Sambar Vadai
Here goes the hotel style Sambar Vadai recipe, a delightful dish from the South Indian cuisine which is famous all over the world. It can be served as a main course, side dish or snack. The crispy delicious puffy urad vada is prepared and dipped in hot sambar. It tastes extremely appetizing with its distinctive Indian fragrance and we cannot stop taking one. So what’s not to love this favorite dish…enjoy the easy recipe..!
Ingredients
For Sambar:
Toor dal - 1 ½ cups
Ghee - 1 tsp
Turmeric pwd - a pinch
Fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard - ¼ tsp
Cumin - ¼ tsp
Split urad dal - ½ tsp
Red chilly - 1
Curry leaves -5 to 6
Hing - a pinch
Onions sliced - ½ cup
Garlic - 2 pods
Tomato - 1
Chopped veggies - 1 small bowl
Turmeric pwd - a pinch
Red chilly pwd - 1 tsp
Coriander pwd -2 tsp
Fresh sambar pwd- 2 tsp
Tamarind paste - 1 tbsp
Coriander leaves
Salt to taste
For Vadai:
Urad dal - 2 cups
Green chilly - 1
Sliced onion - 1 cup
Curry and coriander leaves chopped – 2 tbsp
Hing - a generous pinch
Salt - to taste
Oil - to deep fry
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Instructions
1.
To make Sambar:
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Wash and soak toor dal for 5 mins
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Add it to pressure cooker
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Add 1 tsp of ghee, turmeric pwd and fenugreek seeds (vendayam)
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Add enough water and pressure cook until soft and mushy
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Heat oil in a non-stick cook ware
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Add mustard, cumin, split urad dal, red chilly, curry leaves
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Wait to splutter
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Add, hing, onions, garlic and fry for a minute
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Add tomatoes and fry till they turns soft and oils shows up on sides
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Add chopped vegetables (like drumstick, carrot, brinjal, pumpkin or any veggies of your choice)
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Add turmeric pwd, red chilly pwd, coriander pwd and 1 tsp of freshly prepared sambar pwd
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Add 1 cup of water and allow to cook for a while
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Once the veggies are cooked, add the cooked lentils
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Mix well
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Taste and adjust salt and seasonings
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Add tamarind paste and remaining sambarpwd
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Sprinkle freshly chopped coriander leaves
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Dash a few spoon of ghee before serving
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Flavorful hotel style tiffin sambar is ready
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To make Vada:
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Wash and soak urad dal for 2 to 3 hours
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Drain off excess water and add it to blender
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Add salt, green chilly and grind it to smooth paste
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Add finely sliced onions, curry leaves, coriander leaves and hing
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The consistency of the batter should not be too tight or watery
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Heat up oil in deep frying pan
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Wet your palm and take a small ball of batter
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Pat it flat and make a small hole in the centre
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Drop it carefully in the hot oil
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Deep fry till golden to reddish brown on both sides
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Let the outer vada turn nice and crispy
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Drain and set aside
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Take warm water in a small bowl
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Add the vada one by one, let it soak for a while
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Strain and keep it aside
37.
Vadas are ready to be added to sambar
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To make Sambar Vada:
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Take the Vadas in serving bowl
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Pour generous amount of hot sambar all over
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Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves
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Serve immediately
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Yummilicious Sambar Vada is ready to relish