Ingredients

• 1/4 kg - coriander seeds
• 1 tsp - fenugreek
• 1 tsp - mustard
• 50 gm - red chillies
• 5 gm toor dhal
• 1/2 tsp - turmeric powder
• 1 tsp - asafoetida
• Salt, to taste
• 100 gm - tamarind
• 1 - onion, chopped
• 100 gm - tomatoes, chopped

How to Make Hotel Sambar

• Dry roast coriander, fenugreek, red chillies in a pan and powder it in a mixer.
• Take 2 tsp oil in a vessel, add the toor dal, 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder with a little water and cook it well till it becomes soft.
• Remove dal and keep aside.
• Into that water, add tomatoes, onion, asafoetida and allow them to cook well.
• Mash the cooked dal and a little tamarind juice (made with a little water).
• Add the required salt after everything is cooked well.
• Add 3 tsp of the sambar powder made and cook it till the raw smell of the powder goes.
• Garnish it with coriander leaves and serve.