Beetroot Sambar | Beetroot toor Lentil curry--How to make-Stepwise pictures & Video

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, South India | Cooking Time: 20 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take with: Rice, millet, idli, dosa | Type: Lunch Gravy, curry, sambar

Ingredients

• Beetroot– 1 [Cut into cubes]
• Toor dal – 4 tbsp
• Tamarind extract or tamarind water- 1 tbsp [soak 1 inch tamarind in water for 10 min then squeeze & extract]
• Green chilli – 1
• Dry red chilli - 1
• Sambar Onion – 7
• Tomato – 1 [chopped]
• Garlic – 2 cloves [mashed]
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Corainder leaves- 2 leaves [chopped]
• Mustard seed – 1 tbsp
• Bengal gram – 1 tbsp
• Urad dal – 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Red chilli powder – ½ tbsp
• Asafetida a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Water as needed

For roasting & grinding ingredients

• Fenugreek – ½ tbsp [roast & grind separately]
• Coriander seeds-1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds – ½ tbsp
• Peppercorns - ½ tbsp
• Dry roast and grind to fine powder

Preparation

• Boil toor dal with turmeric powder till soft.[Apr 15 min in open pan, for cooker-3 whistles]
• Parboil beetroot separately
• Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds let it crackle.
• Add Bengal gram, urad dal and onion sauté till light brown.
• Add garlic, fenugreek powder and asafetida sauté gently.
• Then add dry red chilli, green chilli , curry leaves and tomato sauté till soft.
• Add parboiled beetroot, turmeric powder and red chilli powder mix well
• Add enough water, tamarind extract cook till soft.
• Add boiled toor dal & freshly ground powder let it boil.
• Finally add salt & coriander leaves mix well then cut off heat & serve hot with rice.

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Beetroot sambar ingrdients

Dry roast fenugreek seeds , coarsely grind

Roast bengal gram, urad dal, coriander, cumin, dry red chilli, peppercorns, coconut, finely grind with 1/2 cup water

Heat oil, add mustard

Add bengal gram

Add Urad dal

Add Onion, garlic saute

Add curry leaves

Add green chilli & asafetida

Add freshly ground fenugreek powder

Add beetroot

Add red chilli powder & turmeric powder

Add water

Add freshly ground mixture, let it boil

Add boiled toor dal, let it boil

Add tamarind water, let it boil for 3 min

Add salt

Add jaggery

Add coriander leaves

Beetroot sambar is ready, serve hot with rice

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Tip

• Appadam is the best side dish.

How this Sambar receipe is unique?

• Instead of sambar powder fresh ground ingredients used.