Sambar

INGREDIENTS:


Toor dal - 1cup / 1small tblr
Tamarind - a big lemon size
Onion - 1
Any vegetable (drumstick, carrot, brinjal, radish, beetroot, bottle guard, chayote) - as required
Tomato - 2
Green chili - 2
Turmeric powder - 1/4sp
Salt - to taste
Sambar powder - 1 1/2sp


FOR SEASONING:


Mustard seed - 1/2sp
Oil - as required
Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves - few
Hing - a pinch
Red chili - 1


METHOD:

• Wash toor dal, soak in water for one hr and pressure cook it for 2 to 3 whistle. (Add little extra water so that we can use it for making paruppu rasam)
• Open and smash the dal with the smashing tool.
• Soak tamarind in water and take the tamarind syrup.
• In a kadai add oil and when heated add sliced onion, green chili and fry till the onions are light brown.
• Now add the vegetable, little salt to the vegetable, turmeric powder and 1 to 2sp of tamarind syrup.
• Fry till the vegetable is half cooked with the tamarind water so that it gets more tasty.
• Now add tomatoes and cook till it is soft.
• Then take these ingredients and add into the smashed dal in cooker.
• Add the remaining tamarind syrup, sambar powder, salt and water if it is still thick.
• Now close cooker and let it boil for 1 whistle.
• Open and season it with the above given seasoning ingredients.
• Delicious sambar is ready.
• Serve hot with idli/ rice/ dosa.