Arachuvitta Vengaya Sambar

• 6 shallots
• 2 roma tomatoes
• 1 pinch ginger
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon sambhar powder
• 4 teaspoons toor dal
• 12 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 pinch hing
• 14 teaspoon tamarind paste
• 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
• 3 red chilies
• 12 teaspoon coriander seed
• 5 curry leaves
• 12 teaspoon coconut, turuval

1. Heat oil, add 1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds.
2. Add curry leaves.
3. Add shallots.
4. After shallots are fried, add cut tomatoes.
5. Add sambhar powder.
6. Add tamarind paste( mixed with 1 cup water).
7. Boil toor dhal with turmeric and hing.
8. Fry redchillies, fenugreek seeds, coriander seeds.
9. Grind the above with coconut and little water.
10. Mix grinded mixture with boiled toor dhal and add to boiling sambhar.
11. Add 1/2 cup dhal water.
12. Leave sambhar to boil for another 5 minutes.

shallots, roma tomatoes, ginger, vegetable oil, sambhar powder, toor dal, turmeric, hing, tamarind paste, fenugreek seeds, red chilies, coriander seed, curry, coconut

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/arachuvitta-vengaya-sambar-518621 (may not work)