Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Idli Sambar Recipe | Hotel Style Tiffin Sambar is a vegetarian south indian sambar made with oil, onion, and tomato in about 40 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 8 Servings
- Category: sambar
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 onion (sliced)
- 1 tomato (chopped)
- 1 carrot (chopped)
- 1 potato (chopped)
- 6 beans (chopped)
- 10 pieces drumsticks
- 2 tsp salt
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 2 chilli
- few curry leaves
- 4 cup water
- ½ cup tamarind extract
- 1 tsp jaggery
- 2 cup cooked toor dal
- 2 cup water
- 2 tbsp sambar powder
- 2 tbsp coriander (chopped)
For tempering:
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 tsp mustard
- ½ tsp urad dal
- 1 dried red chilli
- pinch hing
- few curry leaves
Method
- Firstly, in a large vessel, take 2 tbsp oil. Add 1 onion and saute well.
- Add 1 tomato, 1 carrot, 1 potato, 6 beans, 10 pieces of drumsticks, 1 tsp salt, ½ tsp turmeric, 2 chillies, and a few curry leaves. Stir fry for 2 minutes.
- Add 4 cups of water and boil for 5 minutes or until the vegetables are half-cooked.
- Now, add ½ cup tamarind extract and 1 tsp jaggery, and continue to boil until the vegetables are cooked well.
- Add 2 cups of cooked toor dal and 2 cups of water, and mix well, adjusting the consistency as needed.
- Add 2 tbsp sambar powder and 1 tsp salt. Mix and boil for 5 minutes.
- Now, prepare the tempering by heating 1 tbsp of coconut oil. Add 1 tsp mustard, ½ tsp urad dal, 1 dried red chilli, a pinch of hing, and a few curry leaves.
- Splutter the tempering and pour over the sambar.
- Also, add 2 tbsp coriander and mix well.
- Finally, enjoy Idli Sambar with hot steamed idlis or dosas.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
