Madras Sambar

Ingredients For Masala:

Red Chilli with stem 10
Dhaniya 50 gms
Jeera, Pepper, 1 tbsp each
Methi 1 tsp
Sambar onions 100 gms
Curry keaves 1 bunch
Shredded coconut ½
Oil 2 tbsp

Heat oil in kadai, fry well in the following sequence:
Red Chilli, Dhaniya, pepper, jeera, methi, onions, curry leaves, coconut. Cool and grind.

Sambar Ingredients:

Toor Dal 150 gms cooked with turmeric and jeera.
Turmeric 1 tsp
Chilli pd 3 tsp
Jeera, mustard 1 tsp eac
Hing
Drumsticks 1, Red pumpkin 2 piece
Tomato 3
Small Onion 50gms
Garlic 15 pods
Tamarind juice 1 cup
Curry leanves
Oil 2 tbsp
Salt

In oil, fry mustard, hing, garlic, onion.

Add vegetables and cook till almost done.

Add cooked dal, tomato and cook till done.

Add the ground masala, tamarind, red chilli pd., salt and cook.