Ingredients:
- Toor dal - 1 cup
- Tamarind- half lemon size
- Radish-1medium size
- Onion (small
- Tomato medium sized
- Oil -2tbsp
- Mustard -1/4 tbsp
- Curry leaves -1spring
- Red chilly -1
- Turmeric pwd-1/4 tbsp
- Sambar powder (home made or
store bought) - 2 tbsp( based on spicy level)
- Salt to taste
- Ghee- 1tsp (optional)
- Castor oil-2drops
- Fresh coriander leaves
Method:
1. Take
a pressure cooker; add washed toor dal, tomato and 2 drops of castor oil.
2. Pressure
cook it for 1 or 2whistles and keep it aside.
3. Soak
the tamarind in water for 30 minutes and extract the juice.
4. Cut
radish in round pieces and keep it aside.
5. Heat
oil in vessel .when oil or ghee is hot, add radish and fry for a minute.
6. Add
sambar powder and fry for a minute without burning it.
7. Add 2
cup of water and allow it to boil in medium flame, till the raw powder smell
goes.
8. Add
the cooked toor dal, salt and turmeric powder.
9. Bring
to boil and see the radish is cooked
10. Add
tamarind juice and check for salt.
11. Let
it boil for 3 min, check for consistency. (sambar shouldn’t be too thick or
watery).
12. Remove
from flame and keep aside.
13. Take
a pan, heat oil and add mustard, wait to crackel.
14. Add
onion, curry leaves and red chili, saute nicely to light brown.
15. Garnish
with above fried mixture and freshly chopped coriander leaves.
16. Serve
with rice, dosa, idly, medu vada.
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