Hotel Sambar for Idli , dosa and pongal

Hotel Sambar

Ingredients
For dal preparation:

1/2 cup thoor dal
1 medium sized onion chopped
2 tomatoes chopped
5 flakes of crushed garlic
1 green chilly slit
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp asafoetida
1 strand of curry leaves

For seasoning
1 tbsp cooking oil
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 tsp mustard
1/2 tsp asafoetida
1 strand of curryleaves

Dry Roast and powder:
1 tsp mustard
2 tsp urad dal
2 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp fenugreek
1 tsp fennel seeds
2 tbsp grated coconut
3 red chillies
2 tsp channa dal/bengal gram
1 tsp corriander seeds
1 tsp black pepper

few corriander leaves for garnishing
small lemon sized tamarind
salt to taste


Preparation

Dry roast the mentioned ingredients and powder it

Cook dal in pressure cooker adding dal,onion, tomatoes,green chillies, curry leaves,cumin seeds, asafoetida and crushed garlic,turmeric powder.Cook for 5 whistles.

Heat pan and add the cooked dal and allow it to boil.

Add ground masala powder to the dal and mix well and add 2 cups of water,salt to taste and allow it to boil for 5 minutes.

Now add tamarind extract to the sambar and allow it to boil for 3 minutes.
Heat another pan for seasoning; Add oil and season mustard, fennel seeds asafoetida and curry leaves.

Add the seasoining to the sambar, stir well.

Serve with plain rice or venpongal