Idli Sambar
Idli Sambar is an Indian breakfast dish made with rice, urad dal, toor dal, vegetables and other everyday ingredients. The full ingredient list and method are below.
- Total time (approx.)
- 25 mins
- Calories (estimate)
- ~200 kcal
- Course
- Breakfast
- Cuisine
- Indian
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Ingredients
What goes into Idli Sambar. This recipe lists ingredients without measured quantities — scale them to the number of people you are cooking for and season to taste.
- Rice
- Urad dal
- Toor dal
- Vegetables
- Tamarind
- Sambar powder
- Curry leaves
Method
- 1Prepare idli batter by soaking and grinding rice and urad dal
- 2Steam in idli moulds for 10-12 minutes
- 3Cook toor dal with vegetables and tamarind
- 4Temper with mustard seeds, curry leaves, sambar powder
- 5Serve hot idlis with sambar
About these numbers: the time shown is an approximate overall cooking time, and the calorie figure is a rough estimate for one serving of the dish as described — not a laboratory analysis. Both will change with your portion size, ingredients and how much fat you cook with. Dietary tags describe the dish in general terms; always check the labels on what you buy. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.
