kodilu/sambhar

1. Sambhar

Ingredients:

Vegetables like beans or carrot or potato or sambhar cucumber, etc (or mixture of all the vegetables)

1/2 cup toor dhal (optional)

jaggery and salt as per taste

small gooseberry sized

For Masala:

2 or 3 dry red chilly
2 and 1/2 tea spoon corriander seeds

1 tea spoon Urad dal

1/4 tea spoon Jeera

1/4 tea spoon Methi seeds

pinch of turmeric 

pinch of asafoetida

8 curry leaves

1 cup Grated coconut 

Fry all the masala ingredients except grated coconut. now grind these spices along with grated coconut to a fine paste. keep it aside.

Method:

Cook the vegetable of your desire along with salt and tamarind and water. Keep it aside. Cook toor dhal in a pressure cooker with pinch of turmeric and 1 drop of oil and desired amount of water. Now mash the cooked dhal and mix with the cooked vegetable. Let this boil for 5 minutes. Now add the ground masala and 1 and 1/2 cup of water and boil well. 

Season with mustard seeds and dry red chilly, required amount of oil and curry leaves. Delicious sambhar is ready to serve.