Sambhar/Lentil Soup

Prepation Time : 20 min

Cooking time :30 min.

Yield: 2 liters,serves 4 to 5 

Ingredients
Tuvar Dal 1 cup
 Radish (white) small 1 no. cut into rounds
onion 1 cut lengthwise
carrot 1 cut into thin rounds
tomato 1 cut into small pieces
potato 1 cut into 1/2 inch piece
okra 6 cut into 2 inch pieces
Tamarind (.size of a  small Lemon )
Salt to taste
Sambhar powder 1 tsp
Oil 1/2 tbsp.
Butter 1/2 tbsp,
Green Chillies 2 no.s
kari patta 10 leaves

For tempering:
Zeera 1 tsp
Mustard seed 1/2 tsp,
Urad Dal 1/2 tsp
Chana Dal 1/2 tsp
Asofoedita a pinch
Red Chillies 2 no's
For garnish:
Coriander 10 sprigs,chopped
Karipatta 1 sprig

Method

1. Wash the Tuvar Dal and add 2 cups of water.Pressure cook for 4 whitsles.Keep it aside.
2. Take another pan.Heat it and add oil.When the oil is heated add aal the tempering items and saute it for a few seconds.Add the green chillies and onions and cook them for 1/2 min.
3. Add all the vegetable pieces and cook them till they are half done.
   

   
4. Squeeze the juice out of the Tamarind
   
    add to the vegetable pieces.
5. To this add the salt ,sambhar powder and bring it to a boil.
6. Mash the dal to a fine paste'
7. Now add the cooked dal and cook for 10 more min or till all the vegetables are cooked throughly.
8. Turn off the stove.
9. Add the butter and garnish with Karipatta.
10. Serve with piping hot rice and Lemon pickle.