South Indian · serves 2
Sambar + Rice
One pot feeds you twice. Make it once, eat it Tuesday and Wednesday.
Ingredients
- 1 cup toor dal
- 2 tbsp sambar powder
- Lemon-sized tamarind, soaked
- 1 drumstick, 1 carrot, 1 brinjal, 1 onion
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 15 curry leaves
- 2 dried red chillies
- 1 tsp jaggery
- 3 tbsp oil
Method
- Pressure cook dal with turmeric until completely soft, then whisk it smooth.
- Boil the vegetables separately in a little water till just tender.
- Add tamarind water, sambar powder, salt and jaggery to the vegetables. Boil 8 minutes to kill the raw tamarind taste.
- Add the whisked dal, thin with water, simmer 5 minutes. It should pour, not plop.
- Tadka of mustard, curry leaves, red chilli, hing — pour over and cover for a minute.