SAMBAR DAL

INGREDIENTS:

Tuvar Dal
Onions
Tomatoes
Mustard Seeds
Jeera (Cumin Seeds)
Turmeric Powder
Red Chillie Powder
Dhania Powder
Salt as per taste
Sugar
Oil
Garlic Flakes
Curry Leaves
Tamarind Puree
MTR Sambar masala powder
Carrots

METHOD:

• Soak the tuvar dal for 5 to 6 mins
• Take a pressure cooker and wash the dal and add to it
• Add water to it and add few drops of oil and turmeric powder to it
• Cook the dal in a pressure cooker for 15 mins.
• Let 1 whistle come and simmer it for 10 mins till the dal cooks soft.
• Chop Onions in length wise and crush the Garlic Flakes and keep aside
• Chop finely tomatoes
• Soak the tamarind in luke warm water for 10 mins.
• When the dal is cooked well whisk it with the whisker and keep aside the dal.
• Take a pan add oil to it
• When oil gets hot add Mustard Seeds, Jeera and Chopped Onions to it and saute the Onions till light brown colour.
• Add Curry Leaves, Crushed Garlic Flakes and tomatoes to it.
• Add Turmeric Powder, Red Chillie Powder and Dhania Powder and mix well.
• Add Salt as per taste and Sugar to it and mix well
• Finally add the Dal into this mixture and mix well.
• The consistency must be of not too watery if required add 1 cup of water to it
• Now add the tamarind puree to it.
• Add MTR Sambar Powder and mix well.
• Optional if you want you can add carrots too.Cut Carrots into length wise ie straight.
• Now boil the dal properly and simmer it for 8 to 10 mins till carrots cooks well.

Serve hot the Sambar with Rice or Idli.