MIXED VEGETABLE SAMBAR

Ingredients:
Tuvar dal - 1/2 cup
Drumsticks - 3
Brinjal -2
Small onions - 12 (peeled)
Potato - 1
French beans - few
Tomatoes -2
Thick tamarind extract - 1/4 cup
Salt to taste
Jaggery - small piece
Coriander leaves - few

Grind together:
coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
Red chillies- 8
Channa dal - 2 tsp
Fenugreek - 1/4 tsp
Poppy seeds -2 tsp
Cinnamon - 1" piece
Cloves- 2
Fresh grated coconut - 1/4 cup
Oil - 1 tsp

For Talimpu:
Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard, cumin, fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
Red chilli- 2
Asafoetida - a pinch
Curry leaves - few

Method:

• Wash and pressure cook the dal until soft and tender. When the lid open mash the dal and keep aside.
• Cut all the vegetables into 2" long pieces.
• fry the spices in little oil and grind together with chopped tomatoes to make smooth paste.
• Heat the oil, add all talimpu ingredients and allow them to splutter.
• Add chopped vegetables, small onions and stir fry for few minutes.
• Then add water, salt and cook till vegetables are almost tender.
• Mix in tamarind extract, mashed dal, jaggery and some more water and bring it to boil for few minutes.
• Lastly garnish with coriander leaves.