Tiffin Sambar with Toor Dal | Idli Dosa Sambar Recipe

Tiffin Sambar With Toor Dal / Idli Dosa Sambar Recipe with step by step detailed pics and I have made a short YouTube video too for easy understanding. As all of you know, I have already shared a variety of breakfast sambar recipes in my blog, this is another addition to it. I have prepared it using carrot and potato but it can be made plain with shallots alone, it tastes divine in its own way. It always goes well with idli, dosa, rava dosa, Ven Pongal, medhu vada….. and the list adds on and my love for sambar also never ends, that is soon I will post another sambar recipe in my blog. 

Find my other  Breakfast Sambar recipes like
1. Hotel Style Tiffin Sambar / Tiffin Sambar With Moong Dal
2. Saravana Bhavan Style Sambar Recipe
3. Instant Sambar For Idli
4. Mixed Vegetable Sambar

Tiffin Sambar with toor dal

Tiffin Sambar with Toor Dal | Idli Dosa Sambar Recipe

Priya Santhamohan

I have prepared this Tiffin sambar with toor dal / Idli Dosa sambar recipe using carrot and potato but it can be made plain with shallots alone, it tastes divine in its own way.

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 25 mins

Total Time 40 mins

Course Breakfast, Tiffin

Cuisine South Indian

Servings 3 People

Ingredients

  

• 1/2 Cup Toor Dal
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 10 - 12 Small Onion / Shallots
• 2 Green Chilli
• 1 Tomato
• 1 Potato
• 1 Carrot
• 1 Small Gooseberry Sized Tamarind
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
• 1.5 tsp Sambar Powder Link for sambar powder
• Salt As Required
• 1 Small Piece Jaggery
• Coriander Leaves (For Garnishing)

To Roast and Grind

• 1.5 tbsp Channa Dal
• 1 tbsp Coriander Seeds
• 3/4 tsp Meethi Seeds
• 1 tsp Jeera
• 5 Red Chilli
• 1 Sprig Curry Leaves
• 2 tsp Coconut
• 2 Generous Pinch Hing

To Temper

• 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
• 1/2 tsp Urad Dal
• 1/2 tsp Jeera
• 1 Red Chilli
• 2 Sprig Curry Leaves
• 1 Generous Pinch Hing
• 1 tbsp Ghee/Oil Link for ghee

Instructions

 

• First, rinse toor dal well, pour 2 cups of water and pressure cook it for 3 whistles. Once the pressure subsides by itself, mash the dal and keep aside. Then, soak tamarind in water for 20 mins, extract tamarind juice and discard the pulp. Now, measure and keep all the ingredients ready for roasting.
• Peel the skin of shallots, slit green chilli, chop tomato, carrot and potato. Also, keep the ingredients ready for tempering.
  
• To a pan, pour 2 tsp of oil and add all the ingredients (except grated coconut) listed in the table 'To Roast and Grind'. Roast till nice smell wafts, switch off the flame, add grated coconut and give a quick stir. Let it cool down.
  
• Transfer it to a mixer and grind it little coarsely.
  
• Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan/kadai, add shallots, green chilli and saute till translucent. Then add tomato, carrot, potato and saute till the raw smell leaves.
  
• Pour the dal water, then add turmeric powder, sambar powder and required salt. Cook for 5 minutes, until the veggies turn soft.
  
• Now pour the tamarind juice and the grounded powder. Mix well and boil for 2 to 3 minutes.
  
• Then add the mashed dal, boil for another 2 to 3 minutes and switch off the flame. Furthermore, heat ghee in a small tadka pan and temper with the ingredients given in the table 'To Temper'.Then pour it over the sambar.
  
• Finally, add jaggery and garnish with coriander leaves.

  Serve this Tiffin sambar with toor dal with instant ragi dosa.

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Notes

Tips for Idli Dosa Sambar Recipe

1. Don't add tomato or tamarind more than mentioned, as this sambar should not be tangy.

2. I suggest using shallots/ small onion which adds more taste.

3. In addition, other veggies like brinjal, drumstick, yellow pumpkin can be added. It can be made plain only with shallots also.

4. Use ghee/sesame oil for sauteing and tempering which adds a wonderful aroma.

5. Take care not to burn anything in the roasting part, else the sambar smells bad. Also, grind the ingredients little coarsely.

6. Pour the tamarind juice only after the veggies get cooked, otherwise, it won't get cooked afterwards.

7. This idli dosa sambar recipe should be in the watery consistency only, not too thick.

8. Tempering, at last, helps to retain the flavour for long hours.

9. Add hing and curry leaves generously in both grinding and tempering.

10. Don't skip to add jaggery at last as it enhances the taste for this tiffin sambar with toor dal.

Keyword Idli Dosa Sambar Recipe, Tiffin Sambar with Toor Dal

Method for Idli Dosa Sambar Recipe

1. First, rinse toor dal well, pour 2 cups of water and pressure cook it for 3 whistles. Once the pressure subsides by itself, mash the dal and keep aside. Then, soak tamarind in water for 20 mins, extract tamarind juice and discard the pulp. Now, measure and keep all the ingredients ready for roasting.

2. Peel the skin of shallots, slit green chilli, chop tomato, carrot and potato. Also, keep the ingredients ready for tempering.

3. To a pan, pour 2 tsp of oil and add all the ingredients (except grated coconut) listed in the table ‘To Roast and Grind‘. Roast till nice smell wafts, switch off the flame, add grated coconut and give a quick stir. Let it cool down.

4. Transfer it to a mixer and grind it little coarsely.

5. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan/kadai, add shallots, green chilli and saute till translucent. Then add tomato, carrot, potato and saute till the raw smell leaves.

6. Pour the dal water, then add turmeric powder, sambar powder and required salt. Cook for 5 minutes, until the veggies turn soft.

7. Now pour the tamarind juice and the grounded powder. Mix well and boil for 2 to 3 minutes.

8. Then add the mashed dal, boil for another 2 to 3 minutes and switch off the flame. Furthermore, heat ghee in a small tadka pan and temper with the ingredients given in the table ‘To Temper‘. Then pour it over the sambar.

9. Finally, add jaggery and garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve this Tiffin sambar with toor dal with instant ragi dosa. 

Tiffin Sambar with toor dal