Arachuvitta Sambar

I made this sambar on pongal,which is made in every home on pongal...This traditonal sambar will carry 21 vegetables,dals,sprouts,groundnuts and channa...You can also make this sambar without vegetables or just with small onions...

Dry Roast all these spices until it turns light brown...If u are not good in dry roast,u can add a drop of oil and roast them until the aroma comes out...Make a fine powder of them

Soak a small ball tamarind in water..and extract the juice from the pulps

Pressure Cook the vegetables to as much as soft it could be

Cook the dal well and add it to the vegetables

Add the tamarind juice to it

Add the spicy sambar powder to  it

Allow them to boil for 10-15 minutes

Meanwhile Fry the mustard seeds, Onions,Tomato and Curry leaves

Add the Seasoning to sambar,and its done   

Recipe for Arachuvitta Sambar

Ingredients

Toor dal-1 cup

Vegetables/Small Onion-150 gms

Tamarind-A Small ball

Turmeric powder-half tsp

To Powder

Dry Red Chillies-6-8

Coriander seeds/Dhaniya-One tbsp

Channa dal-half tbsp

Fenugreek seeds-half tsp

Cumin seeds-half tsp

Cocount grated-1 tbsp

For Seasoning/Thalipu

Oil-4 tsps

Onion-1

Tomato-2

Asafoedia –a pinch

Curry leaves-10 leaves

Coriander-2-3 stems

Salt to taste

Method

1.Wash and Cook the Toor dal with turmeric powder with 3 cups of water

2.Cut the vegetables and Pressure cook than until soft and firm

3.Dry roast the spices,cool it and powder them well

4.Soak the tamarind pulp and extract the juice of it

5.Mix the vegetables and toor dal in cooking pan and bring to boil

6.Add the tamarind extact asafoedia and the sambar powder to the dal

7.For the seasoning ,saute the mustard seeds,onion,tomato and Curry leaves

8.Pour the seasoning and Coriander leaves to the sambar and its done