Delicious and tasty sambhar to go with idlis or dosas for breakfast and rice for lunch. Try this quick and easy recipe to get a flavour of the south!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup arhar dal
• 3-4 potatoes
• ½ bowl carrots cut
• ¼ bowl beans cut
• 1-2 drumsticks cut
• ½ tablespoon turmeric powder
• 1 tablespoon kashmiri red chilli powder 
• 2 tomtotes 
• 2 green chillies
• 3 tablespoon Bhoj Masale sambhar masala
• 20 grams dilated tamarind 
• 10 grams jaggery
• Salt to taste 

For tempering:

• ½ tablespoon mustard seeds
• 2 dry red chilli
• 15-20 curry leaves
• ½ tablespoon asafoetida
• 1 inch finely chopped ginger
• 1 green chilli finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon kashmiri red chilli 

Instructions:

1. Cook the daal: Wash one cup Arhar daal thoroughly and cook it in a cooker well. Keep removing the scum from the top as it boils. Add salt to taste and ½ tablespoon oil  to the daal and cover and cook it for 3-4 whistles.
2. Cook the vegetables: Add 3-4 potatoes, ½ bowl carrots cut, ¼ bowl beans cut and 1-2 drumsticks cut to a pan with oil and saute well for 3-4 minutes. Add salt as required, ½ tablespoon turmeric powder and 1 tablespoon kashmiri red chilli powder mix well. 

1. 2 dry red chilli, 15-20 curry leaves, ½ tablespoon asafoetida, 1 inch finely chopped ginger, 1 green chilli finely chopped and 1 tablespoon kashmiri red chilli and saute it well.

1. Hot and delicious sambhar is ready to be savoured and enjoyed.

Tips:

• Adding a little bit of jaggery to sambhar will give an undertone of sweetness and also helps elevate the flavour of the other ingredients.
• Save some sambhar in the fridge for the next day, as it gives a better taste since the ingredients in the sambhar mature overnight.