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Tiffin Sambar Recipe – Hotel Style Tiffin Sambar

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Tiffin Sambar Recipe

Tiffin sambar is mittus fav either with idli, dosa or even ven pongal.  When it comes to hotel sambar nothing can beat annapoorna sambar and by telling this I dont claim this recipe as the same , this is just the sambar recipe we get it in mess or hotels 🙂

The weekend was a packed one though saturday started off on a boring note…Hubby surprised by taking us to a movie and that ended up for a great weekend. The movie was just ok kind but the togetherness and family times means the most to us 🙂 And yest got to meet one of my close school friend as a new mommy and had a good time chatting.

Tiffin Sambar Recipe

Tiffin Sambar Recipe – Ingredients

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 20 mins | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Sidedish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Split Yellow Moong Dal – 1/2 cup
Small Onion – 10 halved
Tomato – 1 chopped
Potato – 1 medium sized chopped roughly
Carrot – 1
Green Chilli – 1
Tamarind pulp – 1/2 tbsp
Jaggery – 1/2 tbsp (optional)
Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp for garnishing
Salt – to taste

To roast and grind:

Channa Dal – 1 tbsp
Coriander seeds – 1 tbsp
Red chllies – 1

To temper:

Oil / Ghee – 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Urad Dal – 1/2 tsp
Jeera – 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – 8
Hing – a generous pinch

Method:

  1. Dry roast the ingredients under ‘to roast and grind’ and grind it to a semi fine powder. Set aside. Dry roast moong dal till nice aroma comes and is slightly browned.
    How to make rajma masala - Step1
  2. Cool down,rinse it well and pressure cook with enough water for 4-5 whistles until its mushy. Smash it again with a laddle, set aside. In a kadai – add the onion, tomato and green chillies. Saute till tomato shrinks and raw smell leaves.
    How to make rajma masala - Step2
  3. Then add potato and carrot along with turmeric powder and salt and saute for 2mins. Then transfer this to the cooked dal. Either you can add more water at this stage and pressure cook for 1 whistle or just cook the veggies while boiling itself. Then add the roast and ground powder.
    How to make rajma masala - Step3
  4. Soak tamarind in warm water , discard the seeds and add this to sambar, then add jaggery. Allow the sambar to boil and thicken. Add required salt.
    How to make rajma masala - Step4
  5. Once it is boiled and reaches the desired consistency, add coriander leaves. In a kadai add the items under ‘ to temper’ and transfer this to the sambar. Switch off.
    How to make rajma masala - Step5

This is perfect with idlis and dosas. Serve hot with idlis drizzled with ghee….heaven!! 🙂
Hotel Style Tiffin Sambar Recipe


My Notes:

  • Tempering at the last stage retains the flavour and aroma. You can drizzle ghee while switching off. While roasting you can add 2 tsp of coconut too.
  • Dont add more tamarind than mentioned as it will give a more tangy taste.
  • You can also brinjals along with potato and carrots which is the best combo of veggies.
  • Use small onion as it enhances the flavour of the sambar.

Hotel Style Tiffin Sambar Recipe


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  54. Sangeetha says

    September 11, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    Very flavorful n tasty sambar, just finished my breakfast but ur idly-sambar pics makes me hungry 🙂 i make it same way but instead chana dal i use urad dal…will try this soon…Lovely pics as always!!

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  88. methemom says

    October 5, 2013 at 2:48 am

    This was the first item I tried from your cookery an year ago. That was the time when I was pregnant and craved for Indian food like hell. With no experience in cooking and no one to cook for me as I live in U.S. as I tried this, it came out so much well that I started to cry getting reminded of my mom. Hubby loved it tons. Thanks a lot! You made my day! !

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