Arachu Vitta Sambar Recipe

This unique and different sambar recipe made up using toor and chana dal both along with vegetables like drumsticks, onion, tomatoes, spices, etc. This brings quite a different taste from the typical sambar recipe. Do try this simple and amazing Arachu Vitta Sambar Recipe at home.

Ingredients Required:-

Chopped Tomatoes - 2

Toor Dal (Yellow Lentil) - 1 Cup

Drumsticks - ½ Cup

Chopped Onion - 1

Tamarind (Extracted Juice) - ½ Cup

Turmeric Powder - ½ Tsp

Salt - To Taste

Chana Dal (Bengal Gram) - ½ Cup

Whole Red Chillies - 6

Desiccated Coconut - 3 Tbsp

Coriander Seeds - 1 Tsp

Methi Seeds( Fenugreek) - 1 Tsp

Oil - As Required

Sambar Powder - 1 Tsp

Red Chilli Powder - 1 Tsp

Turmeric Powder - ½ Tsp

Methi (Fenugreek Seeds) - 1 Tsp

Urad Dal - 2 ½ Tsp

Curry Leaves - Few

Methods to cook sambar:-

1) First, wash and soak the dal. Then boil it in a pressure cooker until 4 whistles.

2) Once done, then mash it nicely and put it aside.

3) Take a pan and heat the oil. Add all the dry Ingredients and saute them 2-3 minutes on medium flame.

4) Then let them cool and make a fine paste in a grinder using water. And keep them aside.

5) Then cook drumsticks with turmeric powder in some water until they become soft.

6) In another pan, heat the oil, then add onions and saute them until they little brown in colour. Then add tomato, powder ingredients and ground masala along with water.

7) Then add toor dal, drumsticks and tamarind extracted juice. Give them a good mix. After adding 2 cups of water continue to cook for a further 20 minutes on medium heat.

8) In another pan, add 2 tbsp of oil. Heat oil is heated then add all seasoning ingredients. Stir fry until they start to crackle.

9) At last, mix seasoning into the sambar mixture and serve hot.