Tomato Chilli Sambar

It’s a delicious South Indian recipe served as a side dish. For replacing tamarind we are using more tomatoes to make this dish. You can tomato puree also to make this tasty sambar.

 This goes very well with steamed white rice, idli, dosa, uttappam….

Ingredients

Chopped Tomato – 5

Sliced Green chilli – 7

Hing / Asafetida – 1/4 tsp

Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp

Red Chilli Powder – ½ tsp

Toor Dal – ½ cup

Chopped Vegggie – 1 cup (Any)

Salt & water – as needed

To temper

Oil – 1.5 tsp

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Urad dal – 1/2 tsp

Finely Chopped Sambar Onion – 1 cup

Chopped Coriander Leaves – few

Method

Pressure Cooks toor dal, red chilli powder with any veggie with little salt and mash it well then keep it aside.

Heat a tsp of oil in a pan and saute the sliced green chillies for a while till the skin shrinks.

Pressure cooks the tomato and the green chilli with required water and let it cool.

 Filter the cooked water and grind the tomato green chilli to a smooth paste adding the cooked water after it cools down.

Add salt, turmeric powder and 1/4 tsp of hing to the paste and set aside.

Heat 1 tsp of oil in a kadai and season with mustard seeds and urad dal.

Now add the chopped onions and saute till they are transparent.

Add the mashed dal and the cooked tomato water. Give a boil.

Finally add the ground paste and add the remaining water, salt.

Sprinkle few chopped coriander leaves and give a boil.

Serve hot with steamed white rice/ idli/ dosa…