Indian Food :South Indian Dishes: Sambhar

II Sambhar II

Ingredients:

1 cup Thur / Arhar Daal
2 cups chopped mixed vegetables (beans, carrots, cauliflower, Potato, drumstick if available)
1 onion sliced
3-4 green chilies (slit sideways)
50 gms tamarind (. Soaked in 1 cup hot water for 15 minutes. Strain the tamarind water into another container, squeezing as much liquid as possible out of the tamarind pulp. Discard the pulp. Set the juice aside)
1 tsp. cumin seeds
Few curry leaves
1 tsp. mustard seeds
1tsp. Sambhar powder
Coriander leaves finely chopped
3 tbsp oil
Red chili powder to taste
Salt to taste

Preperation :

Take the picked and rinsed thur daal and pressure cook with 3 cups of water and set aside when done.
Heat 3 tbsp. oil in a pan and add mustard and cumin seeds and allow to splatter.
Now add curry leaves, onions and green chilies. Saut� for 2-3 minutes.
Add all the chopped vegetables and cook them until tender.
Now add the cooked daal and tamarind puree to it. Add water if required and boil on a moderate heat for 20-25 minutes.
Now add salt, sambhar masala & chili powder to it and mix well. Cook for another 10-15 minutes. Remove from the heat .
Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with Idli, Vada, Dosa, or Rice.