Ingredients

• 1/2 cup - toor dal (pressure cooked with haldi powder and a pinch of asafoetida)
• 5-6 - dried red chillies (depending on your taste)
• 1 - onion, chopped
• 15-20 - garlic cloves (peeled)
• Mustard seeds
• Curry Leaves
• Tamarind (a lemon-sized ball soaked in a cup of hot water)

How to Make Special Sambar

• Put the mustard seeds in a kadai and wait until it splutters.
• Then add onions fry them until light brown.
• Add cloves, curry leaves and dried chillies.
• Pour some water so that the redness in the chillies comes out.
• Add the cooked dal and cook until the garlic becomes soft.
• Add the tamarind juice, and bring to a boil. Add salt to taste.
• Serve with rice, rotis or dosa.