Podi Potta Sambar
The quick version with ready sambar powder
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- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Serves
- 4
- Difficulty
- Easy
The everyday weekday sambar. Instead of frying and grinding spices, you stir in ready sambar powder, so it comes together quickly and still tastes full and warm.
Method
- 1
Pressure cook the toor dal and mash it smooth.
- 2
Extract the tamarind juice and stir in the sambar powder and salt.
- 3
Temper mustard, fenugreek and dried chillies in oil, then add asafoetida and curry leaves.
- 4
Add the tamarind mixture and the vegetable and boil until the vegetable softens.
- 5
Add the mashed dal, boil together, thicken with the rice flour and finish with coriander.
Tips & notes
- Add the sambar powder to the tamarind water rather than to the hot oil so it does not scorch.
- Fresh, homemade sambar powder lifts this simple sambar more than anything else.
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