Sambar Avial Thoran
Sambar Avial Thoran is a Kerala Indian lunch dish made with toor dal, mixed vegetables, grated coconut, tamarind pulp and other everyday ingredients. The full ingredient list and method are below.
- Total time (approx.)
- 70 min
- Calories (estimate)
- ~650 kcal
- Course
- Lunch
- Cuisine
- Kerala (Indian)
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Ingredients
What goes into Sambar Avial Thoran. This recipe lists ingredients without measured quantities — scale them to the number of people you are cooking for and season to taste.
- Toor dal
- Mixed vegetables (drumstick, carrot, beans)
- Grated coconut
- Tamarind pulp
- Sambar powder
- Yogurt
- Green chilies
- Curry leaves
- Coconut oil
- Salt
Method
- 1Cook toor dal until soft; set aside.
- 2For Sambar: Cook mixed vegetables with tamarind pulp, sambar powder, and cooked dal. Temper with mustard seeds and curry leaves.
- 3For Avial: Cook mixed vegetables with a ground paste of coconut, green chilies, and cumin. Finish with a swirl of yogurt.
- 4For Thoran: Finely chop vegetables (e.g., beans, carrots). Stir-fry with grated coconut, green chilies, and curry leaves.
- 5Ensure all three dishes are seasoned with salt to taste.
- 6Serve hot with steamed rice.
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.
