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Firstly, in a pressure cooker add ½ cup of toor dal with 2 cups of water. also add pinch of turmeric. pressure cook it for 5 whistles.
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Meanwhile, in a small bowl take small half lemon sized tamarind and soak in water.
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Also, prepare and chop veggies like carrot, eggplant, drumstick, onions and tomatoes.
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Now, in a large kadai take the tamarind water.
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To that add 1 tsp of jaggery/sugar along with green chill, salt and turmeric powder.
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Furthermore, add all the chopped vegetables to same mixture.
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Meanwhile, once the dal is cooked mash it well.
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After 10 minutes, the vegetables should be cooked properly.
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Now add the mashed toor dal and bring it to boil.
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Add 2 tsp of sambar powder.
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Mix the sambar powder and bring it to boil.
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Prepare the tempering by heating urad dal, mustard seeds, hing, curry leaves and red chillies.
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Add the tempering to the freshly prepared sambar.
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Finally, sambar is ready.
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