Idli sambar chutney
Breakfast Recipe Vegetarian

Idli sambar chutney

This is  a popular Indian breakfast all over the world.The hot steamed ,soft rice and lentil cakes are traditionally served with a dal (lentils gravy)prepared with vegetables and special spices.Curry leaves are the only herbs which can endow this indigenous and authentic  taste for this dish.Apart from this gravy a chutney is also served which varies from state to state and even from city to city containing the common ingredient of the south coastal lines, coconut.This is the staple breakfast of the state of Tamil Nadu which has gained its popularity all over India and even world due to its simplicity,filling property and easy digestible benefits.As a combo this can also be served in Lunch or dinner as main course.

Idli sambar chutney

Idli  Ingredients

  1. Rice soaked overnight(2 cups)
  2. White lentils (urud dal) 1 cup soaked separately

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Preparation

  1. Ground the rice and lentils together after draining all water.
  2. Add little water only sufficient to grind them finely
  3. The mixture should be thick fine and smooth of pouring consistency.
  4. Keep the mixture another 6 to 7 hours for fermentation.
  5. Add salt to taste
  6. grease the idli molds .
  7. add 2 tbsp of the mixture ,so that it fills only  3/4th of the mold and steam for 5 to 7 minutes.
  8. If you don’t have idly mold ,you can use any mold like muffin cups or cup cake mold.
  9. Serve hot with sambar and coconut chutney.

Sambar  Ingredients

  1. Toor  dal or yellow lentils(1 cup)
  2. 2 small Aubergines( cut into big pieces)
  3. Ladies finger(4 to 5 ,only the head and tail part removed)
  4. Drumsticks cut into big pieces( 1 cup)
  5. Shallots or onions chopped into big pieces
  6. 1 handful of Curry leaves
  7. 1 tsp of yellow lentils for seasoning
  8. Mustard seeds (1 tsp)
  9. 2 tbsp Sambar powder( ready made powder available in Indian stores)
  10. 1 tsp chilly powder
  11. 4 to 6 green chillies
  12. Tamarind pulp 1/4 cup soaked in water.
  13. 2 tomatoes pureed
  14. A pinch of Asafoetida powder
  15. Salt to taste
  16. Oil (2 tbsp)

Preparation

  1. Parboil the vegetables and strain.
  2. Boil the lentils till soft.
  3. Grind in a grinder to make the boiled lentil  smooth.
  4. Add 2 tbsp of oil.
  5. Add mustard seeds ,when it splutter add curry leaves and 1 tsp of toor dal.
  6. Add tomato puree and saute till the raw smell disappear.
  7. dissolve red chilly powder and sambar powder in water to form a paste.
  8. Add this paste in oil and saute.
  9. Add 1 cup of water.
  10. Add the vegetables.
  11. Add the tamarind pulp soaked in water.
  12. Add the boiled lentils puree.
  13. Add green chillies chopped or split
  14. Allow to cook covered for 7 to 10 minutes.
  15. the grave or dal should not be thick,it should be little more thicker than ordinary milk,add 1 cup of water and adjust the salt if necessary.

Chutney ingredients

  1. 1 cup of chopped coriander leaves.
  2. 1/2 cup of coconut.
  3. 2 green chilies
  4. Salt as per taste
  5. 4 to 5 cloves of Garlic

Preparation

  1. Mix everything into a smooth paste.
  2. Serve in bowls

Serving suggestion

  1. you can serve idli with sambar and chutney in separate bowls.Traditionally served on banana leaves.One can break a piece of idly ,roll it in chutney and have a spoonful of sambar after that.
  2. As a breakfast in Maharashtra ,idli is served in a flat bowl and sambar is poured over it and chutney is served as an accompaniment.
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Idli sambar chutney

Idli sambar chutney

This is  a popular Indian breakfast all over the world.The hot steamed ,soft rice and lentil cakes are traditionally served with a dal (lentils gravy)prepared with vegetables and special spices.Curry leaves are the only herbs which can endow this indigenous and authentic  taste for this dish.Apart from this gravy a chutney is also served which varies from state to state and even from city to city containing the common ingredient of the south coastal lines, coconut.This is the staple breakfast of the state of Tamil Nadu which has gained its popularity all over India and even world due to its simplicity,filling property and easy digestible benefits.As a combo this can also be served in Lunch or dinner as main course.
Author indrani

Ingredients

Idli  Ingredients

  • Rice soaked overnight 2 cups
  • White lentils urud dal 1 cup soaked separately

Sambar  Ingredients

  • Toor dal or yellow lentils 1 cup
  • 2 small Aubergines cut into big pieces
  • Ladies finger 4 to 5 ,only the head and tail part removed
  • Drumsticks cut into big pieces 1 cup
  • Shallots or onions chopped into big pieces
  • 1 handful of Curry leaves
  • 1 tsp of yellow lentils for seasoning
  • Mustard seeds 1 tsp
  • 2 tbsp Sambar powder ready made powder available in Indian stores
  • 1 tsp chilly powder
  • 4 to 6 green chillies
  • Tamarind pulp 1/4 cup soaked in water.
  • 2 to matoes pureed
  • A pinch of Asafoetida powder
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil 2 tbsp

Chutney ingredients

  • 1 cup of chopped coriander leaves.
  • 1/2 cup of coconut.
  • 2 green chilies
  • Salt as per taste
  • 4 to 5 cloves of Garlic

Instructions

Idli Preparation

  1. Ground the rice and lentils together after draining all water.
  2. Add little water only sufficient to grind them finely
  3. The mixture should be thick fine and smooth of pouring consistency.
  4. Keep the mixture another 6 to 7 hours for fermentation.
  5. Add salt to taste
  6. grease the idli molds .
  7. add 2 tbsp of the mixture ,so that it fills only  3/4th of the mold and steam for 5 to 7 minutes.
  8. If you don't have idly mold ,you can use any mold like muffin cups or cup cake mold.
  9. Serve hot with sambar and coconut chutney.

Sambar Preparation

  1. Parboil the vegetables and strain.
  2. Boil the lentils till soft.
  3. Grind in a grinder to make the boiled lentil  smooth.
  4. Add 2 tbsp of oil.
  5. Add mustard seeds ,when it splutter add curry leaves and 1 tsp of toor dal.
  6. Add tomato puree and saute till the raw smell disappear.
  7. dissolve red chilly powder and sambar powder in water to form a paste.
  8. Add this paste in oil and saute.
  9. Add 1 cup of water.
  10. Add the vegetables.
  11. Add the tamarind pulp soaked in water.
  12. Add the boiled lentils puree.
  13. Add green chillies chopped or split
  14. Allow to cook covered for 7 to 10 minutes.
  15. the grave or dal should not be thick,it should be little more thicker than ordinary milk,add 1 cup of water and adjust the salt if necessary.
  16. Chutney preparation
  17. Mix everything into a smooth paste.
  18. Serve in bowls

Serving suggestion

  1. you can serve idli with sambar and chutney in separate bowls.Traditionally served on banana leaves.One can break a piece of idly ,roll it in chutney and have a spoonful of sambar after that.
  2. As a breakfast in Maharashtra ,idli is served in a flat bowl and sambar is poured over it and chutney is served as an accompaniment.

 

 

Aboutindrani

Indrani Sen is a teacher,lecturer in Information Technology/Computer Science for the past 12 years. She has authored 4 text books in Information Technology.
She is passionate about cooking and loves to blog about food and travel.This blog is like my baby as I have built it from scratch by myself with little help from colleagues ,friends and of course Google.

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