Sambar Vadai

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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

Instructions

1.

To make Sambar:

2.

Wash and soak toor dal for 5 mins

3.

Add it to pressure cooker

4.

Add 1 tsp of ghee, turmeric pwd and fenugreek seeds (vendayam)

5.

Add enough water and pressure cook until soft and mushy

6.

Heat oil in a non-stick cook ware

7.

Add mustard, cumin, split urad dal, red chilly, curry leaves

8.

Wait to splutter

9.

Add, hing, onions, garlic and fry for a minute

10.

Add tomatoes and fry till they turns soft and oils shows up on sides

11.

Add chopped vegetables (like drumstick, carrot, brinjal, pumpkin or any veggies of your choice)

12.

Add turmeric pwd, red chilly pwd, coriander pwd and 1 tsp of freshly prepared sambar pwd

13.

Add 1 cup of water and allow to cook for a while

14.

Once the veggies are cooked, add the cooked lentils

15.

Mix well

16.

Taste and adjust salt and seasonings

17.

Add tamarind paste and remaining sambarpwd

18.

Sprinkle freshly chopped coriander leaves

19.

Dash a few spoon of ghee before serving

20.

Flavorful hotel style tiffin sambar is ready

21.

To make Vada:

22.

Wash and soak urad dal for 2 to 3 hours

23.

Drain off excess water and add it to blender

24.

Add salt, green chilly and grind it to smooth paste

25.

Add finely sliced onions, curry leaves, coriander leaves and hing

26.

The consistency of the batter should not be too tight or watery

27.

Heat up oil in deep frying pan

28.

Wet your palm and take a small ball of batter

29.

Pat it flat and make a small hole in the centre

30.

Drop it carefully in the hot oil

31.

Deep fry till golden to reddish brown on both sides

32.

Let the outer vada turn nice and crispy

33.

Drain and set aside

34.

Take warm water in a small bowl

35.

Add the vada one by one, let it soak for a while

36.

Strain and keep it aside

37.

Vadas are ready to be added to sambar

38.

To make Sambar Vada:

39.

Take the Vadas in serving bowl

40.

Pour generous amount of hot sambar all over

41.

Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves

42.

Serve immediately

43.

Yummilicious Sambar Vada is ready to relish

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