Yummy Radish Sambar Recipe

Today, we here to present one of the most authentic south Indian dishes known as Radish sambar. This radish sambar recipe is very tasty and healthy. It is easy to prepare and the best part is that it does not require the artificial sambar powder to enhance its taste.

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Serves: 4
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time :20 mins

• Toor dal - 1/3 cup
  
• Tamarind juice- 10 ml
  
• Onion - 1
  
• Radish - 3
  
• Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
  
• Bengal gram dal - 1 ½ tsp
  
• Red chillies - 4
  
• Grated coconut -2 tsp
  
• Raw rice -1/4 tsp
  
• Oil - 2 tsp
  
• Mustard seeds- ¼ tsp
  
• Fenugreek seeds - ¼ tsp
  
• Asafoetida - a pinch
  
• Curry leaves - few strands
  
• Salt to taste

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Method To Make The Sambar Powder

1. Soak toor dal in a bowl of water for 15 mins and pressure cook it with until it turns soft.
   
2. Mash the dal & let it cool.
   
3. Add radish to the cooker and pressure cook it for 2 mins.
   
4. Add oil in a pan and fry coriander seeds, bengal gram dal, few red chillies and raw rice to a pan and fry it until the dal turns golden brown.
   
5. Add grated coconut to this mixture & stir well. Saute the coconut.
   Cool the mixture and grind it into a paste. This is the homemade sambar powder to be used in this recipe.

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Procedure

1. Add oil in a pan & heat it. Add mustard, fenugreek, hing and curry leaves & stir well.
   
2. After a minute, add onions and saute it along with tamarind juice, turmeric powder, salt and cook it for 5 mins.
   
3. Add the ground powder you had prepared along with cooked dal & radish and some water.
   
4. Adjust the consistency of sambar curry according to your taste and liking.
5. Garnish this radish sambar with a few strands of coriander leaves and serve with hot rice and ghee.

Nutritional Tip: Radish is rich in folic acid, vitamin B6 and many more nutrients. Try and include it in most of your meals.

Tip: Instead of toor dal, you can try the same recipe with channa dal.