Ingredients

• Tuvar dal - 2 cups
• Tamarind - A large lemon-sized ball
• Coriander seeds - 2 tbsp
• Red Chillies - 4-5
• Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Asafoetida - A pinch
• Coconut (fresh) - 2 tbsp
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Salt - as per taste
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - 4 sprigs
• 4 tbsp - chopped coriander leaves
• 1 cup - mixed vegetables (brinjal, French beans etc.) cut into pieces.
• Jaggery - a medium-sized chunk

How to Make Udupi Sambhar

• Cook dal in water till soft and smash it well till grains break up partly, so that a smooth paste forms.
• Take a kadai, heat oil in it then add onions and vegetables.
• Then add turmeric, salt, coriander leaves, 2 sprigs of curry leaves and a little water. Cook and keep aside.
• Roast coriander, fenugreek seeds, red chillies and asafoetida. Cool it and grind it with coconut and tamarind with a little water to a smooth paste.
• Add water to make paste into a pouring consistency to mix it in the dal.
• Now add the dal mixture to the cooked vegetable and boil it for 2 mins.
• Then take a small pan, heat oil in it, add mustard and curry leaves. When it splutters, add this tempering to the sambhar.
• Check the seasoning. Serve hot with dosas.