sambar without coconut

Ingredients-       onion/tomato/pumpkin/ lady finger/ any veg of your choice.  Tamarind juice thick 1 small cup
sambar pdr 1-2 tsp   haldi 1/2 tsp      cooked arhar/ tuvardal 1 cup       salt         oil 1 tsp dhania, curry leaves


Method- In case you're using, onion/ ladyfiner/brinjal/capsicum, fry it after doing tadka/seasoning with mustard seeds 1/2 tsp, methi seeds 1/4 tsp, curry leaves, hing, add any of these veg. or it can be a combination of veges also, fry it lightly, then add the tamarind juice, haldi, sambar pdr., salt & add 1 more cup of water, along with some chopped dhania/ coriander leaves/cilantro. Let it boil for 10 minutes or till the vegetable like pumpkin /or other veg. gets cooked. Then add the cooked & smashed dal along with 1 tsp of atta/rice flr. Mix well, add more water in case you feel the sambar is too thick. garnish with dhania last.




Ps-  in case you're adding radish, wash & cut it into rounds &  boil it separately & add to the tamarind juice. 


When you add dhania, you can add the stems too by cutting it fine for sambar / rasam, as it gives good flavour if you add it while boiling first.