Vendaikkai Sambar (no sambar powder)

Pressure cook the toor dhal by adding chopped onions, tomato and green chilli, and turmeric. ani seed, pepper and jeera powder.

Cut vendaikkai slightly big size. add 1 tbsp oil in a kadai, saute vendaikkai well and add it to pressure cooked toor dhal .

Add red chilli powder and salt and boil it nicely.

Take a pan, add oil , saute mustard and urad dhal, curry leaves and chopped shallots.

Fry till onion turns golden brown. add red chilli powder given in ing 2 and fry well .

Add the dhal and mix well.

Now add the tamarind extract and mix.

Half close the pan and sim the flame

Allow sambar to slightly cook in sim for 3 min. When it starts boiling. switch off the flame.

Sambar is ready.