Avarakkai sambar recipe, How to make avarakkai sambar

How to make Avarakkai sambar with step by step images

1. Wash toor dal and keep it aside. Now chop the val papdi/ avarakkai, onion and tomato.
2. Now in a pressure cooker add the washed toor dal, tomato, cumin seeds, turmeric powder, salt and add water.
3. Now in a small bowl add chopped onion, garlic and val papdi/ avarakkai in it and place it in the cooker onto the dal. After 3 whistles put off the flame and wait for the pressure to release.
4. Now take the small bowl from the cooker and mash the dal , then add the cooked val papdi/ avarakkai and onion to the mashed dal.
5. Now add tamarind juice along with chili powder, coriander powder and salt to the mashed dal and bring to boil and put off the flame .
6. Heat oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, curry leaves and hing. when dal turns golden brown remove from flame add it on to the sambar. Serve the sambar hot with rice.