by PadhuSankar 28 Comments
I have posted many sambar recipes for both tiffin and rice, this idli sambar is another addition to it. This delicious hotel sambar goes well with idli, dosas and pongal. It is also easy to make and tastes awesome. Today we will learn how to make hotel style tiffin sambar following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.
Hotel Sambar-Restaurant Style Tiffin Sambar
Prep Time : 10 mins
Cook Time : 20 mins
Serves: 4
Recipe Category:Side Dish for Idli-Dosa-Pongal
Recipe Cuisine:South Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Tur dal/thuvaram paruppu – 1/4 cup
Moong dal/pasi paruppu – 1/4 cup
Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp
Tamarind – small piece/small gooseberry sized ball
Onion – 1
Tomato – 1
Salt needed
For the Masala Paste
Oil – 1 1/2 tsp
Coriander seeds/malli – 1 1/2 tsp
Bengal gram/chana dal/kadalai paruppu – 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds/vendhyam – 1/8 tsp
Whole black peppercorns/milagu – 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds/jeeragam – 1/2 tsp
Red Chillies – 3
Coconut – 2 tbsp
Onion – 1
Tomato – 1
For the Seasoning
Oil – 2 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Hing/asafoetida – a pinch
Curry leaves – a sprig
For Garnishing
Coriander Leaves – 2 tbsp finely chopped
Preparation
Pressure cook dal with 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder for 3 whistles or until soft. Mash it well and keep it aside. Dal* – You can use 1/2 cup tur dal or 1/2 cup moong dal or a mix of both dals (1/4 cup tur dal + 1/4 cup moong dal) as I have done.
Soak tamarind in 1/2 cup of hot water for 15-20 minutes. Extract its juice and keep it aside.
Finely chop 1 onion and 1 tomato finely and keep it aside.
Heat 1/2 tsp of oil and saute coriander seeds, bengal gram, pepper, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds and red chillies.
When dal turns golden brown, add the grated coconut and switch off the heat. Saute the coconut in the heat of the pan. Leave it to cool.
Heat another tsp of oil and saute 1 onion (chopped) until transparent. Then add 1 chopped tomato and saute until tomatoes turn mushy. Leave it to cool.
Now grind the coconut mixture and the onion tomato mixture together to a fine paste. This is the masala paste for this hotel sambar.
Method
Chopped onion and tomatoes, cooked dal, masala paste, tamarind extract are all kept ready below. Now we will proceed to make the hotel style sambar.
Heat 2 tsp of oil, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add hing and curry leaves. Add onions and saute until it turns transparent.
Add chopped tomatoes and saute until tomatoes become soft.
Add the masala paste, 2-3 tbsp of water and saute until it thickens and oil separates.
Then add tamarind extract, salt needed and cook until the raw flavor of the tamarind goes.
Then add the cooked dal, needed water, mix well and boil it. The consistency of the sambar should be a little watery, so add water accordingly.
When it starts to boil, simmer and cook for a few minutes, stirring in between.
Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with idli, dosa or ven pongal.
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Nice Recipe. Thanks a lot.
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Tried and yummy taste! Thanks for the Recipe!
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Thanks for the recipe.
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Sambar looks yummy with idli. Small request – it's not a good idea to use a metal spatula on a non stick utensils.
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Thank you padhu…for the delicious Sambhar
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thks for the receipe. Itsvery useful
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I tried your hotel sambar recipe and it tasted so yummi with idli. Thanks for the recipe.
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Tried it and result was amazing . Thank u for sharing the recipe
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Thank u so much.. tried it and it came out very well..
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Thanks for sharing this recipe. It came out really tasty.
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Very tasty sambar……Thank u…..God bless u
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Very tasty sambar my hubby loved it.Thanks a lot for sharing
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Sumptuous sambar … prepared it twice in the same week
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Really came out well. Thanks for thr receipe. My son says after eating this sambar..i am the best cook
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Did the sambar tonight for dosa…It was good. Thank you
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Tried today… My family liked it very much…thank you…
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Hi Padhu..thanks for the recipe..my father complimented for the sambar..he said that he didn't have such tasty sambar in hotels in recent years..
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Hi Padhu..thanks for the recipe..my father complimented for the sambar..he said that he didn't have such tasty sambar in hotels in recent years..
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This sambhar tastes soooo gooood .. everyone loved it .. i made it for idli and dosa but tried it for rice n it tasted great as well .. thanks for sharing for such a wonderful recipe 🙂 ..
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Looks yummy. Planning to try this today. Has anyone tried adding veggies to this recipe.
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Going to try……. And wat is the measurement of one cup….
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Check my
Standard measuring cups1 cup is 200 grams
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Nice sambar. I make it regularly. Kids love it.
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Thavamani Subramanian Hi
I tried your recipe for 20+ people today and it came awesome.. Everyone enjoyed..Thank you so much
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- rashmi
1 cup means how many grams madam
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- PadhuSankar
200 grams
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- Renuga
Hi Padhu, thank you for sharing the recipe. good recipe. Everyone at home liked it very much.
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- Mathews
I had tried several recipes from this blog and they all turned out very well except this one. May be I did a mistake or something but one thing I can definitely say is that it’s not easy and takes more time . You mentioned 10 for preparation and 20 for cooking. But in reality it takes more than 50 min ‘especially when the oil has to be separated from the masala paste’
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