This is a very simple and quick sambar which goes well with pongal.
Ingredients
Onion -2
Tomato -2
Moong dal - 1/4 cup
Vegetables - 1 medium sized brinjal, 1 potato and 1 carrot.
Sambar powder - 1 tsp
Salt as required
Oil -2 tsp
Seasoning
Hing/asafoetida-1/4 tsp
Mustard -1 tsp
Urad dal -3/4 tsp
Curry leaves -little
Preparation
Chop all the vegetables including onion and tomato finely. Wash and peel the skin of carrot and potato and then chop finely.
Take a pressure pan, add chopped carrots, potato, brinjal, moong dal and pressure cook for 3 whistles.Keep aside.
Heat 2 tsps of oil in a pan, add the ingredients mentioned under seasoning in the same order.
Then add finely chopped onions, saute till it becomes transparent, now add the tomatoes and cook till tomatoes become mushy.
Add sambar powder, pressure cooked vegetables + dal mix, needed salt, 1 cup of water and boil for 5-10 minutes.
