Udupi Sambar

Ingredients:

1. Toor dal – 5 – 6 tbsp
2. Onion (diced) – 1 medium
3. Tomato (diced) – 1 medium
4. Vegetables of your choice (drumsticks, cucumber, pumpkin, bottle gourd, brinjal etc) – 1. 5 cup
5. Udupi sambar powder – 2 tbsp
6. Hing – 1/4 tsp
7. Turmeric powder – a pinch
8. Chilly powder – 1/3 to 1/2 tsp
9. Scrapped coconut – 2 to 3 tbsp
10. Tamarind pulp – 4 – 5 tbsp
11. Jaggery – 1/2 to 3/4 tsp
12. Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
13. Fenugreek seeds – 8 – 10
14. Red chilly (broken) – 1-2
15. Curry leaves – sprig
16. Coconut oil – 1 to 1.5 tbsp
17. Salt to taste

Procedure:

• Pressure cook dal till 6 to 7 whistles.
• Pressure cook tomato and other vegetables by adding salt and turmeric powder till 2 whistles.
• Heat oil in a pan add fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds, red chilly, curry leaves and onion.
• Stir fry till onion softens.
• Add half the sambar powder and chilly powder, stir fry for 5 seconds.
• Add cooked dal and vegetables.
• Add hing, tamrind pulp, salt and jaggery.
• Add water as per your requirement.
• Simmer for 5 min.
• In the meanwhile, dry roast scrapped coconut and grind it to fine paste.
• Add remaining sambar powder and ground paste to dal.
• Stir well and simmer for 2 min.
• Serve with idli/dosa/utappa/wada.