Potato Sambhar

Ingredients:

• Tuvar Dal - 1/2 cup [boiled & smashed]
• Potato - 1 medium size [boiled]
• Fresh Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
• Tamarind Paste - 1 tsp
• Small Onion [Sambhar Onion] - 1/2 cup [peeled]
• Red Tomato - 1 Big [chopped]
• Brinjal - 1 medium sized [cut into small pieces]
• Turmeric powder - 1/2  tsp
• Salt - As required
• Red Chillie powder - 1 tsp
• Sambhar Powder - 1 1/2 tsp
• Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
• Sugar - 1/2 tsp

For Seasoning:

• Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
• Dry Red Chillie - 1 [broken]
• Oil - 2 tsp
• Currey leaves - little
• Chopped Coriander leaves - little

Method:

Take one deep kadai. Add oil, heat it & add the seasoning ingrdients .

When the mustard seeds pops, add onion & fry for 5 minutes till its colour changes. Then add tomatoes, brinjal & fry for a minute. Then add tamarind paste, salt, red chillie powder, sambhar powder, asafoetida, sugar along with required water. In the meantime, grind the boiled potato along with grated coconut & make it into a smooth paste.

When the water starts boiling & the vegetable becomes soft, add the smashed tuvar dal along with grounded masala. Alow it to boil for 5 minutes in slow flame. When the sambhar gets ready, remove from the gas & garnish with currey leaves & chopped coriander leaves. Your potato sambhar is ready. Serve hot with steamed rice, idli or dosa.

This is my Brother Kanna's recipe.