Buttermilk Sambar: A Unique South Indian Recipe You Must Try

By Krati Purwar

September 18, 2024

Have you tried buttermilk sambar or mor sambar? It is a lip-smacking South Indian dish that will leave you satiated. It pairs well with Malabar parotta or kothu parotta. Here is a quick recipe for you to replicate it at home.

Ingredients

¾ cup of curd 1 tsp sunflower oil Salt to taste ⅓ cup toor dal ¼ tsp hing, mustard seeds 15 sliced ladyfingers ½ tsp fenugreek seeds 2 tsp coriander seeds 7-8 curry leaves 5 dry red chillies 1 tsp sesame seed oil

Step 1

Whisky curd and water to prepare a mixture without lumps. 

Step 2

Boil toor dal in a pressure cooker for at least five whistles and allow the pressure to settle.

Step 3

Toss sliced lady fingers in sesame oil, salt, and fenugreek seeds until they are mushy.

Step 4

Dry roast spices and keep them aside to cool off. Turn them into a fine powder. Mix it with yoghurt.

Step 5

In the same pan, heat oil, mustard seeds, curry leaves, and red chillies. Cook yoghurt with spices in it.

Step 6

Add cooked okra to it and let the sambar simmer for 8-10 minutes on low flame before serving it with rice.