SAMBAR

This is an Indian dish made out of lentils. You can either eat with breakfast like (Dosai, idli,vadai, etc) or with white rice.

Ingredients:

Toor Dal - 3/4 cup (pressure cooked)

Onions - 1

Tomato - 1

Green chilies - 2or up to your taste

Vegetables - Pumpkin, carrots, bell pepper, radish, potato , etc ( any vegetable u like)

tamarind paste - 2 tsps

chili powder - 2 tsps

TO SEASONING :

mustard - 1 tsp

urad dal - 1 tsp

curry leaves - few sprigs

dry red chilies - 2

1. First pressure cook the toor dal(lentils)

2. In a pan pour 3 tsps of oil and then add mustard seeds, urad dal, dry red chills, curry leaves and wait for one minute.

3. Add the sliced onions, tomatoes and green chilies.

4. Saute for 5 minutes. Add all the cubed vegetables.

5. Saute for 10 minutes and then add the tamarind paste with 1 cup of water. Add salt.

6. Close with a lid for 15 mins.

7. Take the pressure cook lentils and just viper it in the blender for 30 secs.

8. Now add the lentils to the boiling mixture. Set in med low for 15 mins. Garnish with cilantro.

9. Serve hot with idli, dosai, vadai or with white rice.