Sambar

Ingredients

• Other
  • 3 Tbsp seedless wet tamarind
  • 1 cup red or yellow lentil
• Base (part 1)
  • 1 14oz can chopped tomato
  • 1 large onion, chopped roughly
  • 1 potato/sweet potato
  • 1 zucchini/beans/okra
  • 2 jalapenos, unseeded
  • 1/2 tsp. turmeric
  • Salt
• Tempering
  • 2 Tbsp vegetable/canola oil
  • 1/2 tsp. red chili powder
  • 1 tsp. turmeric
  • 1 tsp. fenugreek flakes
  • 1/2 tsp. cumin
  • 2 Tbsp coriander
  • 1/2 tsp. mustard seed (tru using seeds instead of ground)
  • 2 pinches asafoetida

Directions

• Pressure cook/boil lentils until extremely soft, reserve liquid.
• Add 2 cups water to tamarind in small pot, boil for ~3 minutes, and strain water into cooking pot.
• Combine base ingredients in large pot. Add reserved lentil water to cover (use water if not enough), and boil until cooked.
• Add lentils to pot
• Combine tempering ingredients and saute until fragrant, and add to base pot.
• Add salt, to taste