GARLIC SAMBAR[SALEM SAMBAR]

Ingredients
Tur dal ‐ 100gms
Sambar powder ‐ 3 tsp [heaped]
Drumstick ‐ 3 (cut into desired pieces)
Medium Onion ‐ 2 (chopped finely]
Curry leaves – 1 spring
Coriander leaves ‐ 2 table spoon (chopped)
Garlic ‐ 1 teaspoon (chopped)
Dried red chilli ‐ 2 [Cut into pieces]
Tomatoes ‐ 3 (medium sized ‐cut into pieces)
Tamarind ‐ size of a lime soaked in ½ cup water
Methi Seeds ‐ ¼ tablespoon
Vegetable oil ‐ 1 table spoon
Ghee‐1tbsp
Asafetida (Optional) ‐ 1 tablespoon
Mustard Seeds ‐ 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder‐1sp
Enough salt
Preparation
Heat a deep kadai and pour the oil and the ghee.
When they become hot, add the onions and the tomatoes with the turmeric
powder.
Cook well until the tomatoes are cooked and mashed well and the oil floats on
the surface.
Then pour the tamarind extract and add the drumstick pieces and enough salt.
When the vegetable is cooked add the sambar powder and let the sambar
simmer for just a few seconds.
In another pan heat oil and add mustard seeds.
When they splutter, add chopped garlic, methi seeds, dried red chilli pieces,
Asafetida and curry leaves.
Fry for two minutes and then add to sambar and boil it for 1 minute.
Finally add chopped coriander leaves on the top.