Lobia Sambar

Lobia Sambar ( Black - eyed beans)
Halasandekalu Sambar

Ingredients :

1 Cup Toor dal
1/2 Cup Lobia
1 Tomato
2 cloves Garlic
1/2 inch Ginger
4 Curry leaves
2 spoons Tamarind extract
1/2 Onion ( chopped)
3 spoons Coconut ( grated)
1 spoon Mustard seeds
1 spoon Jeera
1 spoon Turmeric powder
2 spoons Sambar powder
2 spoons Red Chilli powder
1/2 inch Cinnamon
Pinch of Asafoetide
1/2 spoon Jaggery
Salt

Method :
Cook Toor dal and tomato in a pressure cooker for 3 whistles on a medium flame.
Cook lobia separately in a pressure cooker for 1 whistle.
Heat 2 spoons of oil in a vessel on low flame. Add mustard seeds, jeera, ginger and garlic paste, onion, asafoetide, curry leaves, turmeric powder and chilli powder and fry.
In a mixer jar, blend coconut , cinnamon and cooked tomato and make fine paste of it.
Mix toor dal, lobia, sambar powder, paste into the vessel.
Lastly add jaggery, tamarind extract and salt. Mix well and cook for 10 mins.
Sambar is ready to serve with rice, idli or dosa.Lobia Sambar