Easiest Way to Make Any-night-of-the-week Southern Indian Lentil Stew - Sambar/Kuah Dalca

Southern Indian Lentil Stew - Sambar/Kuah Dalca.

Hello everybody, it's John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a special dish, southern indian lentil stew - sambar/kuah dalca. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I'm gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have southern indian lentil stew - sambar/kuah dalca using 26 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Southern Indian Lentil Stew - Sambar/Kuah Dalca:

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

Steps 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..

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