Brinjal Sambar is a traditional South Indian Sambar Which is made of toor dal, brinjal, tamarind, and sambar powder. This Sambar is absolutely delicious and can be had as an accompaniment with any Indian Breakfast like idli, dosa, uthappam, paniyaram or can be had with steamed hot rice.
You can add drumstick along with brinjal or add drumstick instead of brinjal and make the sambar. Apart from brinjal and drumstick, you can add any veggies of your like. Most of the veggies used in sambar are beans, carrot, drumstick, brinjal, drumstick leaves, chow chow, radish, ladies finger and even raw mango is also used.
Enjoy the video of Brinjal Sambar.
Also, you can use of sambar onions instead of normal onions. Use any branded sambar powder or homemade sambar powder. You can check this link to make the Soft Idli. Now let us see how to prepare this Brinjal Sambar.
- 1/2 Cup Toor dal/Thuvaram paruppu
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 strand Curry leaves
- 1 Garlic pod
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1/2 tsp Mustard /kadugu
- 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds/Jeera
- 1/4 tsp Fenugreek seed/vendayam
- 1/4 tsp Hing
- 1 strand Curry leaves
- 1 Dry Red Chili
- Pressure cook dal for 3 whistles with the ingredients given under "To cook dal" with a little water and set aside. Using Idli batter Pour idli using small idli molds. Finely chop onion, tomato and set aside. Also, cut each brinjal into 4 pieces and place it in water or else it will turn black in color. Soak tamarind in hot water and extract the juice and set aside.
- Heat a Kadai add 2 tbsp oil and let it heat. Then add onion, curry leaves and saute till onion turns translucent. Then add tomato and saute till it becomes mushy. Then add brinjal, chili powder.
- Saute for 2-3 minutes till the brinjal is half cooked. Then add cooked dal, little water, salt to taste. Close the lid and cook for 15 mins. Mix twice in between.
- Now brinjal should be fully cooked. At this stage add tamarind water, adjust sambar consistency with required water and cook for 5 more mins. Then add sambar powder at last and give a quick stir.
- Heat another pan with oil and temper with the ingredients given under "To temper" and pour it into the sambar. Mix well and garnish with coriander leaves. Brinjal Sambar is ready. While serving mini idlis add sambar and serve.
- You can use sambar onion(small onions) instead of big onions.
- You can temper with ghee instead of oil. It gives a nice aroma to sambar.
- Add tamarind according to your taste.
- Sambar powder should always be added at the last and boil for 1-2 minutes only.
- You can also add drumstick along with brinjal to make sambar.
You might also like Onion Sambar, Tiffin Sambar.
Delicious Brinjal Sambar which pairs well with Idli, Dosa as well with rice.
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