Sambar with Vegetables

Ingredients:

Split Red Gram-1cup
Fenugreek seeds-8-10
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Baby onions-1/2 cup. peeled
Chopped Tomato- 1 cup
Chooped vegetables-1 cup
Tamarind pulp- 2 tbsp
Sambar Podi-1to 2 tbsp
Green Chillies-3-4, slit
Coorriander leaves-2 tbsp, chopped
Jaggery-1-2 tbsp
Oil-i tbsp
Salt- to taste

For tempering:

Musterd seeds- 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek seeds- 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves- 10 to 12
Asafoetida- 1 tsp

Procedure:

1-Pressure cook the red gram in 3 cups of water with fenugreek and turmeric to soft consistency. If the cooked gram is too thick, add more water, churn weell and set aside.
2- In a thick bottomed pan, heat the oil for tempering. Pop mustered seeds, then add the fenugreek seeds. Lower the flame when fenugreek turns brown, add curry leaves and asfoetida.
3-Add the baby onions, tomatoes, and vegetables. Sprinkle water and , cover the pan and simmer until well done.
4-Add the tamarind pulp and cook for some time.. Then add samar podi, cooked gram and salt and continue to simmer for some time.
5- Finally add jagerry , green chillies and coriander leaves and switch off the flame.

Note: Serve with idlies, Dosas or steamed rice and a dollop of ghee.

Make sambar with any vegetables like bottle gourd, drumsticks, pumpkin, lady finger, carrot, or radish or combination of the above.