Tiffin sambar

tiffin sambar
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup tur dal
- 1/2 cup masoor dal
- 1 large potato
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 spring curry leaves
- 10-12 nos shallots (sliced)
- 1/2 no carrot (diced)
- 1 no drumstick (sambar cut)
- 1 small lemon sized tamarind
- 1/8 tsp sugar
- 3 tbsp sambar powder
- 1 tbsp coriander leaves
Instructions
- 1
Pressure cook Toor dhal , masoor dhal, potato with a pinch of turmeric
- 2
Splutter mustard seeds, curry leaves in oil. Add chopped shallots, turmeric powder, and any other chopped vegetables of your choice.and boiled potatoes
- 3
Meanwhile before starting, soak tamarind in little hot water for a while. Filter it and keep it aside
- 4
Pour the filtered tamarind water into sauteed onion vegetable mixture.
- 5
Close it with a lid and let it boil for a while.until tamarind water gets darker and starts boiling.
- 6
Add pinch of sugar to this. Add three tablespoons of sambar powder.
- 7
Add boiled dhal to it and close the lid so that the aroma does not go away. Add water and salt as required.
- 8
Add chopped coriander leaves and a tsp ghee to it and serve hot.
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