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Beetroot sambar is a healthy, delicious sambar recipe where beetroot is the main vegetable. It is a colourful, tasty sambar with the goodness of beetroot. It goes well with rice, roti or chapati.
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Servings: 4
Calories: 198kcal
Ingredients
- ¼ cup toor dal washed
- 1 cup beetroot chopped into cubes
- 2 cup water
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp oil
- 1 tbsp ghee
- ½ tsp mustard
- ½ tsp cumin
- ½ tsp hing(asafoetida)
- 1 red chilli
- 4 to 6 curry leaves
- 1 tsp jaggery
- 1 tbsp tamarind juice
- 1 tsp coconut oil optional
- 1 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
For grinding masala:
- 1 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp cumin
- ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
- 1 tsp chana dal
- 1 tbsp coriander seeds
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 4 to 6 black pepper
- 2 red chilli
- 4 to 5 curry leaves
- ¼ cup grated coconut
Instructions
- Firstly, heat a pressure cooker on moderate flame and add washed toor dal, chopped beetroot, turmeric powder, salt and water.
- Then add little oil and cover the cooker lid.
- Pressure cook this for 2 whistles and keep it aside.
- Meanwhile prepare the masala for grinding. For that heat a small pan on medium flame and add oil.
- When the oil is hot enough, add cumin, fenugreek seeds, chana dal, coriander seeds and urad dal.
- Similarly add red chilli and black pepper.
- Fry this for 1 or 2 minutes, and then curry leaves and grated coconut.
- Again stir fry this for one more minute until dals & grated coconut turns to slightly golden color.
- Now turn off the heat and transfer this to a blender.
- Add little water and blend this to a fine paste. Keep it aside.
- Further heat a pan and add ghee.
- As the ghee starts to melt, add tempering ingredients like mustard, cumin, hing, red chilli and curry leaves.
- Saute well for a minute until it splutters.
- Next add the cooked lentil/dal and beetroot mixture carefully.
- After that add salt, jaggery, tamarind juice, and blended masala.
- Add little water if the sambar consistency is too thick.
- Give a good mix and bring this to a boil for 4 to 5 mins on a low flame.
- Then turn off the heat and add a tsp of coconut oil & this is optional.
- Finally add chopped coriander leaves and give a quick mix.
- Now the delicious Beetroot Sambar is ready to serve!
- Enjoy this tasty sambar as a side dish with hot plain rice with a spoonful of ghee. It also goes well with roti or chapati.
Notes
- If you are using sambar powder directly, then skip the frying step for grinding masala. Directly add sambar powder with grated coconut and blend it to a fine paste.
- Here adding coconut oil is purely optional. If you don't want, you can skip this too. I just added coconut oil for flavor & taste.
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