Potato Drumstick Sambar.

 Potato drumstick sambar is very tasty south Indian curry that can be served hot with steamed rice, dosa and idli. Potato Drumstick Sambar recipe is given below with step by step photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Potato Drumstick Sambar.

Ingredients:-

Potato.                -2
Drumstick.         -2
Tomato.              -1
Sambar onion.    -10
Tamarind.           - a goosebery size
Sambar powder.  -2 tbsp
Mustard seeds.    -1tsp
Cumin seeds.       -1/2 tsp
Curry leaves.       -1sprig
Coriander leaves.-1/4 cup
Salt.                     -to taste
Coconut oil.        -2 tsp +1tsp

Instructions:-

1). Peel and remove the outer skin of potato and chop into cubed pieces. Wash and pressure cook tur dal along with chopped potato cubes adding required water for 2 whistles. Keep aside the coked potato and tur dal mixture.

2). In a small bowl add sambar powder and required water and mix well without lumps. Keep aside the sambar powder water mixture.

3). Peel the outer skin of sambar onion/ shallots, wash well and chop into halves. Heat 2 tsp coconut oil in a small pan and fry the sambar onion unti it turns soft and brown. Keep aside the fried sambar onion.

4). Soak a gooseberry size tamarind in 1/4 cup of water for few minutes.Squeeze the soaked tamarind in water .Keep aside the tamarind juice.

Method:-

1). Peel the outer skin and chop drumstick into 2 inch lengthy pieces. In a cooking vessel add the chopped drumstick pieces and 1 cup of water and cook till soft.Add cooked potato tur dal mixture into the vessel and mix well.

2) Add chopped tomato, tamarind juice and required salt into the pan and mix well. Boil and cook for 2 minutes on low flame.

3). Add sambar powder water mixture into the vessel. Mix well and boil on low flame.

4). Add finely chopped coriander leaves into the sambar in the vessel.

5) Mix well and boil the sambar on low flame for 2 minutes and switch off the flame.

6). Heat 1tsp coconut oil in a small pan. Splutter mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Add curry leaves into the pan and fry in oil for a second. Switch off the flame and pour it into sambar in the cooking vessel.

7). Add fried shallots /onion sambar into the sambar in the cooking vessel.

8). Mix the potato drumstic sambar with a ladle.

 Very tasty Potato Drumstick Sambar is ready to serve hot with  steamed rice, dosa and idli.