Tiffin Sambar is a tasty, flavourful gravy made by cooking moong dal with tempered onions, tomato, spices and veggies. Tiffin Sambar is South Indian special Sambar served for breakfast or dinner with tiffin items like idli, dosa, pongal, uthapam etc. Tiffin sambar recipe with step by step pictures with easily available ingredients in your pantry.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time35 minutesmins
Total Time45 minutesmins
Servings3people
AuthorSharmilee J
Ingredients
1/2cupyellow moong dal
10nos small onion
1no tomato roughly chopped
1medium sized potato
1small carrot
1no green chilli
1tablespoontamarind water
1tablespooncoriander leaves finely chopped
salt to taste
To roast and grind:
1tablespoonchana dal
1tablespooncoriander seeds
1no red chilli
To temper:
1tablespoonoil / ghee
1teaspoonmustard seeds
1/2teaspoonsplit urad dal
1/2teaspooncumin seeds
8nos curry leaves
agenerous pinch hing
Instructions
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tiffin Sambar is perfect with idlis and dosas. Serve hot with idlis drizzled with ghee....heaven!! :)
Notes
Tempering at the last stage retains the flavour and aroma. You can drizzle ghee while switching off. While roasting you can add 2 teaspoon of coconut too.
Don't 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.
Nutrition Facts
Tiffin Sambar Recipe | Hotel Style Tiffin Sambar
Amount Per Serving (100 ml)
Calories 263Calories from Fat 54
% Daily Value*
Fat 6g9%
Saturated Fat 0.4g3%
Trans Fat 0.02g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 3g
Sodium 55mg2%
Potassium 398mg11%
Carbohydrates 42g14%
Fiber 8g33%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 12g24%
Vitamin A 3074IU61%
Vitamin C 123mg149%
Calcium 81mg8%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.