La Lois Lounge

Ingredients:

Toor dal -1cup
Tamarind paste -1/2 tsp - 1 tsp
Onion-1
Tomato-1
Okra (you can also use eggplant, drumstick, carrots & pearl onions)
Chili powder - 1tsp
Coriander powder -2tsp
Sambhar powder -1tsp
Cumin powder -1/2 tsp
Salt

Tempering:

Mustard -1/4 tsp
Urad dal -1/2 tsp
Fenugreek seeds -1/4 tsp
Dried red chillies -3
Hing-pinch or 1/8 tsp

Method:

• Pressure cook the toor dal with few drops of oil and 2 cups of water
• Add oil, onions in a sauce pan and saute well. Now add the veggies and saute for another 3 minutes
• Then add the tomatoes and fry for 2 -3 minutes. Pour water and add the chili powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, and cover the sauce pan with a lid.
  
• Boil the vegetables until they are tender
• Pour in the cooked dal, add tamarind paste and mix well
  
• Add salt as per your taste, when the sambhar comes to a boil switch off the flame
• Add oil in a small pan, to it add mustard seeds and when it splutters add urad dal, fenugreek seeds and dry red chillies
  
• Switch off the flame then add hing and pour it in the sambhar mix well and serve with it Rice or idli's (Indian rice crepe's)