Sambar

Ingredients

For Sambar

Toor Daal- 1/2 cup

Onion- 1/4

Tomato- 1

Beans- 2 to 3

Imli- lemon size ball

Sambar Powder- 1 tbsp

Water- 2+1 cups

Oil- 1 tsp

Turneric powder- 1/2 tsp

Salt- to taste

For Tadka

Oil- 1 tsp

Mustard seeds- 1 tsp

Asafoetida- 1 pinch

Curry leaves- 4-5 sticks 

Dried Red chillies- 2-3

• In a pressure cooker, add toor daal and 2 cups water along with turmeric powder and salt and pressure cook.
• When pressure releases, open lid and churn with hand beater to make of liquid consistency.
• Soak tamarind in 1 cup warm water and take out the pulp by straining the solution through a sieve. Save the watery mixture of tamarind and discard the pulp which is left over in the sieve.
• In a separate pan, heat oil. In this add onion, tomato, beans ,the watery mixture of tamarind and sambar powder.
• Add this vegetable mixture to the daal mixture and cook together till the sambar is ready.
• For tadka,in a separate pan heat oil. Add mustard seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves and dried red chillies. Cook for 1-2 minutes.
• Add this tadka to the daal mixture and the sambar is ready.

TIP: I always add a little bit of oil into the pressure cooker, so that it does not splatter contents out when it gives a whistle.