Home About Me Cooking Glossary Recipe Index Oats Recipes Recipe Videos Food and Travel Restaurant Review

Eggless Bakes Media Mention

Tamil New Year & Vishu Special Recipes (April 14th & 15th)

Idli Recipe Recipe Food Rice Recipe All Recipes
Arachuvitta Sambar Recipe - Carrot Sambar Recipe
Tweet 0 5 Like

0
Arachuvitta Sambar - Sambar with freshly ground masalas, very flavourful can be served as sidedish
for rice or even for idlis and dosas.
The word sambar brings back the memories of Coimbatore's Annaporna Sambar(a very popular hotel in
Coimbatore for its sambar which tastes out of the world) I havent tasted any sambar even close to
it. I am not a person who drench the idlis/dosa in sambar but when it comes to Annaporna sambar I m
no exception to it....I can even drink a cup of it ;) Am sure residents of CBE wud agree with
me...Even now when I go on a days visit to CBE, I make sure to go to the hotel however hectic the
schedule may be. They also sell their sambar powders but still we cant get the same taste as theirs.
If you ask me to write abt CBE I can go on and on....
I followed Lavi's recipe with my own modifications here and there and this arachuvita sambar was
very aromatic & flavourful becos of the spices blend into it. So coming to the archuvita sambar recipe
right away.
30 30
Arachuvitta Sambar Recipe - Ingredients :
Toor Dal(Thuvaram parupu) - 1 cup
Tamarind - 1 lemon sized ball
Carrot - 2 small sized
Shallots - 10
Tomato - 1
Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp chopped
Roast and grind:
Coriander Seeds / Dhania - 1 tsp
Chana Dal / Kadala Paruppu - 1 tsp
Fenugreek / Vendhayam - 1/4 tsp
Raw Rice / Arisi - 1 tsp
Dry Red Chilli / Kanja Milagaai - 1
Grated Coconut / Thuruviya Thengaai - 1 tbsp
To Temper:
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad Dal - 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
Hing/Perungayam - a pinch
Curry leaves - few
Red chillies - 1
Method:1.Dry roast the ingredients under 'to roast and grind' until golden brown and grind it to a
semi fine powder. Keep aside.
2.Pressure cook toor dal with turmeric powder and enough water (4-5 whistles) till its cooked , mash
it well with a laddle, set aside.In a kadai, heat 2 tsp of oil, add mustard seeds,urad dhal, fenugreek,
hing, red chillies and few curry leaves. Now add the shallot's, saute them till they are semi-cooked.
Add chopped tomato and saute it well.
3.Add the veggie of your choice - I used carrots. Saute till raw smell leaves.Then transfer this to the
pressure cooker containing mashed dhal. Add little water and dilute it.
4.Simmer and allow it to boil for 3-5mins till the veggie is cooked and is soft.Add the freshly grinded
powder and mix well. Then add tamarind water...Mix well.Add required salt.
Murungakkai
Sambar Recipe
(Drumstick
Sambar)
Sambar Powder
Recipe -
Homemade
Sambar Podi
Raw Mango
Sambar Recipe -
Easy Sambar
Recipe
Melagu Poondu
Kolambu (Pepper
Garlic Kolambu)
Poricha Kuzhambu
5.Allow it to boil for 5-7 mins till the sambar is thick and is of desired consitency.Add chopped
coriander leaves and switch it off.
My Notes:
Adding veggie is purely optional, you can make it without any vegetable too. As it uses
freshly ground spices, the sambar will be flavourful even without any vegetable.
Dont worry if your spice powder is not very fine. I usually make is slightly coarse only but
the sambar comes out well.
Tags: arachuvitta sambar, sambar recipe, arachuvitta sambar recipe, how to make basic sambar, sambar with toor dal, rice sambar, south
indian sambar recipe, how to make south indian sambar, lunch sambar, tamilnadu style
You might also like:
Written by SHARMILEE J at 7:57 PM
Labels: Kolambu and Sambars for rice
Li nkwi thi n
Recommend this on Google
21 comments:
Asha May 6, 2009 at 10:11 PM
I love traditional Sambhar recipes, looks delicious. I will try when I come back home from break! :)
Reply
Smitha May 6, 2009 at 10:19 PM
My grand ma makes a similar sambar with all home made sambar powder. Yummy it llooks.
Reply
Ramya Vijaykumar May 6, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Sharmi, you can write about CBE on and on and on, and I can read about it on and on and on and will agree to what
ever good things you say abt CBE, like water, climate, ppl, the respect they give oh now let me stop... My Mom and
aunts make sambhar like this but we dont use coconut... But Annapurna Sambhar is the best...
Reply
Mahimaa's kitchen May 7, 2009 at 12:40 AM
wonderful aromatic sambar. love arachavitta sambar.
Reply
Ashwini May 7, 2009 at 3:10 AM
Love sambar with rice and a ide curry. Comfort food.
Reply
Cham May 7, 2009 at 3:29 AM
I am not a huge fan of sambar, This one looks tasty!
Reply
Nags May 7, 2009 at 7:30 AM
All hotel sambar tastes diff from the one we make at home no? I make this one following MIL's recipe. So flavourful,
like you say :)
Reply
anudivya May 7, 2009 at 10:10 AM
This looks better than any hotel sambar, and it has that ring to it with the "arachivita" prefix. As you said, the spice
blend is the key and that is what makes it special.BTW, I am back after a long break, and I hope I can catch up to
some of your recipes.
PS, I like your blog background.
Reply
Divya Vikram May 7, 2009 at 10:50 AM
The sambar looks great! I have tasted annapoorna sambar and it is the best!
Reply
Lavi May 7, 2009 at 1:03 PM
Sharmi..SAMBHAR look's Delicious! Glad, that you tried and liked it!
iam really waiting to visit Annapoorna, have heared and read lot about it.
Reply
Kitchen Flavours May 7, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Oh wow wish i could smell the aroma of this flavourful sambar...Looks vright and yum....Love your soya chunks
kurma...Carrot kheer also looks yum....
Reply
srikars kitchen May 7, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Nice sambar.. my fav dish.. looks really mouthwatering,..
Reply
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
Enter your comment...
Comment as:
Google Account
Publish

Preview
Laavanya May 7, 2009 at 9:56 PM
I'm a big sambar fan and there's nothing to beat arachuvitta sambar - the fragrance is beyond compare. Looks
awesome.
Reply
Madhu's cooking gallery May 8, 2009 at 10:18 AM
oh yeah! i love this one with rice and potato curry.. delish sambar!
Reply
SJ May 8, 2009 at 3:45 PM
What you don't drench idlis & dosas in sambar?? Bad girl!! I LOVE sambar and I smother my idlid and dosas in
them- so much it just looks like a big pie of sambar!!!
Reply
Varsha Vipins May 9, 2009 at 2:52 AM
One look at sambar n I am flattttttttttt..:D:D..I so so love it..drooling here da..:)
Reply
Prathibha May 9, 2009 at 8:07 AM
Lovely sambar gal...looks tempting...
Try to visit my space when u find time..
Reply
Bharathy May 9, 2009 at 10:00 PM
yeah..I too appreciate lavi's recipes..:)..Sambhar has a heavenly taste with combined dals..thuar and moong..and I
bet you have the best here :)!..
We see to it to stop at Annapoorna for a masala dosa and filtercoffee whenever in Kovai ;)..great place :)!!
Reply
veggie belly May 10, 2009 at 5:21 AM
you have made one of my favorite things in the whole world!
Reply
Madhumathi May 12, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Sambar looks very inviting..I too have bookmarked it..Should try soon..
Reply
Ruchika Bhandari June 7, 2013 at 9:15 PM
Hi,
I tried your recipe last night and it turned out to be great! I will no longer use store bought sambhar powder. Fresh
powder is easy and super flavorful. My hubby loved it. I had it with your peanut chutney and idlis. Thanks again for a
great recipe.
Reply
All the content in this website are copyrighted Sharmis Passions. Powered by Blogger.