kichen ab kichnam
ke naam se

Preparation Time	Cooking Time	Serves
10mins	15 Mins	2 Servings

Ingredients:

• Toor Dal - 1/2 cup
• 2 medium Potatoes (approx. 1½ cups chopped)
• Tomato - 2 small roughly chopped
• Carrot - 2 small roughly chopped
• Sambar powder - 1 heaped tsp)
• Turmeric powder - 2 pinches
• Thin tamarind pulp - 1 tbsp
• Water - as required
• Ghee - 1 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• 1 teaspoon Cumin-Coriander Powder, optional
• 1 Teaspoon Rakesh Sambar Masala
• 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice

To temper:

• Oil - 2 tsp
• Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Split Urad Dal - 1/2 tsp
• Small Onion - 10
• Hing - 1/4 tsp
• Curry Leaves - a sprig
• Fenugreek Seeds - 1/4 tsp

Method:

• Rinse dal and set aside. In a pressure cooker heat oil add tomato and carrot saute till tomatoes becomes mushy then add dal along with turmeric powder and salt. Add water and pressure cook for 4 whistles in low medium flame.
• Allow pressure to release by itself. Mash the dal well and heat it up. Make a paste with Rakesh Sambar Powder and little water and add it to the boiling sambar.
• Let it boil, add water to adjust the consistency if it becomes too thick. Let it boil for a good 5mins.
• Add it to sambar and let it boil for 5more minutes.Then garnish with coriander leaves , add a tsp of ghee and switch off.
• In a serving plate place the idlis and pour hot sambar over the idlis so that they are nicely dunked inside.Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.