Drumstick Sambar Recipe

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Directions

• Clean and wash the dal, soak it in 2 1/2 cups of water for 10 – 15 minutes and cut the drumstick into 2 inch long pieces and remove the outer strings/skin.
• In a pressure cooker add dal, turmeric powder, green chili, and cook for 25 min and once the pressure subsides, mash it well with the back of a spoon and keep it aside.
• In a pan or kadhai add oil and then add mustard seeds and when mustard seeds splutter, add fenugreek seeds and fry it.
• Add curry leaves, dry red chili, and asafoetida powder and add drumstick pieces, shallots and fry for 5 – 10 seconds.
• Add red chili powder, sambar powder, and cook for 2 more seconds and then add chopped tomato pieces and cook well till they turn mushy.
• Add 1 cup of water, salt, and cook it on a low flame and once the drumstick pieces are cooked, add tamarind extract and cook on a flame to low for 10-12 min and stir occasionally and cook till the raw smell of tamarind goes off.
• Add the cooked dal, 1/2 cup of water, mix it well and cook for 5 – 6 minutes and the consistency of sambar should neither be too thick or too thin and so be careful while adding water.
• Switch off the flame and serve it hot rice.

Meghna Nath