SAMBAR

                            

Ingredients:

Toor dhal (thuvaram paruppu)  - 100 grams 

Garlic - 5 to 6 pods
Tumeric powder - a pinch 

Tamarind - 1/2 lime size
chilli powder - 1/2 tsp.                                            

Coriander powder( Dhania ) -1tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1 and a half tsp
Asafotida - a bit

Onion - 1 big size 

Tomato - 1

Green chilly - 1 
Vegetable - select as your wish(Carrot,    

                     potato, beans, drum stick)  

Curry and coriander leaves 

fenugreek seeds(vendhayam)- 1/2 tsp 

Method:

• Boil the dhal in a pressure cooker with garlic and turmeric powder. 
• Soak the tamarind in a cup of water for ten minutes and extract the tamarind juice keep it aside.
• Cut the vegetables into small pieces. 
• Heat a little oil and add mustard seeds. When they crackle, add fenugreek seeds, asafotida, curry leaves, onion, tomato and green chilly. 
• After 2 mins, add vegetables and pour 1 and half cup of water and salt to it. 
• Now add chilli and coriander powder to it.
• After the vegetables get cooked, add tamarind juice into it.
• Keep boiling for 2 minutes, add the dhal and let it simmer for 5 minutes. 
• Finally, garnish with curry and coriander leaves.
• Serve it with rice .