Ingredients

• 1 cup - red gram dal
• 200 g - okra/ladies finger
• A fistful - pearl onion
• 2 - tomato
• lemon size - tamarind
• 2 flakes - garlic
• 2 - green chillies
• 1 - capsicum (small)
• 2 - red chilly
• 1 tbsp - red chili powder
• 2 tbsps - coriander powder
• 1 tsp - turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp - sambar powder
• 1 tbsp - grated/shredded coconut
• 1 tsp - mustard
• 1 tsp - cumin seed
• 1 tsp - black gram dal
• a pinch - asafoetida
• small quantity - curry leaves
• small quantity - coriander leaves
• salt to taste
• 1 tbsp - ghee
• oil for frying

How to Make Okra Ladies finger Sambar

• Wash and cut okra into small cubes and boil it with a little salt.
• Wash and keep red gram dal in a pressure cooker adding 3 cups of water, little turmeric powder, asafoetida and a drop of oil.
• Boil it for some 20 minutes.
• In the meantime, soak tamarind in hot water and make a paste after removing the dust particles.
• Chop onion after peeling off the skin, chop tomatoes and keep it aside.
• Cut green chillies and keep other ingredients ready.
• Heat oil in a pan/kadai, splutter mustard seeds, cumin seeds, black gram dal, red chillies, green chillies and curry leaves.
• Then add chopped onions, tomatoes, capsicum and fry them well.
• Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, sambar powder and the boiled vegetables.
• Make tamarind paste and mix well.
• Let it boil for some 10 minutes.
• Grind coconut, cumin seeds, 2 pearl onions and curry leaves to a paste.
• Now add boiled dal to the mixture.
• Finally add the coconut paste, a tbsp of ghee, coriander leaves and mix them well and let it boil till sambar becomes thick.
• Recipe courtesy: http://tamilveg.blogspot.com/