Sambar

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 cup tuver dhal (found in any Indian shop)


2. 3 tblsp. sambar powder


3. 3 cups chopped cubed vegetables (like carrot, okra, potato, drum sticks etc.)


4. 2 Red dried whole chillies and shallots sliced


5. 1 tsp. mustard and a few curry leaves


6. Tamarind water and salt as required


7. 1 table spoon oil

Method:

• Cook dhal in a pressure cook until 2 whistles are over.


• Add all the cut vegetables, salt, tamarind water and pressure cook it for a whistle more.


• Heat oil and splutter the mustard seeds in it. Add the Sambar powder, redchillie, sliced shallots and curry leaves and saute.


• Add this to the cooked dhal and vegetables.


• Serve it with dosa, idli or rice.

Dosa

Ingredients:

1. 1 1/2 cup white rice


2. 1/2 cup black gram dhal


3. salt to taste

Method:

• Soak white rice in water for 12 hours.


• Soak black gram dhal also separately.


• Grind the black gram dhal and rice separately in a grinder to a fine paste. Mix them together. Keep it overnight for the dough to rise.


• Add salt to the dough and prepare dosa after applying oil to the dosa tawa and there is no need of oil if it is a non stick tawa.


• Serve with Sambar.