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Sambar (D)















Ingredients
For 4
For 100

Split red gram
120gms
1.2kg
Drumsticks
2
120(about 500gms)
Turmeric
1gm
10gms
Sambar pwd
15gms
150gms
Tamarind
25gms
250gms
Salt
10gms
100gms
Asafoetida
2gms
20gms
Curry leaves
3gms
30gms
Red chillies
5gms
50gms
Fenugreek
3gms
30gms
Coriander seeds
5gms
50gms
Split Bengal gram
10gms
100gms
Oil
15ml
150ml
Mustard seeds
2gms
20gms


Wash the red gram and boil with turmeric powder. Mash when it tender. Wash and cut drumstick into 5 cm. pieces. Soak tamarind in 3 cups of water for about half an hour, extract the juice and strain it. Add to the tamarind juice, sambar powder, salt, asafoetida, curry leaves and drumstick and boil for 2 minutes. Fry red chillies, fenugreek, coriander seeds and channa dal in one teaspoon of oil and power finely. To the tamarind mixture, add this finely powdered masala and then the cooked gram. Temper with mustard seeds and mix well.


Sambar Powder

Ingredients
quantity


Red chillies
250gms
Coriander seeds
250gms
Peppercorns
50gms
Split red gram
50gms
Dried curry leaves
50gms

Dry all the ingredients well in the sun. Powder and store in airtight containers.