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Ingredients

  • 100 gtuvar dal
  • 3 cupswater
  • 1brinjal
  • to tastepumpkin
  • 1onion
  • 1/2tomato
  • to tastetamarind pulp
  • to tastesalt
  • a pinchhaldi (turmeric)
  • a fewrye (mustard seeds)
  • 1red chilli
  • a fewcurry leaves

Masala (roast in 1 tbsp oil and grind)

  • 2 tbspcoconut
  • 1 tbspcoriander seed
  • 3/4 tspjeera (cumin)
  • 1/2methi (fenugreek)
  • 3red chillies
  • 1/2 tsphaldi (turmeric)
  • 1 tbspoil

Instructions

  1. Boil the tuvar dal with 3 cups of water.
  2. Take the brinjal, pumpkin, onion and 1/2 tomato. Mix all the vegetables with the ground masala and cook.
  3. Add the boiled dal with a little haldi.
  4. Add tamarind pulp and salt.
  5. In a small pan, baghar (temper) raw rye, red chilli, and curry leaves; pour it into the sambar.
  6. Thicken and serve hot.
  • sambar
  • south indian
  • dal
  • vegetarian
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