Traditional Sambar recipe

One of the mostly commonly preferred dish in South India.Anyone who visits South India will definitely prefer to have dosa with sambar.Here is a simple recipe to prepare sambar.

Ingredients
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Thoor dhal - 1/2 cup
Sambar Onion - 3 or 4
Garlic - 2 pods
Big Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Vegetables - 1 cup (Carrot/Beans/Lady's Finger/Brinjal/
Bitter gourd/Potato/Drumstick)
Tamarind juice - 3/4 cup
Chilli powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 3/4 tsp
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Sambar powder - 1 tsp
Green chillies - 1
Curry leaves -5 or 6
Corainder leaves - chopped handful
Salt to taste
Sugar - 3/4 tsp

To Season
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Mustard - 1 tsp
Jeera - 1/2 tsp
Asefotidia - a pinch
Red chillies - 2
Oil as per required quantity

Method
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Pressure cook thoor dhal,sambar onions and garlic.Mash it well and keep it aside.
In a pan, add oil.Add all the ingredients in the "To season" list.Add the onions and saute it until it becomes translucent(oil seperates from the onion).Add the green chilly and saute it for 1 min.Add the tomatoes,saute it until it becomes soft.Add the chilli powder,coriander powder, pepper powder,turmeric powder and saute until the raw smell vanishes.Now add the vegetables.It can be a mixture of all the vegetables or one specific vegetable.Sprinkle some salt on the vegetable and saute it for 2mins.Now add little bit of water to the mixture and allow it to cook for 5 mins.Check if the vegetable is cooked.Once it is cooked add the tamarind juice, dhal and required quantity of water.Make the sambar little watery, as time goes by the dhal observes the water and makes it even more thick.Add curry leaves and little bit of coriander leaves.Add required amount of salt.Add little sugar to enhance the taste.When the whole content starts boiling add the sambar powder.Simmer for a minute.Remove from fire.Garnish with coriander leaves.It goes well with rice, dosa, idli, pongal, rava dosa