Weeknight One Pot Sambar in 30 minutes
This weeknight sambar is made with simple toor and channa dal, fridge veggies and ready sambar powder, making it a complete winner on weeknights to pair with idli, dosas or vadas. Tastes like tiffin sambar and is ready in under 30 minutes in the Instant Pot without mushy veggies.
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Servings:
Calories:
290kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup toor dal rinsed & soaked for 10 mins
- ¼ cup channa dal rinsed & soaked for 10 mins
- 2 tomatoes quatered
- ½ onion quartered
- 1 teaspoon dhaniya powder
- ½ teaspoon asafoetida
- 4 cups water used in two halves
- 2 cups vegetables combination of carrots, dosaki, brinjal, drumsticks, raddish, whatever you want to add
- ¼ cup coconut fresh or frozen
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro chopped
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 3 tablespoon sambar masala
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
- ¼ cup tamarind pulp or amchur to taste
- 1 tablespoon jaggery
Tempering
- 2 tablespoon oil or ghee
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 3 whole dry red chillies
Instructions
- Prep: Wash and rinse toor dal and chana dal. Soak for 10 minutes while prepping other ingredients. Quarter the onions and tomatoes.
- Add ingredients: Drain the water and add dals, onions, tomatoes, coriander powder, asafoetida, and half the water to the Instant Pot or pressure cooker.
- Pressure Cook: Cook for 8 minutes and do a quick pressure release.
- Blend: Use a hand blender to make the mixture smooth.
- Add remaining Ingredients: Add chopped vegetables, coconut, cilantro, curry leaves, sambar masala, jaggery, tamarind pulp, and remaining water.
- Simmer: Turn on sauté mode and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are soft.
- Adjust: Taste and adjust seasoning or consistency as needed.
- Tadka: Heat oil or ghee in a small pan. Add asafoetida, mustard seeds, and whole red chilies. Once they sizzle, pour the tadka over the sambar and mix well.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 290kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Sodium: 659mg | Potassium: 443mg | Fiber: 12g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 5242IU | Vitamin C: 40mg | Calcium: 89mg | Iron: 3mg
