4 min cook chesukovali. 


Anthe  South Indian sambar recipe ready



Serve this recipe with rice or idly.