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Spinach Sambar | Palak Sambar | Sambar recipe | Tamilnadu Style Sambar

Curries | vegetarian

  • Prep Time 5 Mins
  • Cook Time 20 Mins
  • Total Time 25 Mins
  • Servings 5

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Split Pigeon Pea/Tur Dal
  • 200 gms Spinach leaves
  • 300 ml Tamarind paste (Paste extracted from a big lemon-sized Tamarind ball)
  • 3 Green Chillies
  • 10 - 12 Sambar Onions/Sliced Onions
  • Salt
  • 1 tsp Mirchi Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric
  • 2 tbsp Sambar Powder
  • 2 tbsp Green Coriander
  • 1/2 liter Water
  • 2 tsp Oil
  • 1/2 tsp Fenugreek Seeds
  • 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
  • 1/4 tsp Asafoetida
  • 3 Red Chillies
  • 2 Sprigs Curry Leaves

Instructions

  1. Roast Tur Dal in pan on a low flame until it gives out an aroma. Remove and wash and cook in a pressure cooker until it is soft.
  2. Blend the cooked Tur Dal in a mixie.
  3. Heat Oil and add Mustard Seeds, fenugreek Seeds and Red Chillies and fry.
  4. Add onions. Green Chillies, Salt and Turmeric and cook until the onions are soft.
  5. Add chopped spinach and fry until the raw smell goes.
  6. Once Oil separates from Spinach, add the Tamarind Paste and ½ liter Water and let it boil.
  7. Add the Sambar Powder to the boiling mixture and let it boil on a medium flame
  8. Add the cooked Tur Dal and Mirchi Powder and let it simmer more.
  9. Add Green Coriander finally and remove it from fire.