SOUTHERN HOTEL SAMBHAR

U need:                                                              For sambhar powder:
Toover dal: 1 cup                                            
turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp                                    Coriander seeds: 2 tablsp                                  
drumstick: 1 medium                                           jeera: 1 tsp
onion: 1 medium                                                 black pepper: 1 tsp
small onions( shallots): 1/2 cup                            red chillies: 2
tomato: 1 medium                                               asefodita powder: 1/2 tsp
green chillies:2                                                    curry leaves: 1 tsp
sambhar powder: 2 tsp                                       fenugreek seeds: 1/4 tsp
salt to taste                                               
tamarind paste: 1 tsp                                   
curry leaves few
mustard seeds: 1 tsp
red chilli: 1
oil: 2 tablssp+ ghee: 1 tsp
sugar:1/2 tsp

METHOD:
1. Wash dal,soak for 15 mins and pressure cook with 1&1/2 cups water and 1/2 tsp turmeric powder. Dry roast the sambhar ingredients and grind to a fine powder.
2. Wash the vegetables and cut the drumstick,slice onion,peel the shallots and chop the tomato.
3. Heat oil in a cooking pan.When hot add the mustard seeds and broken red chillies. Saute.Add curry leaves. 
4. Now add the onions and the shallots and fry well.Add the drumstick. After few mins add the drumstick.
5. Continue to fry. Add sambhar powder and tomato and saute. After 5 mins add the tamarind paste and 1&1/4  cup water.Simmer till the raw smell of the tamarind goes and the vegetables are cooked.
6. Mash the cooked dal well and add to the simmering vegetables. Add salt and sugar. Simmer for 6 to 7 mins. Add slit green chillies.
7. Add 1 tsp ghee.Cover with a lid and switch off the gas.
8. Serve hot with rice,idlis or dosas.
Bon Appetite!!!!!!!!