Ingredients

• 1.25 cup - toor dal
• 1/4 cup or less - tamarind extract
• 1 - medium onion
• 2 - medium tomatoes
• 1/2 cup - beans, chopped into 1 inch size
• 1/2 cup - radish, chopped
• 1/4 cup - carrot, chopped
• 1 - drumstick, chopped and boiled in salt water
• 1/2 cup - bottle gourd, chopped
• 3 tbsp - sambar powder
• To taste - salt
• 3/4 tsp - turmeric powder
• 1 big stalk - curry leaves
• 2 pinches - asafoetida/hing
• 1/2 tsp - mustard
• 1/2 tsp - cumin seeds
• 1/4 tsp - methi seeds
• 2 tbsp - oil
• 2 tsp - sugar (optional)

How to Make Drumstick sambar

• Cook dal in a pressure cooker with 1 tomato and a little bit of haldi.
• Take a big vessel and pour oil in it and add mustard, cumin, methi seeds.
• The flame should be low, so that the seasoning is not burnt.
• When they splutter, add hing and curry leaves.
• Now add all the vegetables along with haldi, salt and stir well.
• After 5 mins, add water and allow the vegetables to cook.
• When it starts boiled, leave it for 10-15 mins or till the vegetables get cooked.
• Vegetables should not get too soft or mushy.
• When dal is cooked, mash it well and add the vegetables mixture in it. Mix well.
• Now pour tamarind water, 1 cup of water and salt, according to taste, in the cooker.
• Mix and allow to boil for 5 mins.
• Mix the sambar powder with some water and pour it into the cooker.
• Leave for another 3-4 mins.
• If more water or powder is required, add it.
• If the sambhar is sour then add some sugar.
• Remove and serve delicious sambar with hot rice, papad and pickles.