South Sambar

Ingredients :

1. Tuvar dhal - 3/4 cup
2. Vegetables - 3 cups (like sambar onions, white pumpkin, chow-chow)
3. Tamarind - lemon size
4. Coriander leaves - 2 tablespoons
5. Curry leaves - 1 tablespoon
6. Rasam powder - 2 teaspoon
7. Salt - 1-3/4 teaspoon - 2 teaspoons
8. Sugar - 1-1/2 teaspoon (optional)
9. Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
10. Green chillies - 2-4.
11. Seasoning
12. Oil - 1 tablespoon
13. Red chilli - 1
14. Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
15. Black gram dhal - 1/2 teaspoon
16. Hing powder - 1/4 teaspoon

METHOD:

• Pressure cook dhal with one and a half cups of water for ten minutes.
• When cold mash well. Soak tamarind in one cup of water, for five minutes, squeeze well and strain out juice.
• Cook vegetables in one and a half cups of water.
• When threequarter cooked add slit green chillies, salt and sugar.
• Add tamarind water and simmer till raw smell disappears.
• Add mashed dhal, rasam powder and curry leaves.
• Simmer till thick, add coriander leaves.
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, black gram dhal and red chilli.
• When mustard seeds splutter, add hing powder and pour the seasoning over the sambar.
• Serve sambar hot with rice and chips.