Tomato Sambar/Thakkali Sambar

Tomato Sambar/Thakkali Sambar - recipe with stepwise pictures. It is usually made as a sidedish for tiffin recipes such as idli/dosa/pongal. We make this whenever we don't have veggies in stock. The method is same as we make for usual sambar, but we make this tomato sambar with Masoor dal. You can use toor dal, or both dals. This recipe can be made quickly and it is also tasty. Do try this recipe and let me know .

Tomato Sambar/Thakkali Sambar- Recipe with Stepwise Pictures

Ingredients:

Tomatoes - 2
Onion - 1
Masoor dal/Toor dal - 1/2 cup
Tamarind - lemon sized
Sambar powder - 2 tsp
Green chilli - 1
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

To Temper:

Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard - 2 pinches
Red chilli - 2
Garlic - 2 crushed with skin
Asafoetida - 2 pinches

Method:

1. Thinly slice the onion and tomatoes, slit the green chilli
2. Wash the dal well in running water
3. In a pressure cooker add the dal, tomatoes, onions, green chilli, turmeric powder, salt .
4. Add water and cook for 6 whistles
5. Once it is cooked, mash it well and add sambar powder , tamarind extract,1/2 cup water, mix well and allow it to boil 
6. In another kadai, temper the items given under 'to temper' 
7. Add it to the boiling sambar, close with a lid and switch off the flame
8. Serve hot sambar with idli/dosa/pongal

With Stepwise Pictures:

Thinly slice the onion and tomatoes, slit the green chilli

Wash the dal well in running water

In a pressure cooker add the dal, tomatoes, onions, green chilli, turmeric powder, salt .

Add water and cook for 6 whistles

Once it is cooked, mash it well

Add sambar powder , tamarind extract,1/2 cup water, mix well and allow it to boil

In another kadai, temper the items given under 'to temper'

Add it to the boiling sambar, close with a lid and switch off the flame

Serve hot sambar with idli/dosa/pongal