Vegetable sambar

Ingredients

1/2 cup toor dal
Small ball size tamarind
1 big onion
2 small tomato
Few shallots
1 cup veggies like drumsticks, raddish, carrot,beans,brinjal,
bottle guard,tindora,potato
2 green chilli
1 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp sambar masala
1/2 tsp of sugar
Dash of hing
Salt

For seasoning
1 tsp oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp jeera
3 cloves garlic
2 red chilli
Few curry leaves
Coriander leaves for garnishing

Method

1.Wash and soak toor dal. Pressure cook dal with turmeric powder and hing for 3 whistle. Smash well.
2. Now add all veggies, tomato,green chilli and onion to the cooked dal. Add required water and allow it to cook along with dal.
3. Once veggies half cooked add chilli powder,sambar masala and salt. Add sugar too. Allow it to boil again in medium flame.
4. Now add tamarind water and additional water if required. Chk for salt and spice. Close the lid and boil for 10-15 mins in medium flame.
5. Meanwhile make tadka and add to the boiling sambar. Once done switch off and add coriander leaves.
Serve with rice or idly dosa pongal.
Since all the vegetables are cooked in Dal it adds more taste to the sambar.

Source: attama tv