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Spring Onion Drumstick Sambar

Course Main Dish - Gravies
Cuisine Tamil Nadu
By Cook Method Pressure Cooker, Stovetop
Occasion Weekend Special
By Diet Vegetarian
Dish Type Sambar Varieties
Author Srivalli

Ingredients

For the dal

  • 1 cup Toor Dal
  • A pinch Turmeric Powder
  • 1 cup Drumstick 2' 10 pieces

For the Sambar

  • 2 tsp Cooking Oil
  • 1 tsp Sambar Tempering Spice Mix
  • A pinch Asafoetida
  • Curry Leaves handful
  • 2 nos Green Chillies
  • 4 to 5 Shallots / Sambar Onions
  • 1 cup Spring Onions
  • 1 cup Tomatoes
  • 2 tsp Sambar Powder
  • 1 tsp Tamarind pulp
  • Salt to taste
  • Coriander Leaves handful

Instructions

For the Dal

  • Wash the toor dal and change water. Take it in a pressure cooker along with turmeric powder. Pressure cook for 3 whistles. Let the pressure fall down.
  • Wash and chop the drumstick. Chop into 2" pieces. Add this to the dal, add more water as required. Cover with lid and let it cook. Switch off before the first whistle goes off.
  • Let it stand for the drumstick to get cooked this way.
  • I normally cook drumstick separetly in MW. However, since I was racing against time, I had to quick turn to cook this in pressure cooker.

For the Sambar

  • Heat a nonstick pan with oil. Add the sambar tempering whole spices along with curry leaves. Saute for couple of minutes. Add hing and slit green chillies. Saute everything and add the chopped spring onions, sambar onions.
  • Cook everything for 3 minutes. Add the chopped tomatoes. Add the sambar powder and salt. Add the tamarind pulp. Combine everything and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Add the cooked dal along with drumstick. Add water as required and bring to a boil.
  • Cook for 10 mins on low flame, finally add the chopped coriander leaves.
  • Serve with rice.
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