Sambar

Ingredients:

• 1 cup toor dal
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 cup tamarind 
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 4 to 5 green chillies sliced
• 1/2 turmeric powder
• salt to taste
• 2tsps chilli powder
• 2tsps sambar powder
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened grated fresh coconut
• 2 dried red chillies
• coriander chopped fist full
• few curry leaves 
• 1 drumstick into four pieces
• 2 ladies fingers
• 2 brinjals
• 1 carrot
• 1 raddish
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon mustard seed
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed
• 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida powder

Directions:

1. Place toor dal in a saucepan with 2 cups water and bring to a boil. 
2. Reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until soft, about 15 minutes. 
3. In another saucepan, mix together the tamarind stir in 1/2 cup water to make a watery juice. Bring to a boil once again, then remove from the heat and set aside.
4. Now pour this watery juice in to cooked dal and stir well by adding all the vegetables which are cut in to pieces along with green chillies and boil it for 20 mints in a medium flame.
5. Now add sambar powder to the boiled sambar and boil it again for 10mints in a low flame.
6. Now heat oil in a small skillet over medium heat, and add the mustard seed, cumin seed,red chillies,curry leaves and asafoetida powder. Once the mustard seeds start to sputter and the mixture is fragrant, remove from heat and stir into sambar. 
7. Finally add grated coconut and chopped coriander and boil for 2mints and serve hot.