Vegetable Sambar Recipe

Ingredients:
Oil – 1 tblspn
Onion – 1 large peeled and chopped roughly
Tomato – 2 chopped
Green Chilli – 2 slit
Brinjal – 1 chopped
Carrot – 2 chopped
Beans – 6 chopped
Cucumber – 1 cup peeled and chopped
Ladysfinger – 4 chopped
Potato – 1 peeled and chopped
Raw Mango – 1 cup peeled and chopped
Raw Banana / Plantain – 1 peeled and chopped
Toor Dal / Tuvaram paruppu – 1 cup cooked
Sambar Powder – 3 tblspn or to taste
Salt to taste
Jaggery / Sarkarai – 2 tsp
Coriander Leaves a small handful finely chopped
Water as needed

For Tempering:
Coconut Oil – 2 tblspn
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1 tsp
Urad Dal / Ulundu Paruppu – 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp
Dry Red Chilli – 2
Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi – 1/2 tsp
Curry Leaves a sprig

Method:
Heat oil and add in onion, chilli and tomato. Saute it for 2 mins.
Add in all vegetables and saute it for 8 to 10 mins.
Add in water, Cover it cook for 10 to 15 mins till the veggies is cooked.
Now add in cooked dal, sambar powder, salt and jaggery and mix well. Simmer this whole thing for 15 to 20 mins.
Now make tempering by heating oil and crackling all whole spices. Fry this for a min. Pour this over the sambar and mix well.
Add in coriander leaves and mix. Leave the pan covered till serving.
Serve.