Palak Sambar Recipe

Palak Sambar Recipe

Palak Sambar or Spinach curry is a delicious sambar that pairs well with rice. This is a very simple recipe oozing with flavor.

INGREDIENTS -

• 1 cup palak / spinach,
• 1/3 cup toor dal
• Tamarind
• 1.5  tsp Sambar powder
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 / 15 no Big onion / small onions
• Curry Leaves Few

To Temper

• 2  tsp ghee
• 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1/8 tsp fenugreek seeds
• 1 no Red chilli
• 1/4 tsp Asafetida / Hing

INSTRUCTIONS -

1. Wash and chop palak roughly. Soak tamarind in 1 cup water.
2. Pressure cook toor dal in enough water and mash it.
3. Heat oil in a kadai. Temper and saute onion, curry leaves.
4. Saute palak and add tamarind extract, sambar powder, salt and turmeric powder.
5. Let it boil for a minute. Lastly add the cooked dal and boil for few minutes.
6. Transfer to a bowl and serve hot with plain rice adding ghee.Enjoy !