Arachuvitta Sambar is a traditional alternate sambar version made with freshly ground masalas & veggies of our choice. Arachuvitta Sambar is very flavourful & tasty curry with rice and can be served as side for idlis and dosas. Arachuvitta Sambar Recipe with step by step pictures presented in this post.
Arachuvitta Sambar – Sambar with freshly ground masalas, very flavourful can be served as sidedish for rice or even for idlis and dosas.
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Arachuvitta Sambar
Ingredients
- 1 cup toor dal / thuvaram paruppu
- 1 lemon sized ball tamarind
- 2 small sized carrot
- 10 small onion
- 1 tomato
- 1 tablespoon coriander leaves chopped
Roast and grind:
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds / dhania
- 1 teaspoon chana dal / kadala paruppu
- 1/4 teaspoon fenugreek / vendhayam
- 1 teaspoon raw rice
- 1 dry red chilli
- 1 tablespoon coconut grated
To Temper:
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon urad dal
- 1/4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
- a pinch hing/perungayam
- few curry leaves
- 1 red chilli
Instructions
- Dry roast the ingredients under ‘to roast and grind’ until golden brown and grind it to a semi fine powder. Keep aside.
- Pressure cook toor dal with turmeric powder and enough water (4-5 whistles) till its cooked , mash it well with a laddle, set aside.
- In a kadai, heat 2 teaspoon of oil, add mustard seeds, urad dhal, fenugreek, hing, red chillies and few curry leaves.
- Now add the shallot’s, saute them till they are semi-cooked.
- Add chopped tomato and saute it well.
- Add the veggie of your choice – I used carrots. Saute till raw smell leaves.
- Then transfer this to the pressure cooker containing mashed dhal. Add little water and dilute it.
- Simmer and allow it to boil for 3-5mins till the veggie is cooked and is soft.
- Add the freshly grinded powder and mix well.
- Then add tamarind water…Mix well.
- Add required salt. Allow it to boil for 5-7 mins till the sambar is thick and is of desired consistency.
- Add chopped coriander leaves and switch it off. Arachuvitta Sambar ready!
Notes
- Adding veggie is purely optional, you can make it without any vegetable too. As it uses freshly ground spices, the sambar will be flavorful even without any vegetable.
- Do not worry if your spice powder is not very fine. I usually make is slightly coarse only but the sambar comes out well.
How to make Arachuvitta Sambar
1.Dry roast the ingredients under ‘to roast and grind’ until golden brown and grind it to a semi fine powder. Keep aside.
3.Add the veggie of your choice – I used carrots. Saute till raw smell leaves.Then transfer this to the pressure cooker containing mashed dhal. Add little water and dilute it.
4.Simmer and allow it to boil for 3-5mins till the veggie is cooked and is soft.Add the freshly grinded powder and mix well. Then add tamarind water. Mix well.Add required salt.
5.Allow it to boil for 5-7 mins till the sambar is thick and is of desired consitency.Add chopped coriander leaves and switch it off.
Expert Tips
- Adding veggie is purely optional, you can make it without any vegetable too. As it uses freshly ground spices, the sambar will be flavourful even without any vegetable.
- Dont worry if your spice powder is not very fine. I usually make is slightly coarse only but the sambar comes out well.
Asha
I love traditional Sambhar recipes, looks delicious. I will try when I come back home from break! 🙂
Smitha
My grand ma makes a similar sambar with all home made sambar powder. Yummy it llooks.
Ramya Vijaykumar
Sharmi, you can write about CBE on and on and on, and I can read about it on and on and on and will agree to what ever good things you say abt CBE, like water, climate, ppl, the respect they give oh now let me stop… My Mom and aunts make sambhar like this but we dont use coconut… But Annapurna Sambhar is the best…
Mahimaa's kitchen
wonderful aromatic sambar. love arachavitta sambar.
Ashwini
Love sambar with rice and a ide curry. Comfort food.
Cham
I am not a huge fan of sambar, This one looks tasty!
Nags
All hotel sambar tastes diff from the one we make at home no? I make this one following MIL’s recipe. So flavourful, like you say 🙂
anudivya
This looks better than any hotel sambar, and it has that ring to it with the “arachivita” prefix. As you said, the spice blend is the key and that is what makes it special.BTW, I am back after a long break, and I hope I can catch up to some of your recipes.
PS, I like your blog background.
Divya Vikram
The sambar looks great! I have tasted annapoorna sambar and it is the best!
Lavi
Sharmi..SAMBHAR look’s Delicious! Glad, that you tried and liked it!
iam really waiting to visit Annapoorna, have heared and read lot about it.
Kitchen Flavours
Oh wow wish i could smell the aroma of this flavourful sambar…Looks vright and yum….Love your soya chunks kurma…Carrot kheer also looks yum….
srikars kitchen
Nice sambar.. my fav dish.. looks really mouthwatering,..
Laavanya
I’m a big sambar fan and there’s nothing to beat arachuvitta sambar – the fragrance is beyond compare. Looks awesome.
Madhu's cooking gallery
oh yeah! i love this one with rice and potato curry.. delish sambar!
SJ
What you don't drench idlis & dosas in sambar?? Bad girl!! I LOVE sambar and I smother my idlid and dosas in them- so much it just looks like a big pie of sambar!!!
Varsha Vipins
One look at sambar n I am flattttttttttt..:D:D..I so so love it..drooling here da..:)
Prathibha
Lovely sambar gal…looks tempting…
Try to visit my space when u find time..
Bharathy
yeah..I too appreciate lavi’s recipes..:)..Sambhar has a heavenly taste with combined dals..thuar and moong..and I bet you have the best here :)!..
We see to it to stop at Annapoorna for a masala dosa and filtercoffee whenever in Kovai ;)..great place :)!!
veggie belly
you have made one of my favorite things in the whole world!
Madhumathi
Sambar looks very inviting..I too have bookmarked it..Should try soon..
Ruchika Bhandari
Hi,
I tried your recipe last night and it turned out to be great! I will no longer use store bought sambhar powder. Fresh powder is easy and super flavorful. My hubby loved it. I had it with your peanut chutney and idlis. Thanks again for a great recipe.
Butterflies
I LOVE SAMBAR!!!! 🙂 I can eat it day and night! It's so wholesome 🙂
Sowmi
Hi Sharmi, we all loved this sambar…. Am making this often…. Thanks for a wonderful recipe…. Keep rocking:)
Anima
Tried the recipe and came out very well i had to add a little more hing because mine had less flavour.The smell made me nostalgic 😄😄😄😄
Navaneetha
I learnt cooking through your site. It has been 7 years I constantly stop by whenever I make any dish that is made once in a while. I search recipe with sharmis passions first ! Thank you