Sambar -- Soup made out of Daal.

Ingredients :

Toor Daal :  1 Cup
Tamarind-  1/4 cup
Tomotoes - 2 medium
Onions- 1 Medim
Curry Leaves - 4
Green Chillis -  3
Coriander leaves ( Finely chopped) - 1 Table spoon
Mix of Mustard seeds,urid daal,cumin seeds -- 1/2 teaspoon
dried red chillies- 3
Salt to taste
Oil - 5 ml

Procedure :

Boil toor daal with 2 glasses of water in a pressure cooker. After three whistles  switch off the stove.
Cut tomotoes, onions, green chillies into small pieces.
Soak the tamarind with a cup of water for 30 mins.

Heat the pan with oil and put the mixture of mustard seeds,urid daal and cumin seeds. Also add red chillies to pan.

Once mustard seeds finish spluttering add onions, green chillies, curry leaves  to it. fry for two to three minutes until oninos are golden brown. Now add tomotoes to onions and fry for few more minutes until tomotoes are tender.

Squeeze tamarind juice by adding more water and add the tamarind juice to pan. let it boil for 5 mins. Now take out the lid  of pressure cooker and mix the toor daal into boiling tamarind juice and mix well.

Boil for 8 more minutes  and add salt and coriander leaves to pan.

Hot sambar is ready. If it tastes savor more add a pinch of jaggery or 1 teaspoon of sugar  to it and mix well.

Serve hot with Idli's Or  Rice with cow ghee.