Gram flour sambar/ kadalaimaavu sambar

Gram flour sambar recipe with step by step pictures  

            Gram flour sambar is a sidedish for idli, dosas.  It is an instant sambar.  After marriage, i was learning cooking with simple recipes.  At that time, my MIL taught me this recipe.  It is very easy to cook and tastes yummy.  I always use gram flour for marination and making dumplings.  But Whenever I have no vegetables other than onion and tomato and wanted to make sambar,  i would go for this recipe.  Hope you like it.  Try it and let me know. 

Enjoy the food! 

Ingredients  : 

.  Gram flour - 2 tblsp 

.  Onion - 1 big onion (chopped lengthwise )

.  tomatoes - 1 small sized( chopped lengthwise )

.  green chilli - 1 (slited)

.  curry leaves - 1 sprig 

.  Oil - 1 tblsp 

.  Mustard seeds  - 1 tsp 

.  Urad dal - 1 tsp 

.  Bengal gram - 1 tsp 

.  Turmeric powder  - 1/2 tsp 

.  Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp 

.  Salt to taste 

.  Kasuri methi - 1 tsp (optional )

.  coriander leaves  - to garnish 

Method :

         1.  Heat oil in a kadai.  Add mustard seeds, urad dal and bengal gram dal. Let it crackle and turns to golden brown. 

         2.  Add onion, green chilli and curry leaves.  Saute until onion becomes translucent .

        3.  Add tomatoes.  Saute for a min. Add turmeric powder and chilli powder. Saute for few secs. 

       4.  Add 1 cup of water.  Add salt.  Cook for 5 min. 

       5.  Take gram flour in a bowl.  Add water and make a slurry. Add this to sambar. 

      6.  Add required water.  Mix well.  Cook for 5 min.  Add kasuri methi and coriander leaves . Switch off the flame.  Serve. 

Pictorial  : 

          1) Heat oil in a kadai.  Add mustard seeds ,urad dal and bengal gram dal. 

         2) Let it crackle and turns to golden brown. 

         3) Add chopped onion, green chilli and curry leaves. 

        4) Saute until it becomes translucent. 

        5) Add chopped tomatoes. 

        6) Saute for a min. 

        7) Add turmeric powder and chilli powder  

       8) Saute for few secs. 

       9) Add 1 cup of water. 

      10) Add salt. 

      11) Cook for about 5 mins. 

      12) Take gram flour in a bowl. 

       13) Add 1/2 cup of water.  Make slurry without any lumps. 

      14) Add this slurry to the sambar. 

      15) Add 2 cups of water. 

      16) Cook for about 5 min. 

      17) Add kasuri methi and coriander leaves . Switch off the flame. 

      18) serve. 

Note : 

       1.  when you are adding the gram flour slurry,  immediately add water and dilute it.  Otherwise it will form lumps.  

       2.  I have added kasuri methi.  It gives nice aroma.  You can skip that too.