Sambar Sadham / Hotel Sambar Sadham

   This sambar sadham really taste like what u get in Vegeterian hotels.This is very flavorful and tasty sambar,an excellent idea for Potluck or other Parties.Your guest will be more impressed :) Try This.
I used more vegetables ,u can also do this with available vegetables or simply with sambar onion(chinna vengayam) alone.It will also taste gud for  idly, dosa and pongal.With this ingredients u will get enough sambar to mix about 1and 1/4 cups of rice.ie.Cook 1and 1/4 cup rice with 3.5cups of water and keep aside.(rice kozhaiya cook pannunga).Lets see the recipe now...

Ingredients

1. Toor dal     200gm
2. Cooked rice   2 cups or more.
3. small onions      6no.s
4. Tomato    1 med.size(finely chopped)
5. Green chillies    2no.s(finely chopped)
6. Curry leaves   few
7. Tamarind    small piece(soaked in warm water)
8. Mustard seeds   1/2 tsp
9. hing powder   1/4 tsp
10. Mixed vegetables    2cups(I used Drumstick,carrot,brinjal,beans,chayote,pumpkins )
11. Jeera seeds   1/2 tsp
12. Oil+ ghee     2tbsp

To Roast and Grind

1. Dry Red chillies     5no.s
2. Coriander seeds     2tsp
3. Chana dal    2tsp
4. Urad dal    2tsp
5. Jeera seeds/Cumin    2tsp
6. Fennel seeds     1tsp
7. Pepper Corns    1/2 tsp
8. Fenugreek seeds   1tsp
9. Shredded Coconut    1tbsp (no need to roast but grind along with the other ing)

urad dal is missing

Method

• Pressure cook toor dal with turmeric powder,few drops of castor oil for 3-4 whistles.
• Chop all the vegetables to ur desired sizes and shapes.
• Heat a pan add few drops of oil and roast all the ingredients under "to roast and grind" except coconut.
• After roasting allow to cool and grind to a smooth paste with coconut and little water.
• Now heat a large vessel or pressure cooker with oil and ghee,add mustard seeds,jeera seeds and hing powder.
• when it splutter add onions,green chillies and curry leaves,fry well.
• then add chopped tomatoes and saute well ,then add all the vegetables and saute well.
• Now to this ,add grounded paste and stir for a minute and add cooked dal with enough water.
• Stir well,add enough salt and allow to boil for sometime.
• then add tamarind juice and stir well.add some chopped coriander leaves also.
• Close it with a  lid and cook till vegetables are done.
• Occasional stirring is gud to avoid  dal to get stick at the bottom.
• Once the vegetables are get cooked ,the sambar is ready to mix with the rice.
• Do not mix hot sambar to hot rice ,becoz it will absorb more sambar and when it get cool it will become so dry and hard.
• So plz allow both the sambar and rice to cool down for sometime.
• Then pour sambar to the rice gently and mix well.Add enough sambar .
• Once everything is done ,sambar sadham is ready to serve with any pickle or papad or any poriyals .
• To make ur sambar sadham additional rich, add some ghee roasted cashew and curry leaves on top and serve.

You May spare some sambar to serve next time.