Sambar

Ingredients:

1 cup Toor Dal

1 cup Vegetables( Drumstick, french beans, brinjal, radish, carrot, yellow pumpkin, Okra) u can add or relace any veg.

2 sliced onions thickly sliced
2-3 tomatoes thickly sliced

1/4 tsp Fenugreek seeds

3 Red chillies

2 Green chillies

2 tsp Sambhar powder

Curry leaves

a pinch Hing

1 tsp Salt

2 tsp Mustard

1/4 tsp Tamarind paste
1tblsp jaggery

2 tbsp oil
1/4 tsp of red chilly powder
2 cloves of garlic chopped
1tsp grated ginger

Method:

Wash and dice all the vegetables.

Boil water and pressure cook the dal with turmeric and salt. Give 2-3 whistles till the dals become tender.

Then take a another vessel ,add the vegetables , onions, haldi, salt & tomatoes. After the veggies are  70% cooked, add 1tsp shambar powder, some curry leaves tamarind paste & jaggery.  Mix well & let them boil. When veggeis are done add the boiled dal & mix properly.

Heat  oil in a pan, splutter mustard & fenugreek seeds. Add red chillies, green chillies, curry leaves, hing & chopped garlics & ginger. Fry for some time and then add sambhar powder and 1/4 tsp of red chilly powder. keep frying for a few sec.  

Add the tadka to the sambar. Mix well. Sprinkle some corianders.

Serve with Dosa/ appam/ idlis.