SAMBAR

Ingrediants :-

Red gram dhal - 1 cup

Tomatoes - 3

Small onions - peeled 1cup

Tamarind - lime size

Green chillis - 2

Salt - to taste

Oil - 2 spoons

Turmeric powder - ½ spoon

Roast :-

Dhania - 2 spoons

Blackgramdhal - 1 ½ spoon

Bengalgram dhal - 2 spoons

Cumin seeds - 1 spoon

Red chillis - 2

Asofotodia - ¼ spoon

Heat 2 spoon oil and fry the above 9roast)ingredients, until golden color, fry 1 onion ,and 1 tomato separately ,grind everything with ¼ cup of grated coconut and 1 spoon of roasted gram.

Preparation :-

Heat oil in a pan, and fry the small onion for 1 minute, add enough water and boil it till soft, cook red gram dhal in pressure cooker and smash well ,soak tamarind, and extract, mix cooked onions, smashed dhal, tamarind extract, grind paste with enough salt, green chillis, tomatoes, and boil with enough water added to it, when the sambar is thick enough, remove from fire, heat in oil 1spoon, add mustard seeds, pour over sambar, with sprinkle little asafetida powder, garnish with coriander leaves .and curry leaves. O.k serve with rice, idly, or vada,