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Tomato sambhar
Ingredients
2 medium size tomatoes 2 small cups thuar dhal 1 tspoon jeera 1 tspoon urad dhal 1/4 tspoon turmeric powder 1/2 tspoon coriander powder(optional) 1/2 tspoon red chilli powder 1 full tspoon sambhar powder salt according to taste some coconut gratings some curry leaves & coriander leaves for garnishing
Method
Cook the thuar dhal and keep it seperately. Cut the tomatoes into small pieces. Take a pan and put 2 or 3 tspoons oil and put 1 tspoon mustard and 1 tspoon of jeera and 1tspoon of urad dhal and allow the seeds to splutter.After the spluttering of mustard seeds add curry leaves and tomatoes and fry for 2 mts. Now add 2 or 3 glasses of water according to qty of sambar you want. Then add turmeric powder,coriander powder, sambar powder,red chilli powder and salt.Allow it to boil and when the raw flavour is lost,add the thuar dhal and the coconut gratings and garnish it with coriander leaves.Add ghee if needed.. Serve it hot with fried potato curry..I hope u will enjoy this. This is a very easy sambhar..It is very easy to cook. My husband loves this very much..

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