Ingredients:

• 2 – Potato
• 2 – Carrot
• 1 – Radish
• 1/2 – Capsicum
• 1/2 – Zucchini
• 1 – small Lemon size Tamarind
• 1 tsp – Turmeric powder
• 3 tsp – Dhania seeds
• 1 tsp – Methi seeds
• 1 tsp – Channa dal
• 6 – Red Chillies
• 1 cup – grated Coconut
• 2 tsp – mustard
• 1 tsp – Urad Dal
• 1 cup Cooked Toor Dal
• Curry leaves
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. Cut all the vegetables and cook it along with salt and turmeric powder in the tamarind water.
2. Meanwhile take a pan, heat it with some oil.
3. Fry coriander leaves, methi seeds, channa dal, and red chillies until everything goes golden brown.
4. Grind the fried items with coconut and keep it aside.
5. After the vegetables are cooked add the ground mixture into it.
6. Add the cooked tuvar dal into it.
7. Add some water and boil it.
8. Meanwhile, take a pan and heat it with oil in it.
9. Add urad dal and mustard.
10. When urad dal becomes golden brown and mustard begins to splutter then add it to the sambar.
11. Garnish the sambar with curry leaves.
12. Serve it hot along with rice for lunch or dinner.

Recipe courtesy of Meenkshy Ramakrishnan