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Mini Idli Sambar Recipe

Time and servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup toor daal
  • 2 to matoes
  • ½ onion
  • few curry leaves
  • 1 inch ginger
  • few coriander leaves
  • 2 green chillies
  • ½ lemon

seasoning ingredients

  • 3 tsp ghee
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • ½ split urad dal
  • 1 dried red chilli
  • pinch hing
  • few curry leaves

Instructions

  1. firstly, wash and rinse the dal and put into a pressure cooker. in the same cooker add tomatoes and turmeric powder. pressure cook for 4 whistles.
  2. once the pressure releases from the cooker, whisk the dal and tomatoes well.
  3. meanwhile, chop onions, coriander leaves, ginger and chilli and keep them aside.
  4. bullet idli sambar
  5. furthermore, in a pan, add 1 tsp of oil. to the same pan add onions and fry them till golden brown.
  6. now add curry leaves, ginger and chilli. fry for a minute.
  7. add smashed daal to the kadai and bring to a boil.
  8. additionally, season with salt and chilli powder.
  9. bring it to boil. add water to maintain the consistency of sambar. boil it for 5 mins.
  10. furthermore, garnish with coriander leaves and lemon juice, add a tsp of ghee and switch off.
  11. prepare the tempering and add it over sambar.
  12. finally, your tiffin sambar is ready. serve it with bullet idli’s dipped in this sambar.

Step-by-step

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firstly, wash and rinse the dal and put into a pressure cooker. in the same cooker add tomatoes and turmeric powder. pressure cook for 4 whistles.mini idli sambar
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once the pressure releases from the cooker, whisk the dal and tomatoes well.mini idli sambar
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meanwhile, chop onions, coriander leaves, ginger and chilli and keep them aside.bullet idli sambar
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furthermore, in a pan, add 1 tsp of oil. to the same pan add onions and fry them till golden brown.tiffin idli sambar
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now add curry leaves, ginger and chilli. fry for a minute.mini idli sambar
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also add smashed daal to the kadai and bring to a boil.bullet idli sambar
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additionally, season with salt and chilli powder.bullet idli sambar
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bring it to boil. add water to maintain the consistency of sambar. boil it for 5 mins.
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furthermore, garnish with coriander leaves and lemon juice, add a tsp of ghee and switch off.mini idli sambar
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prepare the tempering and add it over sambar.tiffin idli sambar
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finally, your tiffin sambar is ready. serve it with bullet idli’s dipped in this sambar.mini idli sambar

Notes

  • firstly, idlis taste great when dipped in sambar for atleast 5 minutes.
  • furthermore, you can add sambar powder if you wish to make it more spicy.
  • moreover, mash the dal properly so that the consistency is maintained.
  • finally, ad a tsp of ghee to make it more flavourful.