Serves: 4 – 5 people

Recipe Instructions:

• Soak and pressure cook toor dal (1 cup) with salt and ½ tsp turmeric until soft.
• Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a pan and add black mustard seeds (1 tsp). Wait until it splutters and add curry leaves (10) and red chilli (2). Mix them well.
• Add tamarind paste (1 tbsp), Sarva Sambar Podi (2 tbsp), the boiled Dal and 2 cups vegetables (onions, tomatoes, drumstick and carrot) to it.
• Adjust the consistency by adding more water if required. Add salt to taste.
• Mix and boil well.
• Your authentic Sambar is now ready!
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with hot idli, dosa or rice.