Ingredients

• 1 - big size onion
• 1 - tomato
• 2 - green chillies
• 1.5 tbsp - gram flour/basin flour
• Tamarind - small lemon size
• 1 tbsp - sambar powder
• 1 tbsp - sambar powder
• Salt for taste
• For Seasoning:
• 1 tsp - oil
• 1 tsp - mustard seeds
• Curry leaves - few

How to Make Avasara Sambar (Quick Sambar) - Kadalai mavu sambar

• Soak the tamarind in the water and extract the juice and keep it separately. Cut the onion and tomato.
• Heat the oil in the pan and add the mustard seeds once the oil gets hot. When the mustard seeds begins to sputter add the curry leaves and the onion.
• Once the colour of the onion changes to a light brown colour, add the tomato.
• When the tomato is cooked add the extracted tamarind juice, green chillies (cut length wise) and the sambar powder and salt.
• Once the mixture starts boiling add the gram/basin flour and add water.
• Quick (Avasara) sambar is ready to serve for idli/sambar.
• Recipe courtesy: Subbu's Kitchen.