Hotel sambhar for vadas and bondas

Ingredients :

• Thuar dal - 1 cup [ boiled nicely in cooker. Keep atleast 8 whistle ]
• Sambhar onion [ small ] - 10 to12 [ peeled ]
• Red tomatoes - 4 [ chopped ]
• Red pumpkin - 1/4 k.g. [ peeled and cut into cubes ]
• Green chilli - 2 [  slit ]
• Curry leaves - little
• Coriander leaves - little
• Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
• Tamarind paste - 1/2  tsp
• Jaggery - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 11/2 tsp
• Sambhar powder - 1 tsp
• Grated fresh coconut - 1 table spoon
• Salt - as required

For seasoning :

• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Red dry chilli - 1 [ broken ]

Method :

First boil the thuar dal in pressure pan adding enough water with  turmeric powder.  Wait for 8 whistle  to come. Open  the  lid,  and  mashed  the  dal  nicely.  Then  take  one  deep  bottom  vessel,  pour  the  dal  in to the vessel. Add  onion, chopped  tomatoes, cut  pumpkin, slit  green  chillie, salt , turmeric, asafoetida, red chillie  powder  and  jaggery.  Mix well and allow to boil. When its started  to  boiling add the tamarind paste. Allow to boil till the raw smell goes.Cheak salt at this time,  and if you want add some more water to the sambhar. Add fresh grated  coconut  to  that.  Mean  time  keep  one  small  fry  pan  on  the  gas, add oil to that. When the oil becomes hot, add seasoning to that. When the mustard seeds pop, add sambhar powder in the oil add pour into the sambhar. Garnish with coriander leaves. Make vadas and bondas and soak in the sambhar.