SAMBAR

Ingredients:
Toor dhal – 1/2 cup
Turmeric – 1/2 tsp
Oil – 3 tsp
Mustard – 1/2 tsp
Big Onion – 1/2 ( Medium Size )
Green Chili – 4
Curry Leaves – 1 strand
Tomato – 1
Tamarind – 1/4 lemon size
Sugar – 1 1/4 tsp
To Grind:
Red Chili – 6
Channa dhal – 1 tsp
Fenugreek – 1 tsp
Coriander Seed – 3 tsp
Poppy Seed – 1/2 tsp
Cumin Seed – 1/2 tsp
Raw Rice – 1 tsp
Coconut – 1 tbsp
Procedure:
In a small pan, add little oil, fry the Raw rice in “To Grind section ” for 1 minute. Fry the coconut separately for 2 minutes. Fry the remaining items in the “To Grind ” for 2 minutes. Allow it to cool down. Grind all these together to a fine powder.
Pressure cook toor dhal with turmeric, oil, 3 cups of water for 2 whistles and mash it after it cools down.
Soak tamarind in 1/2 cup of water and extract the juice.
In a pan add oil and mustard. When the mustard starts spluttering add big onion, green chili, Curry Leaves, tomato and fry till the tomato is cooked.
Add tamarind juice, salt , cooked toor dhal mix and allow it to boil for 3-5 minutes till the raw tamarind smell leaves. Stir often to avoid burning the bottom.
Add Ground powder – 2 tsp, Sugar and mix well. Taste the dhal, if required add some more ground powder.