Easy Parupu Sambar/Parupu Kulambu

1:03 AM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:

• Toor dal - 1 cup
• Shallot onions/ Sambar Onion- 3 to 4
• Garlic Pods - 2
• Tomato - 1
• Green Chilli - 1
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tbsp
• Salt - as required

Garnishing:

• Mustard seeds: 1/2 tbsp
• Red chillies - 3
• Curry leaves - few
• chilli vadagam - few [you can easily get this vadagam in most of the supermarkets]

Method:

• In a pressure cooker, add toor dal, sliced onion, sliced tomato, finely chopped garlic, chopped green chilli, turmeric powder, and salt.
• Pressure cook this ingredients, let the whistle blow for at least 4 or 5 times, so that the ingredients are nicely cooked and blended.
• In a frying pan, add mustard, curry leaves, red chillies, and chilli vadagam.
• Add this to the parupu, now your sambar is ready.

Note: If you don't have vadagam, don't worry, leave it and add the other garnishing items.
Preparation Time: 15 to 20 minutes.
This is the simple version of sambar and you can prepare this very easily. Add ghee to the rice before adding sambar, it tastes yummy. Nothing can beat this taste.