Ingredients
pressure cook dal
- 1/4 cup toor dal
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- A few drops of sesame oil
Pressure-cook sambar with veggies
- 1 tablespoon of sambar powder
- 1 + 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup thin tamarind water
- pinch of jaggery
- few coriander leaves
- 6 small onions
- 1 tomato
- Mixed Vegetables
- Requires salt
temper
- 1/2 tablespoon peanut oil
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- Few fenugreek seeds
- Asafoetida
- curry leaves
Instructions
- Firstly wash and soak dal for at least 1 hour
- Discard the water and add a 1:3 ratio of water, a pinch of turmeric powder, and a drop of oil
- Pressure cook for 3 whistles and let the pressure release naturally
- Mix well
- Furthermore add water, onion, mixed veggies, and tomato; bring to boil
- Add tamarind water, required salt, jaggery, sambar powder and coriander leaves
- If it is thick add extra water otherwise sambar might burn
- Bring to a frothy boil; pressure cook for 2 whistles
- Boil for 5 minutes or till you get the desired sambar consistency
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