Okra Sambar / Vendaikkai Sambar

Vendaikkai Sambar ¦ Vendaikkai Sambar seivathu eppadi ¦ Sambar recipe in Tamil ¦ Okra Sambar recipe

“Vendaikkai Sambar” Ingredients and preparation steps given below for your convenience. Let me know if you liked the taste and I will be happy to hear any additional ingredients you added to make it more tasty in the comments section.

Ingredients: (to serve 2-3 people)
Okra (Vendakkai)- 150g
Toor dal – ½ cup
Onion – 1 Medium size
Tomato – 1(Large) or 2(Small)
Green chilli – 3
Garlic – 3(Large) or 7(small)
Mustard seeds – ½ teaspoon
Cumin seeds – ½ teaspoon
Dry red chillies – 3
Sambar powder – 2 teaspoons
Coriander powder – 1 teaspoon
Salt – 1½ teaspoon
Asafoetida – ½ teaspoon
Coriander leaves,Curry leaves – few

Method:
1. Add toor dal in a pressure cooker and wash it well. Add 2 cups of water and add roughly sliced garlic cloves and pressure cook for 10 – 15 minute or 5 – 6 whistles in medium flame.
2. Once the pressure settles down, open the cooker and mash it with the spoon. Add Sambar powder , Coriander powder, Salt , Asafoetida to this mixture and mix well.
3. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan and when it is hot, add one small onion or shallot onion, cut into small pieces. Once the onion becomes golden brown colour, add the Mustard seeds and Cumin seeds and when it starts cracking, add the dry red chillies and curry leaves.
4. Next add roughly sliced onion and green chillies split into two pieces and fry for a minute.
5. Then add okra, cut into 1 inch size and fry for another 1 minute.
6. Next add the chopped tomato and 2 cups of water and allow to come to a boil and then close it with a lid and cook in medium flame.
7. After 5 minutes, add the prepared toor dal mixture in it , and allow the curry to boil.
8. Once it starts boiling, close it with a lid (not closing it completely leave a small gap) and allow to boil 2 – 3 minutes.
9. Finally, add the chopped coriander leaves and okra sambar is ready.
10. Serve hot with rice.

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