Murungaikai and Mangai sambar/ drumstick and raw mango sambar

Murungaikai and Mangai sambar/ Drumstick and Raw mango sambar

Ingredients
2 drumsticks cut into 2 inch pieces
100 gms of raw mango cut into cubes
1 ½ tbsp sambar powder
Small lemon sized tamarind/ 1 tbsp tamarind paste
Salt to taste

For Dal:
1 medium sized Onion
1 medium sized Tomato
1 green chilly
4 garlic flakes crushed
½ tsp turmeric powder
1 strand of curry leaves
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp asafoetida
1 cup of water


For seasoning:
1 tsp mustard
1 tsp Sombu
1 red chilli
½ tsp asafetida
1 strand of curry leaves
Small bunch  of coriander for garnishing

Preparation

 Prepare dal. For this take dal in a bowl, wash it once and add 1 cup of water. To this add turmeric powder, cumin seeds, crushed garlic, and half a portion of onion, tomatoes, green chilly, ¼ tsp asafetida and 1 strand of curry leaves. Pressure cook for 5 whistles.

                          

                                          
 Now heat a pan and add the cooked dal and boil it, till the dal becomes thick consistency. Keep stiring the dal and try to smash it with ladle.

 Now add vegetables to the gravy followed by sambar powder, salt and 1 ½ cup of water. Stir it well and allow it to boil for 7 to 8 minutes with lid closed.

Then add tamarind paste/ water to the boiling sambar. Let it boil for another 2 minutes and put off the fire.

 Heat oil in another pan and add mustard, sombu (Fennel Seeds), fenugreek, asafoetida,red chilly and curry leaves.

Add this content to the boiled sambar and add chopped corriander leaves and cover the sambar with a lid for a while, so that the aroma gets incorporated with sambar.

 Serve with plain rice, idli or dosa.