Steps to Prepare Ultimate Southern Indian Lentil Stew - Sambar/Kuah Dalca

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have southern indian lentil stew - sambar/kuah dalca using 26 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

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

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