Sambar

Ingredients:

Asafoetida- 2 teaspoons

Toor daal(arhar daal) – 1 cup

Green chillies : 4

Potato-1

Small onions-10

Carrot-1

Ladies finger:5

Tomato-1

Tamarind( vaaLan puLi in Malayalam)- one table spoon

Sambar powder(eastern is one of my favorite brands)- two table spoons

Mustard- 1 teaspoon

Red chilly-3

Curry leaves –a handful

Turmeric powder- ½ teaspoon

Salt- as needed

Red chilly powder- one teaspoon

Coconut oil- 4 teaspoons

Method:

Soak tamarind in half cup of good water.

Cut all the vegetables except ladies finger and cook with arhar daal, turmeric powder, salt, green chillies, red chilli powder, asafetida.

Cut the ladies finger and fry in one teaspoon of coconut oil and add to the cooked veggies. Boil it.

Now take a fine juice of the soaked tamarind and add to the curry. Boil it.

Then make a paste of the sambar powder in half a cup of water and add that to the curry. Boil it.

Now heat coconut oil in a pan, splutter mustard and add red chillies and curry leaves in to that and give a shallow fry.

Pour this in to the curry and mix well. Sambar is ready.