Gourmet Walk

Coimbatore style Sambhar

Ingredients

1 big onion
1 Tomato
1 Drumstick cut in four pieces
1 cup boiled lentils (Tuvar Daal )
1/2 cup curry leaves
1 tbspn Coriander seeds
1/2 tbspn Cumin seeds
1/4 tbspn Fenugreek seeds
Salt to taste
1 tbspn Tamarind paste
1/2 tspn turmeric powder
1/2 tspn red chili powder
3-4 soaked red chillies
1/4 cup grated coconut
1/2 tspn mustard seeds
3-4 tbspn gingly oil
1 tbspn Ghee

Method
1) Soak and boil the Lentils
2) In a pan boil the cut vegetables - tomatoes, onions, drumstick for about 10 minutes
3)In a pan add 1 tbspn gingly oil and add cumin seeds, coriander seeds, fenugreek seeds, hing, red chilies, coconut and roast them for about one minute
4) Grind this to form a smooth paste
5) Now in a separate pan add 2 tbspn gingly oil and then add mustard seeds and let them splutter. 
6) Then add the curry leaves and the sambhar masala paste which we have made
7) To that add tamarind paste and boiled vegetables
8) Then add salt and boiled lentils and add around one glass water and stir it for about 5 minutes
9) Finally top the sambhar with 1 tbspn Ghee
10) Serve it hot with rice