• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • About
  • Recipe Index
  • Contact
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter
menu icon
  • Home
  • About
  • Recipe Index
  • Contact
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter
  • search icon
    • Home
    • About
    • Recipe Index
    • Contact
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter
  • ×
    Home » Side Dishes

    Tiffin Sambar recipe | Idly Sambar

    Nov 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment

    Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

    Tiffin Sambar recipe | Idly Sambar recipe with step by step pictures and instructions. Sambar is most famous side dish for any tiffin items. Tiffin sambar is prepared with freshly ground masala and goes well with idly, dosa and Pongal. I usually use sambar powder for making sambar as it is very easy. One of my friend told they use freshly ground masala for sambar. Once when I was running out of sambar powder made this sambar and it was so fresh, yummy and tasty. It tasted like we get in hotels. Nowadays I prepare this sambar very often.  

    I used half toor dal and half moong dal for this recipe. You can only toor dal too. You can add vegetables to this sambar. I just made it as plain sambar. Use small onions as it gives nice aroma and taste to sambar. Do try and let me know your feedback. You can try below recipes too

    Besan Curry

    Easy Chicken Curry

    Print

    Tiffin Sambar recipe | Idly Sambar

    Sambar is one of the famous side dish for any tiffin items. Tiffin sambar is prepared from freshly ground masala which give nices aroma and taste
    Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time 40 minutes minutes

    Ingredients

    • Toor dal ¼ cup
    • Moong dal ¼ cup
    • Asafoetida ¼ tsp
    • Salt 1 tsp or as required
    • Green chilli 2
    • Onion 1
    • Tomato 1
    • Turmeric powder ½ tsp
    • Tamarind extract ½ cup
    • Jaggery 1 tsp
    • Ghee 2 tsp optional
    • Coriander leaves to garnish

    To roast and grind

    • Coriander seeds 1 tbsp
    • Channa dal 1 tbsp
    • Red chilli 4
    • Jeera ½ tsp
    • Pepper ¼ tsp
    • Fenugreek seeds ½ tsp

    To temper

    • Oil 2 tsp
    • Mustard ½ tsp
    • Urad dal ½ tsp
    • Curry leaves few

    Instructions

    • Cook the dal with turmeric powder and asafoetida for one whistle and simmer for 5 minutes. Mash the dal and keep it aside
    • Dry roast the ingredients given under roast and roast till nice aroma comes. Cool it and transfer to mixer and grind to powder.
    • Heat oil and temper with mustard, urad dal and curry leaves.
    • Once it sputters, add the onions and slit green chillies and saute for 2-3 minutes.
    • Then add the tomatoes and saute till it is mushy.
    • You can add vegetables if you are adding at this stage and allow it to cook before adding tamarind extract.
    • Then add the tamarind extract, salt and little water and allow it to boil for 2 minutes.
    • Now add the cooked dal and spice powder.
    • Add water as mixture will tend to thicken and allow it to boil nicely.
    • Once it boils, add the jaggery powder and ghee and allow it to boil for few seconds.
    • Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

    Notes

    My mom always use small onions for sambar. I don't get it easily here so used normal onions.
    You can add vegetables of your choice like carrot, beans, brinjal, potato.
    Adjust the water according to consistency you require.
    Sambar gets to thicken after sometime

    How to make Tiffin Sambar with step by step pictures

    Cook the dal with turmeric powder and asafoetida for one whistle and simmer for 5 minutes. Mash the dal and keep it aside

    Dry roast the ingredients given under roast and roast till nice aroma comes.

    Cool it and transfer to mixer and grind to powder.

    Heat oil and temper with mustard, urad dal and curry leaves.

    Once it sputters, add the onions and slit green chillies and saute for 2-3 minutes.

    Then add the tomatoes and saute till it is mushy.

    You can add vegetables if you are adding at this stage and allow it to cook before adding tamarind extract. Then add the tamarind extract, salt and little water and allow it to boil for 2 minutes.

    Now add the cooked dal and spice powder.

    Add water as mixture will tend to thicken and allow it to boil nicely. Once it boils, add the jaggery powder and ghee and allow it to boil for few seconds.

    Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

    More Side Dishes

    • Cabbage Thoran Recipe | Cabbage Upperi
    • Raw Jackfruit Masala | Kathal Masala
    • Double Beans Masala Recipe | Double beans curry
    • Egg Kheema Masala Recipe | Egg Keema | Muttai Kheema masala

    Reader Interactions

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    Rate this recipe: ☆☆☆☆☆

    Primary Sidebar

    I am Narmadha, author of namscorner. I work as software developer and cooking is my passion.

    More about me →

    Follow us

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS Feed

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    Links

    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact
    • About

    Newsletter

    [widget id="subscriber_widget-6"]

    Contact

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS Feed

    Copyright © 2022 | Cook with Nams

    This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Read More
    Privacy & Cookies Policy

    Privacy Overview

    This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
    Necessary
    Always Enabled
    Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
    Non-necessary
    Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
    SAVE & ACCEPT