5. Pasiparupu thakali easy sambar as a side dish to idli

   
   Pasiparupu(moongdal) thakali(tomato) easy sambar as a side dish to idli/ dosai

Ingredients:

Pasiparupu (Moong dal) – 1 cup

Tamarind – a small amla size

Sambar powder – 1 tsp

Chilli powder – ½ tsp

Hinge – a pinch

Turmeric powder – a pinch

Salt -1tbs

Oil – to fry onion

Onion – 1 big

Tomoto – 3 medium size

Green chilli – 4

Curry leaves

Coriandar leaves

For garnishing:

Oil – 1tsp

Mustard – ½ tsp

Red chilli – 1

Hinge – a pinch

Curry leaves

Method:

1. Pressure cook the moong dal. Smash it well.
2. Fry onion well till it turns little brown. Add chopped tomatoes and fry till the raw smell goes off. Add sambar powder, turmeric powder and chilli powder.
3. Soak tamrind in hot water and take the extract. It should be one cup. Add to the fried onion. Add salt and allow it boil.
4. Add the dal. The consistency should be little watery than the usual sambar. Allow it to boil for a minute. Add a spoon of rice flour paste if it is too watery.
5. Garnish with the ingredients mentioned.

4. Onion sambar

Onion Sambar
Hot rice, ghee, onion sambar with fried potatoes or deep fried appalams are the best combo.
Best side dish for dosa, idli and upma.
Along with onions other vegetables used for sambar can also be used for a different taste.
Ingredients:
Sambar onion - 1/4kg
Toor dal - 1cup
Tamarind - Lemon size
Hinge - a pinch
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Salt - 2tbs
Grated coconut -2tbs
For roasting:
Channa dall -2tbs
Daniya - 2tbs
Methi seeds - 1/2tsp
Red chilli - 8
Hinge - a pinch
Curry leaves
Oil - 2 tsp
Ghee - 1tsp
For tempering:
Gingely oil - 1tsp
Mustard seeds -1/2 tsp
Hinge - a pinch
Red chilli - 1
Curry leaves

Method:

1.       Peel off the skin of onion. (If you soak it in water and peel, your eyes may not water while peeling). Trim out the top and bottom portion of onions.

2.       Soak toor dal in hot water and pressure cook for 3 whistles.

3.       Roast all the items given under for roasting till channa dal turns brown. Keep it aside.

4.       Fry onions in ghee till the aroma come and onions turn transparent.

5.       Grind the toasted items with grated coconut and 2 or 3 fried onions into fine paste.

6.       Soak tamrind in hot water and get 2 cups of extract. Add turmeric powder, salt, hinge and onions. Allow it to boil till the raw smell of tamarind goes off and onions are cooked well.

7.       Add ground paste and cooked and smashed toor dal to the tamrind extract. Allow it to boil for 2 minutes.

8.       Temper all the items given under tempering in gigngely oil.

2. Sambar

2.       Sambar (Freshly roasted araithuvitta sambar)

Vegetables that can be used
Drumstick, raddish, capsicum, carrot, ashguard, brinjal and lady's finger.

Ingredients:
Toor dal - 1cup
any vegetable -200gm
Tamarind -1 lemon size ball
Salt - 2tbs
Hinge - a pinch
Oil - 1tbs
Turmeric powder - a pinch
For grinding:
Grated coconut - 3tbs
Daniya/coriander seeds - 2tbs
Channa dal - 2tbs
Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp
Hinge - a pinch
Redchilli - 8
Curry leaves few
For tempering:
Gingely oil/ ghee - 1tbs
Mustard seeds - 1tsp
Red chilli - 2
Methi seeds - few
Hinge - a pinch
Curry leaves
Preparation: 1. Soak toor dal for 20 minutes in hot water and pressure cook for 3 whistles.
2. Roast all the ingredients (till the dal turns brown) given under grinding except coconut  and grind with grated coconut into a coarse paste.
3. Chop the vegetables (1 inch size).
4. Soak tamarind in hot water and extract 2cups of syrup.
Method:
1. Cook the vegetable in tamarind extract along with salt, hinge and turmeric powder.
2. Add the the ground past, cooked and smashed toor dal to the tamrind extract.
3. Mix well and boil it for 2 seconds.
4. Temper with the ingredients given under tempering.

3. Simple sambar

3.       Simple sambar
Vegetables can be used same as parupu kuzhambu. Ash guard is the best suited.you can dd potato when you make mixed vegetable sambar. Sambar onions can be used.
Ingredients:
Same as parupu kuzhambu
For grinding
Grated coconut -2tbs
For tempering
Refer parupu kuzhambu
Method:
Repeat steps 1 to 3 from parupu kuzhambu.
4. Grind the grated coconut along with sambar powder into fine paste and add to the tamrind extract.
    and add fresh curry leaves liberally.
5. Repeat steps 5 to 7 from parupu kzuhambu.
Tips: For onion sambar fry small sambar onions in ghee and then add to the tamarind extract.