Rapid Sambar

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Sai loves this!!!

Cooking Time: 30 min

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

1 cup toor(arhar) dal
1 cup sliced sorakaaya(lauki)
1/2 medium tomato
1 medium onion
3-4 cut baby carrots
4-5 okra(bhindi) cut
5 spoons of sambar powder
1 tbsp of tamarind paste
5-6 drumsticks
Jeera
Cumin seeds
4 garlic cloves
4 dry red chillies
4-5 Curry leaves
4 green chillies

Steps:

In a Pressure cooker add the dal.
Cut the onion, tomato into medium pieces and add to the dal along with the okra,sorakaaya and carrots.(You can cook bhindi, onions,tomato,lauki and carrots and add it to the dal later... This is the better way...)
Add 8-10 cups of water. Add 3 spoons of sambar powder,turmeric powder, tamarind paste and green chillies.
Let this presssure cook for 4-6 whistles.
When the dal is pressure cooked, keep the cooker on medium flame and add 2 spoons of sambar powder,salt and red chilly powder to taste.
Keep cooking the dal for another 5 minutes.

In a small pan, add some oil and heat it.
Add mustard seeds, jeera to the pan.
Then add the finely chopped garlic cloves, curry leaves.
Crush the dry red chilly and then add it into the pan...
Now add the contents of the pan into the cooker.
Mix them well and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Serve hot.

Goes well with: Rice and ghee.