"5 minute" Sambar

Ingredients

Toor dal - 4 spoons

Tamarind - small lemon size (5gms)

Salt - 1 spoon

Sambar powder – 1 1/2 spoons

Vegetables - 4 brinjals or 15 cut pieces of pumpkin or 15 cut pieces of carrot

Asafoetida – a little

Sugar – a pinch

Curry leaves - 10 numbers

Coriander leaves – a little

For tempering

Oil - little

Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon

Red chillies - 1 or 2

Method of preparation

1) Soak tamarind in  water and prepare the juice (1 1/2 cups)

2) Take a small pressure cooker (3 litre would do)

3) Empty the tamarind juice in to the cooker

4) Add cut vegetables, toor dal, salt, sambar powder, curry leaves, coriander leaves, asafoetida and sugar. Close the lid and put the weight on.

5) Wait for two whistles and then reduce the heat to low. Let it stand for 3 minutes and remove the cooker from the stove.

6) Let it stand until the steam is released and open the lid of the cooker.

7) Heat the oil in a tempering pan and prepare the tempering. Add it to the sambar.

The "5 minute" sambar is now ready for guests.