Southern Indian Lentil Stew - Sambar/Kuah Dalca
Southern Indian Lentil Stew - Sambar/Kuah Dalca

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Great recipe for Southern Indian Lentil Stew - Sambar/Kuah Dalca. Sambar is technically a vegetarian curried stew and is highly popular among vegetarians. It has no Onions nor Garlic, has a Lentil base, and can be eaten as is, or with Banana Leaf Rice, Paratha, Chapati, Idli and Dosa (Tosai)..

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook southern indian lentil stew - sambar/kuah dalca using 26 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Southern Indian Lentil Stew - Sambar/Kuah Dalca:
  1. Prepare [For Lentil Base]
  2. Take 1 cup Yellow Lentils
  3. Make ready as needed Water (for boiling)
  4. Get [Sambar Paste]
  5. Make ready 5 pc Fresh Red Chillies (deseed, chopped roughly)
  6. Make ready 20 g Fresh Turmeric (roughly chopped)
  7. Take 2 Tbsp Coriander Seeds
  8. Take 2 tsp Cumin Seeds
  9. Make ready 1 tsp Fenugreek Seeds
  10. Prepare 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
  11. Get 1 tsp Black Gram (Urad Dal)
  12. Make ready 1 Tbsp Split Chickpea (Chana Dal)
  13. Prepare 2 Sprigs Curry Leaves
  14. Take 2 g Asafoetida (optional)
  15. Take 2 Tbsp Cooking Oil
  16. Make ready [Stew] - add your own veggies
  17. Make ready 100 g Carrots (rough dice)
  18. Take 100 g Eggplant (rough slice)
  19. Get 100 g Tomatoes (rough dice)
  20. Get 2 pc Green Chillies (slit)
  21. Make ready 2 pc Red Chillies (slit)
  22. Make ready 30 g Fresh Coriander (rough chop, stem and leaves separated)
  23. Make ready as needed Water (for stewing)
  24. Make ready 1 Tbsp Palm Sugar
  25. Prepare 5 pc Tamarind Slice or Juice from 2 Tbsp Tamarind Paste
  26. Make ready as needed Salt (by my count, 1 tsp)

It has no Onions nor Garlic, has a Lentil base, and can be eaten as is, or with Banana Leaf. Today, we are cooking a deliciously thick vegetable sambar, a South Indian lentil stew with assorted vegetables. This is an amazing recipe that goes well with rice, rotis and chapati. In this video, we learn how to cook mygGrandmother's mutton Dalcha.

Instructions to make Southern Indian Lentil Stew - Sambar/Kuah Dalca:
  1. LENTILS: Add 1 cup of Lentils into a pot with 2 cups of water and bring it to a boil. Add 1 cup of water each time the liquid has evaporated. Stir the bottom occasionally and continue cooking until the Lentils have soften and turn to mush. Once cooked, Turn OFF the heat and let it cool. Once cooled, blend the Lentils with 1 cup of water until smooth and set aside.
  2. SAMBAR PASTE: heat 2 tbsp of cooking oil in a pan until hot. Add the Coriander Seeds, Cumin Seeds, Fenugreek, Mustard Seeds, Black Gram, Chickpea, Curry Leaves and fry them for 10 seconds. Then add the Chillies and the Turmeric mix well and fry them for 30 seconds. TURN OFF the heat and let it cool. Once cooled, ground the ingredients (in a food processor or mortar pestel) with the Asafoetida and set aside.
  3. ASSEMBLY: in a large pot, combine all your Vegetables with 4-5 cups of water and bring to a boil. Then add the Sambar Paste and mix well until the Paste dissolves completely. Then add the Tamarind Slice (or Tamarind Juice) and Palm Sugar. Mix well and cook for 5 minutes. After that, add the Lentils, Fresh Coriander Stems, Salt and mix well. Continue to cook until the gravy thickens to your desired consistency. Once cooked, turn off the heat and add the Fresh Coriander Leaves, mix well and serve.

A Dalcha is a traditional Indian mutton stew with lentils. This dish goes very well with biryani rice or even with bread. Dalcha is a traditional South Indian recipe having its origin in Hyderabad. Dalcha, essentially a lentil preparation can either be vegetarian using pumpkin as the main constituent, or non-vegetarian using meat. This recipe is cooked regularly in most homes.

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