Sunday Sambharfor 100 People for Vada Lunch a to Z

Sunday Sambharfor 100 people for vada lunch – A to Z

A cup is always 8 oz measuring cup

Ingredients:

Onions – 9 large onions(sam’s size) – medium diced(not sliced)

Large can of Crushed tomatoes – 1 large(102 oz)

Small cans of diced tomatoes – 4 cans

Toor Dhal – 8 cups(8 0z. measuring cup) – cooked in 2 separate trays( cook 2 trays with 4 cups dhal and 10 cups of water each for 60 minutes in steamer)

Cilantro – 4 bunches finely chopped stems and all

Curry leaves – 2 bunches chopped

Oil – 1 cup

Mustard seeds – 4 tablespoons

Whole Red chillies –5 whole

Tamarind paste – ¼ cup

Salt - 12 tablespoons (or ¾ cup)

Turmeric – 1 tablespoon

Water - 16 quarts (we have a clear, marked measuring pitcher)

Process:

In 2 trays, Cook4 cups of dhal with 10 cups of water(8 0z measuring cup ) for 60 mts in steamer

Meanwhile:

Take a large pot – add 1 cup oil, 4 tablespoons of mustard seeds, 5 whole redchillies, chopped curry leaves and 1 tablespoon of turmeric

Add chopped onions into this and sautee untilgolden brown(don’t be in a hurry as onion needs to cook in oil and not in water) over medium heat constantly stirring

Add can of crushed tomatoes + 4 small cans of diced tomatoes

Add half of the sambharpowder(recipe and quantity in next page) now

Add ¼ cup of tamarind paste

Sautee for 5 to 10 minutes

Add cooked dhal

Add 16 quarts of water

Add ¾ cup of salt plus 2 more tablespoons of salt after tasting if needed

Add the remaining half of sambhar powder now

Bring to boil, simmer for 5 minutes

Turn stove off

Add 4 bunches finely chopped coriander leaves(not minced in blender)

Taste before serving

Sambhar powder needs to be made fresh each time sambhar is made

See Sambhar powder recipe in the next page

Sunday Sambar Powder Recipe for 10 cups of Dhal

Sambhar Powder Ingredients:(for 10 cups of dhal – for 100 people)

Do not mix these ingredients together until you have roasted them; they need to be roasted separately in certainCombinations.

Coriander seeds¾ cup

Red Chillies 40 wholechillies

Channa dhal 4 tablespoon

Urad Dhal 3 tablespoon

Cumin 3 tablespoon

Methi 1 tablespoon

Process:

On Low heat,

1.Dry Roast Coriander seeds and whole chilliestogether(Hand crush chillies after roasting)

2.Next Dry roast channa dhal alone

3.Next Dry roast urad dhal, cumin and methi together

Mix all of the above together and powder it

Cycle time: 1 ½ hours

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