Kanchana Recipe

Ingredients for  Sambar Recipe

• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Onion – 1 large peeled and chopped roughly
• Tomato – 2 chopped
• Green Chilli – 2 slit
• Brinjal – 1 chopped
• Carrot – 2 chopped
• Beans – 6 chopped
• Cucumber – 1 cup peeled and chopped
• Ladysfinger – 4 chopped
• Potato – 1 peeled and chopped
• Raw Mango – 1 cup peeled and chopped
• Raw Banana / Plantain – 1 peeled and chopped
• Toor Dal / Tuvaram paruppu – 1 cup cooked
• Kanchana Sambar Powder – 3 tbsp or to taste
• Salt to taste
• Coriander Leaves a small handful finely chopped
• Water as needed

For Tempering:

• Coconut Oil – 2 tbsp
• Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1 tsp
• Urad Dal / Ulundu Paruppu – 1 tsp
• Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp
• Dry Red Chilli – 2
• Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi – ½ tsp
• Curry Leaves a sprig

How to Make Sambar Recipe

1. Heat oil and add in onion, chilli and tomato. Saute it for 2 mins.
2. Add in all vegetables and saute it for 8 to 10 mins.
3. Add in water, Cover it cook for 10 to 15 mins till the veggies is cooked.
4. Now add in cooked dal, sambar powder, salt and jaggery and mix well. Simmer this whole thing for 15 to 20 mins.
5. Now make tempering by heating oil and crackling all whole spices. Fry this for a min.
6. Pour this over the sambar and mix well.
7. Add in coriander leaves and mix. Leave the pan covered till serving.
8. Serve.