mini idli sambar | tiffin idli sambar | bullet idli sambar

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 20 minutes
  • Total time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 3 Servings
  • Category: sambar
  • Cuisine: south indian

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

Method

  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.

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.