Vegetable Sambhar

Sambhar...yummy...I can eat with rice. Also I add lot of vegetables in this so I can eat them in another form. Most kids like it.


Ingredients:
Tamarind       - 1/2 lime sized ball 
Toor Dal        - 1 cup 
Cumin  - 1/4 tsp
Mustard Seeds  - 1/4 tsp
onions  - 1/4 cup chopped vertically
Turmeric          - 2 tsp
Green chillis       - 5 (slit long)
Ginger - Garlic paste - 1 tsp
Curry leaves     - 8
Cilantro      - 1/4 cup chopped fine
Carrots      - 1/4 cup
Tomatoes      - 1/4 cup
Okra         - 1/4 cup (Cut into 2 inches long) 
Radish         - 1/2 cup (Cut into 2 inches long) 
Sorakaya/Bottlegourd  - 1/2 cup (Cut into 2 inches long)
Drumsticks        - 1/2 cup (Cut into 2 inches long)
Oil        - 3 Tbsp
Salt            - to taste
Dhaniya/Coriander Powder    - 1 tsp
Sambhar powder   - 2 Tbsp
Water              - as needed


Method:
Soak tamarind in water for 30 minutes or microwave it for 1 minute with water. This way you can extract the juice easily.
Pressure cook toor dal in the pressure cooker along with 1 tsp of turmeric and 1 tsp of oil. After its done, put it in a bowl and keep it aside.
In the same cooker, add 2 tbsp of oil. Add cumin, mustard seeds and stir it. Add onions, green chilli's now and roast it for 3 minutes. Add turmeric, ginger-garlic paste,  curry leaves and stir it for 2 minutes. 
Add tomato, carrot to it and stir it. Close the lid and cook for 5 minutes. Now add rest of the veggies to it and stir it well. Add 3/4 cup of tamarind juice, 1 tsp of chill powder, salt, dhaniya powder and stir well. Close the lid and pressure cook it for 10 minutes.  Turn off the stove and let the pressure go down. 
Open the lid now. 
Heat an another big vessel. Add this to it and the dal that was pressure cooked before to this. Add 2 cups of water , Sambhar powder and cilantro to it and let it boil for another 10 minutes. Turn off the stove.
Tastes good with rice.