How to make Sambhar

Try Sparsh Masala for Sambar

• ½ cup toor dal
• ½ tsp Sparsh Turmeric Powder
• 2 cups water
• 10 drumstick pieces
• ¼ onion (cubed)
• ½ tomato (roughly chopped)
• 7 pieces brinjal/eggplant
• ½ carrot (chopped)
• ½ potato (diced)
• ½ lemon-sized tamarind
• 1 tsp jaggery or sugar
• 2 green chili (slit)
• salt to taste
• ½ tsp Sparsh  Turmeric Powder
• 2 tsp Sparsh Sambar Powder
• 1 tbsp coconut oil / any cooking oil
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• ¾ tsp urad dal
• few curry leaves
• pinch of Sparsh Hing

How to make Sambar 

• Firstly, add ½ cup of toor dal with 2 cups of water in a pressure cooker. also, add a pinch of Sparsh Turmeric Powder. Pressure cook it for 5 whistles.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl take a half-lemon-sized tamarind and soak it in water.
• Also, prepare and chop veggies like carrots, eggplant, drumstick, onions, and tomatoes.
• Now, in a large Kadai, take the tamarind water. Add 1 tsp of jaggery/sugar along with green chill, salt, and turmeric powder.
• Furthermore, add all the chopped vegetables to the same mixture.
• Meanwhile, once the dal is cooked, mash it well.
• After 10 minutes, the vegetables should be cooked properly.
• Now add the mashed toor dal and bring it to a boil.
• Add 2 tsp of Sparsh Sambar Powder.
• Mix the sambar powder and bring it to a boil.
• Prepare the tempering by heating urad dal, mustard seeds, Sparsh Hing, curry leaves, and red chilies.
• Add the tempering to the freshly prepared sambar.
• Finally, Sambar is ready to serve