Udipi Sambar

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup tur dal
• Veg. 1 cup as per your choice
• 2 tbs groundnut oil
• 2 sp tamarind paste
• 1/2 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
• 2 tsp urad dal
• 6 red chillies
• 2 tbs coriander seeds
• curry leaves
• 2 - 3 sp fresh coconut
• 25 - 30 peeled small onions
• 2 green chilly
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
• a pinch of asafetida
• 2 sp jaggery crushed
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Cook thur dal with a pinch of turmeric powder and 1 sp oil.
• Fry fenugreek, udad dall, red chilly, coriander seeds and curry leaves with 1 sp oil.
• Now add grated coconut and fry well.
• Grind into a fine paste.
• In a deep pan, pour oil and make seasoning.
• Add peeled small onions and green chilies.
• Allow the onions to fry.
• Add 1/2 sp salt to onions.
• Fry well till you get good aroma.
• In this stage you can add veg. as per your choice.
• Close the pan and allow the veg. to cook.
• Now add tamarind paste and ground paste.
• Mix well and add water if you required.
• Bring it to a boil.
• Now add cooked dal and crushed jaggery.
• Allow it to boil for a while.
• Add fresh coriander leaves and remove from the fire.
• Serve with dosa.

Notes:

• if you want you can add one sp sambar powder tot his sambar other than the ground masala.
• Veg. 1 cup as per your choice. (lady fingers, brinjals, pumpkin and drumsticks or you can add ground nuts)