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Tirunelveli Sambhar
By : Ananthi Subbiah
Category : Regional cuisine, South indian, Sambhar, Tamilnadu
Time Taken : 30-45 mins
Rating :
Method

  1. Pressure cook the Thuvar dhal with Radish until it becomes mashed. Keep it aside. (3 whistles will be enough)

  2. Cut the onion, tomato, & green chillies. Extract the juice from the tamarind.

  3. In a pan heat the oil, add the mustard seeds, fenu greek seeds, urad dhal. Let them to crackle. Add curry leaves.

  4. Now add the onion, tomato, & green chillies. Fry them until it becomes little soft.

  5. Add the tamarind extract, turmeric powder,asafoetida & sambhar powder. Add the salt to taste. Let it to boil for 3 minutes.

  6. Add mashed thuvar dhal, & radish. Mix it well. Then add the ground paste. Boil it for 5 - 10 minutes. Sambhar Ready!

Garnish with some corriander leaves. Serve hot with plain rice (or) Idli (or) Dosa (or) Vada.

Ingredients:
Lentils (Thuvar dhal) - 1 cup
Onion - 1 big
Tomato - 1 small
Tamarind - small Lemon sized
Asafoetida (Hing) - 1 pinch
Green chillies - 2
Sambhar powder - 2 tsps
Turmeric powder - little
Salt to taste
Sliced Radish - 1/2 cup

For Seasoning :

Vegetable oil - 3 tbl.sp
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Urad dal - 1/4 tsp
Fenu Greek - 6-7 seeds
curry leaves - littlep> To Grind:

Grated Coconut - 6 tbl.sps
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp

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