Tiffin Sambar

Ingredients-1
1 cup Toor dal

Ingredients-2
1 cup Baby onions
1 no Tomato
1 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Chilli powder

Ingredients-3
25 g Tamarind
1 cup Coriander leaves (finely chopped)
2 strands Curry leaves

Ingredients-4
1 tsp Fenugreek seeds
1 tsp Cumin seeds
1 tsp Black pepper corns
2 nos Red chillies
1 tsp Bengal gram

Ingredients-5
1 tsp Asafoetida
2 nos Dry red chili
3 tbsp Oil
1 tsp Mustard

Instructions
1.Seperately fry the ingredients in Group 4 and dry grind.
2.Cook daal and Group 2 ingredient separately in a pressure cooker.
3. Smash the cooked dal. Now add to it the Group 2 and Group 4 ingredients,tamarind pulp,salt, coriander and curry leaves.
4.Temper it with Group 5 ingredients.
5.Boil sambar for 5 minutes in medium flame and serve hot.

Cooking tips:

1. Cook dal in two cups water.
2. Soak tamarind in 1/2cup water and strain the pulp.
3. Add a tsp of salt or according to taste.

4. Add a piece of solid brown sugar (vellam) to sweeten