Idli Sambar
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day — take some time in the morning to treat your body to a nutritious and scrumptious breakfast of idli sambar. It keeps you full for longer, is easy to digest, and covers your daily vegetable requirements.
Ingredients
- Sambar powder: 1/4 tbsp coriander seeds, chana dal, urad dal, cumin/jeera
- Sambar powder: 2-3 curry leaves, 2-3 dried red chilli
- Sambar powder: 1/2 tbsp coconut oil, 1/10 tbsp hing/asafoetida
- 1 shallot, halved
- 1/2 chilli, slit
- 1/4 tomato, chopped
- 1/5 carrot, chopped
- 1/4 potato, cubed
- 1.25 beans, chopped
- 1.25 pieces drumstick
- 1/5 brinjal, cubed
- 1/10 tbsp turmeric
- 1/6 tbsp jaggery
- 1/4 tbsp salt
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/5 cup tamarind extract
- 1/4 cup toor dal, boiled
- 1/2 tbsp coriander, finely chopped
- 1/2 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1/4 tbsp mustard
- 1/10 tbsp fenugreek
Method
- 1
Heat 1/4 tbsp sunflower oil in a large pan and splutter the sambar powder.
- 2
Add shallots and chilli, sauté till the colour develops. Add chopped tomatoes and cook.
- 3
Add the remaining vegetables and sauté well for 2 minutes.
- 4
Add turmeric, salt, jaggery, and water; mix well, cover and cook for 10 minutes.
- 5
Add tamarind extract, mix well, and cook for 10 more minutes in the closed pan.
- 6
Add toor dal and water, then 1.5 tbsp more sambar powder, and boil well.
- 7
When the flavour comes through, add curry leaves and cook for 2 minutes.
