Kaikari sambar – Village style sambar recipe
South Indian village style vegetable sambar recipe
Servings: 5
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups Mixed vegetables I used Drumstick, potato, avarakkai, radish and carrot
- 1 medium lemon sized tamarind
- 1 cup water to soak the tamarind
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 2 pinches asafoetida
- Few curry leaves
- 25-30 small onions
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 3-4 tsp sambar powder
- Salt as needed
- Water as needed
To pressure cook
- ½ cup toor dal
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 3 cloves garlic
- 8 small onion
- ½ tomato
- 2 green chilis
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1.5 cups of water
Instructions
- Soak a medium lemon sized tamarind in hot water for 10 minutes.
- Take 1 cup tamarind extract.
- Add ½ cup of toor dal in a bowl and wash it well
- Now add 1.5 cups of water, ½ tsp turmeric powder, 1tsp cumin seeds, 2 slit green chilis, 8 small onions, 3 garlic cloves and ½ chopped tomato
- Pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
- In a pan add 1 tbsp oil and add mustard seeds, curry leaves and 2 pinches of asafoetida.
- When the mustard splutters add 25-30 small onions
- Saute till translucent.
- Now add 1.5 cup mixed vegetables. I used drumstick, radish, potato, avarakkai and carrot.
- Mix everything well
- At this stage add 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, sambar powder and salt
- Mix everything well
- Add 1 cup of water and add the cooked dal to this now.
- Top with ½ cup more water and mix well.
- Cover and cook till the vegetables are soft
- Stir in between
- At this stage, once the veggies are cooked add 1 cup tamarind extract
- Boil for 5 minutes.
- Add few curry leaves
- Switch off the flame
- Village style Kaikari sambar is ready
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Notes
1. You can use brinjal, beans, pumpkin and sweet potato too.
2. Usually the veggies will be side dish for this sambar and sometimes served with a simple appalam.
3. You can add ¼ cup of moong dal and ¼ cup of toor dal too.
4. Village style sambar | kaikari sambar pairs well with Ven pongal, Idli and dosai