Sambhar with roasted Coconut & Spices

By Mom_s

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup Toor Dal (pigeon pea)
• 2 cups julienne vegetables[,carrot,potato,green beans,tomato]
• 1 1/2 tbs Tamarind paste
• To roast and grind (masala)
• 2 tsp Channa dal(chick peas)
• 4 tsp Coriander
• 1/2 tsp Methi
• Red chillies – 10
• 1 Small onions chopped
• 1 tsp Hing(giant fennel)
• 1/2 to 3/4 cup Grated coconut
• For Seasoning
• 2 tsp Coconut oil
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• 2-3 Curry leaves
• Salt to taste
• For garnish
• chopped Coriander leaves

Details

Adapted from keyingredient.com

Preparation

Step 1

Cook the dal till soft.
Dry roast the ingredients given for the masala till golden brown and grind to a smooth paste.
Soak the tamarind in hot water and extract as much as 2 cups of tamarind water from it.
Cook the vegetables in this tamarind water till done.
Add the ground masala and dal to the cooked vegetables and let it boil-till everything gets mixed.
Prepare seasoning in a pan with coconut oil and splutter mustard seeds and add curry leaves.
Add the seasoning to the sambhar and garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves.