Sambar with Button Idly

                                                    

Ingredients for sambar :

• 1/2 cup Toor Dal
• 1/2 cup Chana Dal
• 2 Green Chillies
• 1 Onion chopped
• 1 Tomato chopped
• 1/2 tsp Tamarind pulp
• 1 pinch Turmeric Powder
• 2 sp Jaggery 
• 1 sp Red Chilli Powder
• 1 tsp Sambar Powder
• Salt to taste

For Popu :

• 1/2 sp Mustard Seeds
• 1/4 sp Cumin Seeds
• 1/4 sp Methi Seeds
• 2 Red Chillies crocked
• Curry leaves
• Coriander leaves
• 2 sp Oil

Preparation :

• Wash and cut onion, tomato & green chillies into small pieces.
• Mix tamarind paste with two cups of water and keep aside.
• Pressure cook toor dal, chana dal & cut vegetables up to 4 whistles.
• Turn of the heat and let it cool, remove the lid and mash it.
• Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, methi seeds & red chillies.
• Now add tamarind water, turmeric powder, sambar powder & red chilli powder.
• Cook for 5 mins, now add dal mix, salt & jaggery and stir well.
• Add curry leaves and coriander leaves, let the whole sambar boil for about 10 mins.
• Turn off the heat and transfer into a serving bowl and serve with tiffins.

Note: Tamarind is less for idly sambar than plain sambar