Vegetable Sambar

Ingredients

• Toor dal (well cooked)
• 1 Vegetable (your choice - tomato, brinjal, drumstick, cauliflower stem, avarakkai, or radish)
• 1 Onion
• Tamarind (extract, dissolved in water)
• as needed Sambar powder
• as needed Salt
• Mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves (for tempering)
• Coriander leaves (chopped)
• Jaggery (a small piece, optional)

Instructions

1. Cook the toor dal well. Saute the chosen vegetable and the onion, then add the tamarind extract, sambar powder, and salt, and let it boil.
2. Once well cooked, add the cooked dal, then temper with mustard seeds, urad dal, and curry leaves. Add chopped coriander leaves.
3. Sambar can be made this same way with many different vegetables. You can use whichever you prefer among tomato, brinjal, drumstick, cauliflower stem, avarakkai, or radish.
4. You can reduce the tamarind and add raw mango or lemon juice instead. Adding a small piece of jaggery to the sambar makes it taste better.