Onion Sambar

Ingredients:

1 cup Toor Dal

8 Small Onion (Sambar onions) 

2 spoons Tamarind extract

1/2 spoon Turmeric powder

2 spoon Sambar powder/ Masala Powder

2 - 3 spoons Red Chilli powder

1/2 spoon Mustard seeds

Pinch of Asafoetida

1 spoon Jaggery powdered (optional)

Salt

Oil

Method:

Cook toor dal, pinch of turmeric powder, 2 drops of oil,  and water in a pressure cooker on a medium flame for  3 whistles.

Cut sambar onions into half.

For seasoning, in a tadka pan, heat 1 spoon oil, add mustard seeds, sambar onion and asafoetida and turn off the flame.

Pour seasoned mix, tamarind extract, sambar powder, red chilli powder, turmeric powder to the cooked toor dal, jaggery, add salt and cook for 5 minutes on a medium flame untill sambar starts boiling.

Onion Sambar is ready to serve with rice or Idli.