Best Sambar Recipe without Sambar Powder & Coconut Milk

Have you ever tried a sambar dish without sambar powder and coconut milk? If not, you are in the right place to make it possible. Today, I am going to show you the best way to prepare a vegetable sambar recipe without sambar powder and coconut milk.

Sambar is one of the famous vegan dishes with dosa/idly or even with rice. Mostly, people make sambar with sambar powder, but I am going to show you this dish without sambar powder.

Usually, people cook sambar for breakfast or lunch, but you can have it for dinner as well.

Alright, let’s see the best and easy way to make a Sri Lankan style sambar recipe without sambar powder and coconut milk.

My Favorite Combos

1. This Recipe + Indian Dosa/idly + Tomato Chutney + Coconut Chutney
2. This Recipe + Sri Lankan Dosa + Coconut Sambol
3. This Recipe + Rice + Chicken Fry /Devilled Beef /Fish Fry /Shrimp Fry

Sambar Recipe without Sambar Powder

Ingredients

• Potato – 100g
• Pumpkin – 100g
• Carrot – 100g
• Eggplant – 100g
• Tomato – 100g
• Drumstick – 100g
• Onion – 100g
• Dhal – 200g
• Coriander leaves – As you need
• Green chili – 2 or 3
• Dried red chili – 2 or 3
• Garlic clove – 3 or 4
• Curry leaves – Few
• Turmeric powder – ½ teaspoon
• Mustard seeds – ½ teaspoon
• Curry powder – 1 tablespoon
• Thin tamarind juice – 200ml
• Water – As you want (I used 2000ml)
• Salt – As you need
• Cooking oil – As you need

Notes

1. You can make this recipe even without one or two of these vegetables.
2. If it is hard to find curry powder, use chili powder.
3. Adjust curry powder, green chili, and dried red chili according to your taste.
4. If you want a thick sambar, reduce the amount of water.
5. If you want the dhal to totally dissolve in the sambar, cook a bit longer than I recommended.

Instructions

1. Clean and slice the potato, pumpkin, carrot, eggplant, tomato, drumstick, onion, garlic, green chili, dried red chili, and coriander leaves as shown in the picture below. Besides, rinse the dhal and prepare tamarind juice. Apart from that, get ready with water, curry leaves, turmeric powder, mustard seeds, curry powder, salt, and cooking oil.

2. Heat the oil and add mustard seeds. Let them splutter. Then add onion, green chili, dried red chili, and curry leaves. Sauté them till the onion starts turn to golden.

3. Now, add dhal, garlic, turmeric powder, salt, and water. Give a good mix.

4. Cook covered under the high flame until dhal turns tender. For me, it takes about 20 minutes.

5. Now, add potato, pumpkin, carrot, eggplant, tomato, drumstick, curry powder, and tamarind juice. Give a good mix.

6. Cook covered under the high flame until all the vegetables, especially carrots and potatoes turn tender and soft. For me, it takes about 30 minutes. Taste the curry and adjust salt if needed.

7. Finally, add the coriander leaves and give a good mix.

8. This is how to make the best sambar recipe without sambar powder and coconut milk. Serve and enjoy this simple Sri Lankan mixed vegetable dish.

Here is the Video of this Recipe
So, what do you think about this sambar recipe without sambar powder and coconut milk? I hope you liked this healthy vegan dish. When you have all the ingredients give it a try on this Sri Lankan Sambar dish.

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