Sambhar Recipe by Niru Gupta

Ingredients

• 1 cup (180 gms.) Yellow Lentils (Arhar or Toover Dal)
• 6 cups water OR 4-5 cups if using a pressure cooker
• 1 tbsp salt or to taste
• 1 tbsp sugar or molasses (jaggery)
• 3 tbsp sambhar masala
• 3 tbsp thick tamarind pulp (about 20 gms dried) OR 1 tsp tamarind concentrate
• 2 tsps mustard (sarson)seeds
• 7-8 curry leaves (kadhi patta) or 1 tsp dried and powdered
• 2-3 whole dry red peppers (sabut lal mirch)
• 1 cup mixed vegetables, cut into approx.1" cubes
• 1 big onion, cut into quarters
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves (hara dhania) to garnish.