Madras Sambar

Preparation time : 15 minutes

Cooking Time : 40 minutes

Serves : 6

Ingredients :

Onion : 1 Sliced thickly

Tomato : 1 medium chopped

Drumstick : 1 cut into 3 inch pieces

Carrot : 1 diced

Green Chili : 1 Slit

Any other veggies of your choice like okra/lady finger, eggplant/brinjal, Indian squash/sorakaya.  - 1 cup diced

Peas : 1/2 cup

Toor Dal/ Kandi Pappu : 1.5 cups

Curry leaves : 1 sprig

Red Chili Powder : 1 tsp

Sambar Powder : 2 tsp

Coconut paste : 2 tsp

Tamarind/Chintapandu : Size of a small lemon

Turmeric : 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

For tempering:

Mustard Seeds : 1tsp

Jeera : 1tsp

Dry red Chili : 1

Asafoetida/hing/Inguva : 1/2 tsp

Method:

Clean the toor dal and add 3 cups of water and pressure cook for 4 whistles. 

Soak the tamarind in a 1/2 cup of water. Cut all your vegetables.

Heat the pan and add oil, now add all the ingredients under tempering and fry them till the seeds splatter.

Now add the green chili, onion and drumstick. 

Once the onion turns transparent, add turmeric and add tomatoes. Cook them till they turn mushy.

Now add rest of the veggies. Cook till tender.

Add sambar powder, red chili powder, coconut paste, salt and tamarind extract. Add 2.5 cups of water.

Bring it to a boil and add the cooked dal. Cook for 5 minutes and turn off the stove.

Serve with rice, idly or vada.