No dal sambar
No dal, no veggies tiffin sambar for the days when you need a side dish, esp sambar have no cooked dal or vegetables .
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Delicious quick side dish , useful for days when you need a tasty side dish but have no vegetables or dal cooked and ready to make a yummy sambar. make this into a quick one pot dish , useful for bachelors and people on the move who can cook with limited facilities and limited pantry staples .
delicious side dish for idlis, dosa or pongal is the No dal sambar
or popularly called Tiffin sambar , although some varieties do use some dal, here i have a recipe which has no dal yet tastes super yummy , very light and can be kept in fridge for 2-3 days if you dont use coconut.
Ingredients:
Pressure cook the ingredients given below for 3 whistles with less water .
1/2 cup chopped tomatoes , use tangy variety
1/2 cup chopped shallots or full shallots
3-4 green chillies
pinch of turmeric powder
Allow cooker to cool .
Roast and grind to powder :
2 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
4-5 red chillies ( mix of both kashmiri and spicy red variety )
pinch of asafoetida powder
4-5 methi seeds
1 tsp oil .
Other ingredients :
10-12 shallots
some curry leaves
1 tsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
salt
curry leaves
chopped coriander leaves
Method :
1 .pressure cook shallots, tomatoes, with turmeric powder, 3 green chillies pinch of salt , very little water to cook and give 3-4 whistles .
2. allow pressure to release naturally .
3. meanwhile roast and grind ingredients mentioned above with little oil .
4. allow to cool and powder finely and keep aside .
5. Blend the pressure cooked tomato and onion mixture in a mixie jar or using a hand blender .
6. Take a pan, add some oil , splutter mustard seeds , add curry leaves, add the shallots and cook ,
7. add the blended onion tomato mixture , add the ground powder as required
8. Save the rest of the ground powder if any left over for flavoring sambar later for next time ,mix well, and allow the mixture to cook on a low flame , adjust salt, add some chopped coriander leaves .
Instant no dal sambr is ready !
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