Add dal, water, tomatoes, chopped onion, sugar, salt, turmeric, cayenne and sambhar spice blend to the inner liner of your Instant Pot . Cook for 10 minutes at high …
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Make sure you have your Sambar Masala blend made up. You can either make the sambar spice blend at home using this recipe or you can use a ready-made sambar powder blend. If you're using the homemade blend, use the whole batch for this recipe. For store-bought masala, use 1 tablespoon if you like it moderately spicy or adjust downward as needed.
Tip – Roast ½ cup grated fresh coconut and add it to the recipe for a coconut-flavored sambar powder. Add 1 cup Bengal gram lentils and 1 cup split and skinned black lentils to a pan. Roast on medium heat until they’re golden brown in color and a nutty aroma starts to emit (8-10 minutes). Keep stirring frequently while roasting.
There are a few steps to follow in making this Instant Pot Sambar recipe: Make a sambar spice blend. If you don't want to do this, you can buy a ready-made sambar powder blend as well. Cook the toor dal with spices, tomatoes, and aromatics first. Use an immersion blender to blend this dal.
I am from Tamilnadu and I like tamil style sambar powders. I like the brands Aachi and Sakthi Sambar Powder. Here is how to do sambar powder from scratch. Ingredients like Poppy seeds and fennel seeds are not traditional. They add it at my place as its aromatic. So its up to you to use fennel and poppy seeds.