Mullangi Sambar / Radish Sambar

INGREDIENTS

1 cup toordal

Onions - 1 medium sliced (You can also use pearl onions 10 nos if you wish)

Tomatoes - 2 medium chopped

Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup chopped

white radish - 1 medium, cut into circle shape.

Carrots - 2 medium sized . Cut into circle shape. ( or choose whatever veggie catches your fancy)

Tamarind extract - about 1 cup from a lime sized ball soaked in warm water for half an hour

turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

red chilli powder - 1 tsp

sambhar powder - 3 tsp (roasted and powdered- 1 tsp of chana dal, uraddal, coriander (dhania) seeds, fenugreek seeds (methi), jeera and shredded coconut)

Salt - as required.

You can add little bit jaggery or sugar if you like .

METHOD

Pressure-cook toor dal with turmeric in two cups of water. Mash and make a paste.Keep it aside.

Heat 1 tsp of oil in a pan, crackle some mustard seeds, jeera and curry leaves. Add onions, tomatoes and radish, sauté them

for few minutes.

Stir in the tamarind juice, salt, red chilli powder, sambhar powder and 1 glass water. Mix it well, cover with a lid. Bring the water to boil, then add mashed toor dal. Let it simmer for fifteen minutes on medium heat, stirring occasionally, till the good aroma comes.

Serve hot with rice.