Easy Cooker Sambar

 

Ingredients

half cup cooked toor/tuvar dal

1/4tsp turmeric powder

1 tomato chopped

1/2 cup shallots

few curry leaves

2 green chillis slit

a pinch of asafoetida

1/4 cup tamarind extract

1 tsp red chilli powder

salt to taste 

For the seasoning

2 Tbsp oil

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

2 red chillies

2 Tbsp sambar powder

 

Method

• All the above ingredients into a pressure cooker. 
• Add 2 cups of water and pressure cook on a medium low flame for one whistle.
• Allow the steam to settle on its own.
• Heat a pan. Add 2 Tbsp of oil
• Add mustard seeds and as they crackle and the whole red chillies and asafoetida.
• Tip in 2 Tbsp of sambar powder and fry on a low heat for a few seconds.
• Add this to the prepared sambar in the pressure cooker. Heat this again mixing everything well.
• Allow the sambar to boil for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove and serve.