Ingredients

• 1 - chayote
• 1 cup - red gram dal
• 15 - pearl onion
• 1 - tomato
• 1 - green chilli
• 1 - red chilli
• small quantity - capsicum
• 1/2 tsp - red chilli powder
• 1 tbsp - coriander powder
• 1 tsp - turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp - sambar powder
• a pinch - asafoetida
• lemon size - tamarind
• small quantity - grated/shredded coconut
• small quantity - curry leaves
• small quantity - coriander leaves
• 1 tsp - mustard seeds
• 1 tsp - black gram dal
• 1 tsp - cumin seeds
• small quantity - fenugreek seeds
• 1 - garlic
• oil and ghee for frying
• salt to taste

How to Make Chayote sambar

• Soak tamarind in hot water for 10 minutes and extract paste from it.
• Wash and cut vegetables into small cubes and keep it aside.
• Wash red gram dal and add 3 cups of water, turmeric powder, asafoetida and a drop of oil and cook it in a pressure cooker.
• Boil vegetables in cooker or microwave oven and keep it aside.
• Meanwhile chop onions, tomatoes and green chillies, capsicum and keep other required ingredients ready.
• Grind 2-3 pearl onions along with a little curry leaves, grated coconut, cumin seeds and garlic. Keep it aside.
• Heat ghee in a pan/kadai, add little asafoetida, splutter mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red chilly, capsicum, curry leaves, black gram dal, fenugreek seeds, green chilly, onions, tomatoes and sprinkle a little water and fry for some time.
• Add a little salt, red chilli powder, coriander powder, sambar powder and fry for some time.
• Now add tamarind paste and allow it to boil for some time.
• Add cooked dal..
• Add vegetables and water if required.
• Then add the grinded coconut-onion paste to it.
• Finally add chopped coriander leaves to it.
• Mix them well.
• Recipe courtesy: http://tamilveg.blogspot.com/